UDF to celebrate its 25th anniversary tomorrow

By Yamkela Xhaso
19 August

The United Democratic Front turns 25 on the 20th of August. At a media briefing today hosted by Western Cape Provincial Premier Lynn Brown, who was accompanied by alliance partners and MDM structures Proudly Mannenberg in Particular.

Brown said, “It was not a single organisation but many organisations participated fight against apartheid.

“The late Wilfred Rhodes said that to build strong democracy we must pull together the broadest sectors of all the organisations in the Western Cape.”

Brown said that in order to fight poverty the organisation in the Western Cape must unite. Brown called on all the sectors of all the organisation in the Western Cape to work with and alongside each other to fight this big enemy.

“We must fight with organised formations, with people in communities. We want to see a collective spirit and collective action in the Western Cape”


The Congress of the South African Students has honoured the UDF ahead of its anniversary tomorrow. The Cosas honoured the UDF of its achievements in the educational sector. The Cosas Western Cape Branch Chairman Benjamin Zantsi said that the Cosas owes it to the UDF because it has always stood up for teachers who produce

“It is very important for us because we owe it to UDF because we demand teachers that produce not only teachers who teach using the latest curriculum” said Benjamin

Also among the attendants from the education sector in the conference was Mayenzeke Sophaqa who is the chairperson of the School Governing Body in the Western Cape said that the role played by the UDF during the fight against the apartheid regime was important