Riyaz Patel
Former Bosasa boss Gavin Watson has been hailed by the African National Congress (ANC) as a cadre and an anti-apartheid activist.
The governing party has joined in offering condolences to the Watson family after he died in a car accident near OR Tambo International Airport Monday morning.
Watson was implicated by witnesses at the state capture commission of inquiry and was accused of corruption involving ANC members and some government officials.
The ANC said Gavin made the “admirable and brave choice to disassociate himself from white privilege” in apartheid South Africa while pursuing the ideals of a democratic nation.
In a statement, the party the Watson brothers were “well known activists in the UDF and underground ANC structures at the time.”
Gavin along with “Ronnie, Cheeky and Valence associated themselves with the struggle for liberation at an early age and
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