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Slain taxi operator was a hero fighting scourge of drugs: Cyril Ramaphosa

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Ramaphosa, ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule and deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte visited Baloyi's home on Friday.

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Ramaphosa offered the governing party's condolences to the Baloyi family and praised the heroics of their late family member. "It was important for us as the leadership to come here and pay our respects to him and his family and also to say to the family we want Jabu's life to be a symbol against the commitment that we are making as a nation and as a government against the peddling of drugs in our communities that is destroying the lives of our young people.

 

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