Comrade and Martyr Dulcie September
African National Congress of South Africa
A Tribute to Comrade Dulcie September.
Born: 20 August 1935, Athlone Cape Town.
Assassinated: 29 March 1988, Paris, France.
Escaping the omnipresent shadows,
eluding the sweaty palms of the torturer,
remaining steadfast to not believing that you wore the skin of shame,
in hiding, here and there, with no one,
yet everyone to silently blame.
Leaving the lips once kissed behind,
to a refuge impossible to find,
not a word of sad welcome,
severing all ties that bind.
When finally you left for a new dwelling in a faraway alien land,
reeking and drenched in a foreignness so blatantly bland,
never fitting in, though always dreading being shut out,
singing paeans to hope scribbled in the sand.
You left your country, your home, your very own place of being,
you escaped Apartheid hell, into exile, far away from blinded eyes so unseeing,
and you held to a principle within, and you stood resolute,
till the shadows felt themselves in shame fleeing.
We salute you! And all like you, and the so many countless more,
into whose flesh the tyrant’s sword so cruelly tore.
We salute you!
You who fought at home and you who left to fight,
only to be murdered,
on a lonely, distant shore.
The Military Wing of the African National Congress
Plaque honouring Dulcie September in Paris, France
Scribbled Verse 
How shameful that someone actually killed her for simply standing up for what everyone, deep down, knows to be right.
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absolutely brother Josh – the path to a less cruel and racist and sexist and gender-equal and LGBTI rights for all world is filled with martyrs to the cause of what should be so simple. Love and respect for all.
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Oh God, that’s an awful story Afzal. I just wonder about this world of ours, a d how cruel humankind can be. It makes you despair, wgat ARE we? But yes, we sa,yte this great man. Thankyou for this pist Afzal. Nyour piem really hits the mark.
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Thank you as always my dear friend and comrade and sister – yes indeed this cruel and callous world with callous “leaders” all over the globe does make one despondent but we have to keep on keeping on hoping and struggling in our tiny ways to make a less cruel and more just tomorrow and the tomorrows yet to come.
warmest wishes and hugs to you and the whole family.
peace and love and equality and gender-rights and an end to poverty for all
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I agree with you entirely. I jyst find the depths to which humans can sink totally overwhelming. I guess that all we can do is try and spread the message somehow. Our pens can be powerful
Peace dear friend. X
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so very true my dear friend. love and hugs from South Africa 👍🌻✊👍
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And to you from a very cold and foggy England ❤️
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brrrrrr 🤗
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I know😀
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🙊💜🤗
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and as a South African I thank you for your principled and heartfelt stand and solidarity in the international movements against Apartheid tyranny
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and I believe you marched and were a part of the real anti-apartheid movement
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That is a lovely tribute to a woman who stood up In a world where many refused to even egg knowledge apartheid
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your words touch me deeply, comrade Ann – how true your words are – it all seems like ancient history now nyt as Martin Luther King said “in the end we may forget the words of our enemies but we shall never forget the silence of our friends”.
An true internationalist and a woman of principle and steadfast dedication to the cause of freedom for all.
Thank you yet again for your words.
I am humbled because I was a very young boy at the time while millions like yourself marched and were linked in the solidarity movements around the world against Apartheid.
The struggles continue!
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