Dear Mawethu Well said M-Afrika. Revolutionary activity is quintessentially about cultivation of new life, yet is a process which begins with inner-self dicovery. What begins within one's self in contemplation when confronted will evil in society that drives one into insanity, so must one's political essence come to bear on the surface. One's voice, propelled by an aroused conscience, takes command. Africanism, a natural, humane and logical condition of beings cast in history, constitutes a self-consious act of collective cognition, social reawakening and deliberate systemmatic striving towards higher forms of human expression lives within us for it has mind, voice and action. The PAC, as that ultimate expression of the dynamic Africanism's historical, natural moral inclination and logical purposefulness, lives with us as the condition mind, collective voice and purposeful action. Tell me of anyone who has successfully spoke and projected him/herself as an Africanist without gravitating towards the PAC, Sobukwe and Azania. I've grown to a point where my sanity, emotional stability and moral code, to be truly mine and expressive, they should be fired up by my unconditional love for the PAC, the magnetism of Sobukwe's thoughts and the hope and desire of a liberated Azania, hence Afrika. We used to say, "Afrika the land, Afrika the brain, Afrika the soul and spirit". In the PAC we feel intricately bound with the whole masses of people in moments of rupture, ruction, convulsions and cataclysmic episodes. What is the meaning of: Afrika for Africans, Africans for Humanity and Human for God, as our party slogan? This is our basic philosophical outlook as harbingers of truth and glimmers of the new world. Africanism posits that human universe was Africa, the beginning of life was in Africa and humanity's ultimate salvation is in Afrika, hence our struggle, in Sobukwe's own words is for "the liberation of mankind." Some of those who see the PAC in simplistic western-style organisational type, would always be foreigners to the PAC. All those who reduce the PAC to merely a system of of bureaucratic controls, organisational procedures, machine-like protocols serve a cause that is inimical to the Africanism of the PAC. One does appreaciate concerns by some among us for people to deal with party matters only within party structures, but that is not the point and the most fundamental issue of our struggle. The effort we are in is towards The Second Inauguration of the PAC, an event equal in magnitude to that of 1959. That moment has come and no one, even the use of nuclear weapons, lies and slander, can stop that moment from being fulfilled. Africanism's moment of truth is upon us. Let's brace ourselves for that inevitability. Courage M-Afrika!! Izwe lethu!! Mawande Jack
________________________________ From: Mawethu Sidzamba [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 24 June 2010 06:39 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Mawande Jack; [email protected] Subject: Informal discussions on Payco-googlegroups! Good day Cde Cunningham My name is Mawethu. I must say I have benefited immensely from your contributions on the recent debates on PAC affairs. I was worried when you dissociated yourself from the group (payco google) citing lack of security in the circularization. I believe the PAC we have today is not an underground one and should not be cagey about the internal affairs and squabbles. It presents a realistic and valid perspective that we cannot avoid transparency in our well-intended operations. No one is immune from a possibility of leakage of information not even the ruling party as long as text is written/printed, it can be forwarded to the wrongful recipient even by those most trusted and if we have nothing to hide then no one can argue why in the democratic era we need to remain discrete. I nonetheless agree with you that when going further into details about the mishaps that continue to haunt party progress to where you are forced to saying ignoble things about the past and present leaders of this movement. This is where you can apply your mind and decide at your own discretion what to reveal and what not but to completely disengage leaves others like me intellectually poorer and less enlightened. In my view it is important that we do things in a manner that will test our ability to be the ruling party one day where we will face daily scathing attacks inevitably. I am sometimes uncomfortable with your brutal honesty and abruptness and I strongly disagree with some of your views on issues and personalities but that in no way detracts from the respect I have for you let alone detection of your objectivity .I have learnt in my short journey through life to be mature enough to tolerate even that which is not favorable to me after all it's not about me, you nor anyone else, it's about all of us or the movement rather. Ever since you disembarked from this group or your views were not longer circulated, there has been a deterioration in the "political school" from the little that is remaining of the PAC circles. Please do consider the implication that this has, I painfully concede that our culture of debate is messed up and spearheaded by people who are not well- versed with ideological perspective and the party line is represented by those who don't have the in-depth knowledge of the convictions, this includes even the current crop of the youth leadership from either faction. However you, Cde Mawande Jack , Cde Jaki Seroke and many more others none of whom I have met in person, but that is neither here nor there ,present a more sober and tacit style of debating. I give my unwavering support to every effort by you and others in re-awakening a sleeping giant (PAC) and I have hope that it will all translate to actuality and fruition and this hope always renders me comfortable with being labeled delusional. Currently PAC has no enabling structures where we can openly discuss and query contradictions as and when they exist, these discussions don't have to be binding since they are outside the constitutional structures but these I suppose do help in shaping our thoughts and assessing the kind of cadreship PAC has today. I hope that this will find you in good spirit. Regards, Mawethu -- 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
