Comrade Cunningham, I will be very brief not to raise your temperature any further than I seem to have done, and for this I say it was unintended.
I most definitely believe you have a role to play in the rebuilding of the party. And I agree that it is fact that you are senior to me and have been in the party longer than I did, some of this can be accounted for by our age difference. At the risk of sickening you further and inviting further label, I must warn that it is this temperamental behavior that resulted in the suspension of the constitution and the NEC. All I was saying my dear comrade and leader is that the path you want to walk has been walked before. I personally and directly challenged President Letlapa, privately and openly, on the unconstitutionality of his conduct, and this much still stands. The task of leadership requires that those that want to be in the kitchen should stand the heat. It is the failure to stand the heat that resulted in the concerns you raise about the current leadership i.e. inability to stand different views and engage with. By you losing temper at the first question on your posting, it scares me, and actually brings real imagination of anarchy. I think you can do better. I will still repeat that the methods we use should be matured, durable and politically correct. In this context I will still emphasize that we need to engage IOTA, and am sure with your sterling political and corporate exposure an enhancement is possible. I accept the mosquito label in comparison to you. I may say here though that my political founding, upbringing and leadership can be traced no where else other than in this party, raised by eminent Africanists like you, who however tolerated by opinions and engaged with me without temper-loss. It is because of this tolerance that just like you I have had an opportunity of leading PASO, PASMA, PAYCO, at the very highest levels, and having served in the NEC of the party at different occasions. You may as well be tolerant with me, while maintaining your robust engagement. Lastly I assure you that I am not sitting on the fence and have never been. It is encouraging to note that you have made monetary contributions to the party. This must be complemented by the way we do things. I can restate the point that I believe leadership change will happen. It must however not happen simply because we are angry with the incumbents, it must happen because we have a programme and leadership to offer, hence I will still humbly refer you to IOTA. I did not mean to offend you at all son of the soil, and if anything I respect you a lot as a person, the little I know about you. Many Thanks Matome Mashao omrades > > Can you remove my name from your fancy group as I do not > take insults from political mosquitoes. > > Kind Regards > > Cunningham Ngcukana > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > NdiKandaFhi > Sent: 10 June 2009 08:57 AM > To: Pan Africanist Youth Congress > Subject: [PAYCO] Re: Matome Reaction to Cunnigham > > > Comrade Cunningham, > > You can find a copy of IOTA as mentioned by Matome Mashao on the link > below: > http://mayihlome.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/iota.pdf > > > Regards, > Ndikandafhi > > On Jun 9, 8:29 pm, [email protected] wrote: >> My Comrade Cunningham, >> >> You raise pertinent issues in the document titled threats and >> opportunities, issues that have indeed been raised now and before. I >> must >> state upfront that I share in the wish to protect the PAC from >> anarchists, >> and people that have no appreciation of how the PAC could be steered >> forward. >> >> Reading your document, I could not however discern what differentiates >> your wish and perhaps fear from those that other people have held >> before. >> I do not mean to be critical of your views, but I am inclined to state >> as >> well that what you call current developments, have always been current >> and >> therefore historical. There is nothing novel about this observation. >> >> I say this well aware that you have spent this much time and energy >> putting the document together because of your love for the party, hence >> I >> engage you with caution and respect in this regard. >> >> I have also not picked any substantive point you make in the document, >> save warning us against anarchists, a warning we ourselves have echoed >> now >> and before. A more elaborate identification of the specific >> opportunities >> and threats would have been helpful. Indeed I struggled, too, to >> understand what the conclusive call of the article is. So, my comments >> are >> made in the context of your document, which I respectfully consider thin >> on substance. And I am cognizant that given an opportunity you could >> explain yourself in more detail, it is only that given the subject of >> your >> document I had to comment. >> >> Consequently I am left not knowing what exactly you intend achieving >> with >> the letter and spirit of the document. I must share my views based on my >> reading and interpretation of the document. >> >> Advising us to stand guard against anarchists is all good and well, but >> characterizing who these anarchists are would be more helpful. Your >> characterization of reactionaries is quite elusive. Who decides that one >> is an anarchist ? Who exactly is an anarchist, does this include people >> that may have supported the anarchist pre-anarchy, yourself ? Some >> people >> may very well be thinking that you are anarchic yourself by making a >> call >> against anarchy without going into substance, I don't think you are as I >> have stayed away from characterizing people that way. Simply put, your >> definition of anarchy may be the direct opposite of what another comrade >> think. We should draw a bold clear line between our opinions and facts. >> >> What I am more interested in from you and all of us, what is the >> solution >> to move the party forward, and what we ourselves exactly stand for. I >> will >> start with the latter. By advising us against the anarchists, you >> invariably suggest that you are not one yourself. Ok, granted, but what >> exactly do you stand for. It does not help either that we have to probe >> you on this one. My short life in the PAC, not bearing the great >> privilege >> that some of you have, of having spent decades in the party, is that we >> have committed a colossal mistake in the past of allowing people to warn >> us against standing leaders, punting for themselves only on the basis >> that >> they are better than the incumbent. We must now transcend this, and ask >> what you stand for. This is at a political and ideological level. It is >> a >> challenge that all must engage with. >> I am not going to ask you, when did you realize this anarchy, after the >> elections. It may be quite opportunistic to replace intellectual >> assessment with electoral assessment i.e. relying solely on the outcome >> of >> the elections to realize there is something wrong with the party. So >> that >> you do not misread me at all. I have raised my concerns with the >> President >> of the party on his leadership style, political work, neglect of unity, >> ideological positioning long before the elections. I believe in a new >> generation of leadership, a point known by most of my comrades. So, I >> endorse leadership change, what I am not sure of is the timing. >> We have to demonstrate maturity and experience, especially because we >> have >> been this route before, when some of the enlightened members like >> yourself >> were keeping a safe distance from the party. There is work that still >> need >> to be done amongst party members. We have developed a draft program of >> action for the PAC called IOTA. I suggest that you familiarize yourself >> with the document and input thereto. This document has been circulated >> to >> all party structures and comments received would be used to table it at >> the next conference of the party. This is what the party requires, a >> program and prospective leaders whose ideological position is declared. >> To avoid the very problem of divisions and instability, we need a >> transitional team of leadership that would drive the party for a period >> of >> two years or so. The detail of this is for all of us to define. >> Having said all of the above, I must say that I found your read quite >> interesting indeed. I also look forward to further engagement and >> learning >> from you. >> >> Kind Regards >> >> Matome Mashao >> >> >> >> >> >> > Hi Comrades >> >> > This is a polemic on the current state of the PAC. >> > The outcome of the elections are not lying. >> >> > Kind Regards >> >> > Cunniongham Ngcukana >> >> > NOTICE - This message contains privileged and confidential information >> > intended only for the use of the addressee named above. >> > Any review, retransmission, dissemination, copying, disclosure or >> other >> > use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by >> > person or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. >> > If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender >> by >> > return email and delete this message. This message should not be >> copied or >> > used for any purpose other than intended, nor should it be disclosed >> to >> > any other person. 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