Pretica Singh
Hi Maria I am so sorry for your loss. My condolences to you and your family. Lots of hugs to you and Searatoa. Wishing you lots of strength to weather the pain.
Dan Pretorius
Dear Maria I am so sorry to have missed the memorial to Oupa, I would have liked to pay my respects, but I did not know that Oupa had died. My sympathies to you and Searatoa, so hard to lose your great comrade of so many years. With love
Gigi Gosnell (Former Colleague)
For the memory of Oupa, we salute him for his commitment to social justice and he betterment of the quality of life of the working class. May his soul rest in peace
Leonard Gentle
A Revolutionary Life: Oupa Lehulere (1960 – 2021) “Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto”, “I am human, and I think nothing human is alien to me.” Terence (ex-African Slave turned Roman playwright circa 160BC) Oupa Lehulere, director of Khanya College, lifelong activist, public intellectual and Marxist revolutionary has just died at the age…
Brot – Susanne David
Dear Maria, I did not have the pleasure to meet Oupa personally and was in contact with him only a couple of times but nonetheless I would like to express my condolences to you and your family and wish you strength in this difficult time. Sincerely Susanne David (Brot)
SLC – George
Angela and Phumi When we heard of Oupa’s death on Monday 29 Nov we felt a sense of disbelief and deep sorrow. How could Oupa’s incredible energy be lost? As the days have passed we have become increasingly aware of how Oupa’s energy continues and lives in every movement, organisation and comrade who was fortunate…
Regular Babler, Zurich, Switzerland
Dear Maria, dear Searatoa From Joachim I got the terribly sad news that Oupa has passed away. I’m thinking of you! Oupa was such a great person, his death is a big loss for so many, and so many will miss him. He was wise and clever at the same time, and living an immense…
Mkuki-Na-Nyota, Tanzania
Dear Comrade Maria, It is truly with great shock and sadness that i learned a little while ago about the passing of Comrade Oupa. I was not aware he had been battling cancer, and so the news came ,as it were out of the blue. This is very sad and tragic. Comrade Oupa was one…
Foundation for Human Rights
Foundation for Human Rights, South Africa The FHR offers its condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Oupa Lehulere upon his passing today. Oupa’s first introduction to resistance politics came with the protests surrounding the introduction of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in schools in 1975 where he was a scholar in Gugulethu,…
Solidar, Switzerland
Dear Maria Dear Searatoa With shock and profound sadness and pain I have received Ighsaan´s note on Oupa passing away on Monday morning. I am so sorry, and I want to express that I am with you in these hours and days of mourning. For me and for those in Solidar Suisse who had the…