Lentswe, Mahikeng - The Office of the ANC Chief Whip in the North West Provincial Legislature is mourning the death of one of its caucus staff members in a car accident over Easter weekend. Sello Shimmy Moleko (55) commonly known as Comrade Shakes served as Constituency Officer. He died in a head-on collision involving his VW Amarok bakkie and a VW Polo sedan that occurred on the R503 Lichtenburg-Mahikeng Road around 19:30 on Sunday evening March 31.
The two vehicles caught fire on impact resulting in the two drivers who were alone in their respective vehicles succumbing to their injuries at the scene of the horrific accident near Blaauwbank.
”We are shocked and deeply saddened by the untimely demise of Comrade Shakes Moleko whose contribution in the coordination of ANC Parliamentary Constituency Offices across the province and the support that he rendered the ANC Provincial Department of Information and Publicity (DIP) was invaluable,” highlighted ANC Chief Whip, Paul Sebegoe on behalf of the ANC Caucus.
Sebegoe mentioned that Moleko who earlier in the day supported the ANC Easter Church Services Visit programme in Potchefstroom and thereafter proceeded to another in Ottosdal/Letsopa in the Tswaing Sub-District of the ANC Ngaka Modiri Molema Region was on route home when he was involved in the collision that claimed his life.
Sebegoe said that Moleko who joined the Office of the ANC Chief Whip in 2009 has left an indelible mark.
“He leaves behind a legacy of selflessness that characterised his loyal service to the glorious movement and revolutionary life.’’
He described Moleko as a live wire with a larger-than-life personality, forthright as well as a courageous and devoted cadre that understood the importance of supporting the organization as the only vehicle to change the lives of people.
“His love for the movement, interpersonal skills as well as ability to network as a team player made this revolutionary cadre an indispensable member of the ANC support staff; hence we will be poorer without him because he was one, we could count on,” he stressed.
Sebegoe who conveyed the condolence of the ANC Caucus to the Moleko family through the Head of Caucus Support Staff, Vincent Dila who was promptly deployed to accompany his wife and son to the horrific accident scene, said that the NWPL Choir will also miss his bass-baritone and all of his colleagues his love, comradeship, camaraderie and humour.
Moleko who hailed from Itsoseng but set up home in Mosiane View in Mahikeng is survived by his wife, twenty-year old son, mother and relatives.
