Dullah Omar’s family asks NEC to rename region that is marching for Zuma
Dullah Omar’s family has asked the ANC’s national executive committee that his name be removed from the ANC Cape Town Metro region with immediate effect, following the region’s move to attend a march in support of President Jacob Zuma. The pro-Zuma march will take place to coincide with the motion of no confidence in Zuma, scheduled for Tuesday. The region is currently named after Omar, an anti-apartheid activist and former minister of justice and of transport, who died in 2004. His family issued a statement on Friday saying they had written to the NEC to request the removal of his name from the branch, and that his and their family’s name be disassociated from the planned march on August 8. The family put it on the record that they were never consulted in the renaming of the region after him. They thought it was "churlish" to take it up with the region at the time but in hindsight they think they should have. "We acknowledge and appreciate the intentions of those who named the regi...
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