Well said Jaki son of the soil
On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 8:57 PM, Aplamva Kwadutsa <[email protected] > wrote: > If all of us can fill these pages up with positive, educative and > informative writing like this, we will be heading somewhere than all the > critisism and character assasination we read about daily. Africanists should > refrain from wasting their precious time which they should use to build and > educate the masses on important issues. It doesn't help to put a notion in a > head which doesn't realise what is wrong. Good writing. Maybe we will engage > ourselves with constructive critisism and return to base. Julia > > On Tue Jun 8th, 2010 6:14 AM EDT Jaki Seroke wrote: > > > > >Jean Paul Satre once said: "Words are loaded pistols". The mindless use of > language and misuse of concepts that are half digested often have a lasting > detrimental effect on those that we seek to mobilise. What amuses me is the > choice of words used by Moloto earlier on in which he copies expressions > used by the ANC when they lambast the PAC. In that vile propaganda booklet > "PAC - An Alternative or a Flat Spare Tyre" produced by the Charterits, they > mauled the leadership in the PAC over three decades stating that each time > the organisation repositions itself they recycle individuals in the > leadership. They were telling the PAC how to get it right in choosing > leadership, and apparently some among us have taken this advice. The ANC is > hoping that maleable characters will emerge from the ranks of the Party to > assume leadership positions and then somersault and deliver the political > legacy of Lembede/Mda/Sobukwe/Pokela/Raboroko/Mothopeng et al to them. At > the time when they produce thiis booklet - in 1996 - there was a strong > and positive mood of public support for the PAC after the convention in > Mamelodi and the subsequent restructuring of leadership headed by Stanley > Mogoba. > > > > > > > >On the same day that Moloto made the comment that this chat room was > putting PAC in disrepute and that some of us are not members, the ANC had > accused Zwelinzima Vavi of the same charge. Words have a funny way of > telling the truth - all you have to do is listen attentively. Re tshwara > kgomo ka dinaka, motho re mo tshwara ka loleme. Clearly Moloto and his > cohorts endorse Mfanelo Skwatsha's statement to the public that unless the > PAC raises hundreds of millions of rands to stay in politics, it must close > shop. For me, this is bile served to the public. > > > > > > > >Gordon Brown performed badly in the British elections because, among > others things like poor policies and weak strategies, he chose wrong words. > He repeated negative ideas again and again and again. US Republican John > McCain staged a campaign based on aggression and war talk to a weary > electorate that needed change and hope for the better. Both these men are > losers because they couldn't understand the pitfalls of negative approach. > Their death wish is subtly expressed in the ways that they handled > themselves, their interaction with colleagues, and even in the way they > handled the voters. The way to go is to use the power of positive > affirmation, a well known tool for for advancing your cause. You cannot > advance the Africanists cause unless you believe in it and its ability to > overcome all obstacles and to achieve victory. > > > > > > > >In South Africa today, most politicians and would-be leaders and the > pretenders to leadership, are advancing self interest. They use political > organisations to shield these vested interests, and then use willing fools > as pawns. That is why you have branches (even in the PAC) that are owned by > individuals and are manipulated by these characters. The school of thought > in the PAC is that we invest our resources in the development of individuals > to uphold principles of honesty, uprightness, courage and fearlessness, and > the love for African people (to affirm our humanity) so that we can serve > them wholeheartedly. Once equiped with the philosophy of Africanism each > PAC recruit cannot be lied to or hoodwinked into a blind alley or even have > wool pulled over their eyes. As the Africanist Manifesto says, we do not > allow membership and followers to be cannon fodder. Everyone who is a member > must be familiar with the Basic Documents, and especially the Code > of Conduct, and we cannot go wrong. > > > > > > > >I would encourage everyone to question and criticise wrong doing in the > PAC and in society - but they must do so with facts. Party building rests > on two critical factors: (1) criticism and self criticism - to make > continuous assessment of the political theories we hold and the correct > implementation of programmes we have decided upon. This is positive and > constructive, allowing the membership to act as its own mirror; (2) unity - > criticism - unity wherein the conscious act of working for unity inside the > Party is uppermost to all of us, but that it should not be unprincipled and > uninformed; there is also the dialectical unity of opposites in which we > could possibly hold different views and approaches but that we are not > necessarily poles apart in driving the cause of the African Revolution; to > always refresh ourselves as a yardstick to achieve unity. It is considered > a cardinal sin to impose your views and methods on the collective whole that > is the > PAC (because it will engender negative backlash and even divide the core > members of the Party) without first canvassing your ideas and approaches in > a transparent and democratic manner and reaching an acceptable support in > formal structures. > > > > > > > >'Dare to struggle - Dare to Win.' Words are loaded pistol indeed. > > > > > > > >Jaki > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 00:58:10 -0700 > >> Subject: [PAYCO] Re: KA-PLAATJIE JOINS ANC > >> From: [email protected] > >> To: [email protected] > >> > >> With all due respect comrades, the finger pointing has not helped the > >> PAC and its never going to help it. Its not helping because even the > >> one who is wrong lacks the decency to acknowledge when they have > >> erred. PAC (The current PAC with Letlapa as the Chief commander) > >> chased many people out of the PAC. This is an easy mathematical > >> equation that there is no way that you can lead 48 million South > >> African citezens if you cannot convince the hundreds that you have. > >> Many people would rather preserve their votes because they know (even > >> if dip down they love PAC) that we cannot make it. > >> > >> PS: Our people need an alternative. > >> > >> -- > >> 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 > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. > >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 > > > > > -- > 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 > -- 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
