This is a good introspection. we need to need to engage to the documents. Once again the masses are waiting for us.
On 1 June 2010 00:19, Jaki Seroke <[email protected]> wrote: > > Comrades > > Some years back after it had become increasingly clear that the leadership > conundrum in the Party would be with us for a very long time still, a group > of dedicated cadres resolved to make use of their acquired skills and > intellectual resources to support and help whichever incumbent regime of NEC > members with ideas to benefit the growth of the PAC. We formed the Research > Unit - with the blessings of the PAC leadership - to assist the > parliamentarians in the National Assembly and provincial legislatures (and > even in the municipalities) with research and development of PAC policy > positions, and informed strategic inputs on issues of the day. > > Sad to say that almost all the "leaders" kept the information to > themselves, in file 13, or simply ignored these inputs. One Thami Plaatjie > even took a suggestion for a Pan African Foundation and plagiarised it into > a personal project, stealing the whole idea from a concept document > initiated by Ntate Molomo. A written suggestion for a broad based > structure, as a platform of the African intelligentia to exchange ideas and > support the unity efforts of the PAC in a new (but historical) organisation > such as the All African Convention, was subverted into the APC as led by > Themba Godi later on. Letlapa Mphahlele kicked us in the teeth for > suggesting that his rule by decree would lead to distability and further > polarisation of various tendencies inside the PAC. Even currently after the > 2008 sham congress, the RU held discussions with Skwatsha to inform and pass > on the information collated since 1996. His only question was how much was > in the kitty of this structure, and that we'll have to have a follow up > meeting. You will have observed that these characters only spew bile in > public and blemish the revolutionary content and reputation of the PAC. In > a word, they betray the Party. > > Uncle Zeph taught us that the revolutionary path has many twists and turns, > peaks and valleys, inclement weathers and sunshines. Some of us will stray > and be lost in the wilderness; some will be there for one season only; some > will urge us throw in the towel; others will use positions to settle old > grudges and for self aggrandisement; and of course some will simply betray > the revolution. He said we must wage a struggle relentlessly to bring them > to the focus point, and school them in the ways of all revolutions, and that > we must not be impatient with them. Uncle Zeph said, "I was with your > grandparents in the forties, and with your parents in the sixties, and now > with you in the seventies. I have no doubts I will be with your own children > in the ongoing struggle to free Africa." He was not joking (even though we > laughed at his witty remarks). I am quite certain that the spirit of Uncle > Zeph lives on. > > We must not be a cross purposes when we discuss the revitalisation of the > PAC. This is a political legacy we must jealously protect and enrich, and > we must guard against self censorship and mindless intimidation that centres > around supporting an individual at all costs. I'm familiar with the cabal > that holds the progress of the Party at ransom. They poison the minds of > youth with kith and kin type of politics, and the allure of rich rewards for > holding positions as public representatives. They are politically bankrupt > and do not have anything to say to the current machinations of a new world > order. They also use their personal failures to survive the harsh > conditions of exploitation in society, as indications of their grassroot > commitment and leadership candidacy. > > You will notice that some of the suggestions for repositioning the PAC > are really old hat. They have been sabotaged before. Please read the > attached document. And let us move in sync towards a resolution of the > impasse. > > Jaki > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. Sign up > now. <https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969> > > -- > Sending your posting to [email protected] > > Unsubscribe by sending an email to [email protected] > > You can also visit http://groups.google.com/group/payco > > Visit our website at www.mayihlome.wordpress.com -- “If you want to go fast, go alone; but if you want to go far, go together.” Lineo Nalane (from Lesotho) in 2007 -- Sending your posting to [email protected] Unsubscribe by sending an email to [email protected] You can also visit http://groups.google.com/group/payco Visit our website at www.mayihlome.wordpress.com
