Mduduzi
I'm glad that you've met with positive responses in the streets from your open support for the PAC. The masses - the working people made up of workers, poor peasants, the unemployable (the underclass) and the jobless, students, youth, women and the aged - have living experience of the heat of the struggle, and they know their organisations and their patriotic heroes. The PAC definitely belongs to this category. It is not a figment of the imagination to say the masses relate to the thoughts and activities of Sharpeville and Langa (1960), the Poqo Insurrection (1961 -1967), the re-emergence of struggle ethos with involvement of the PAC in the Black Consciousness movement (1968 -1977), the PAC underground network and the armed struggle (1978 -1994), and the rise of young braves from the crucible of direct confrontation with the settler colonial powers. That the PAC did not emerge victorious from the successive national general elections is in itself a reflection of the objective conditions and the predominance of the global power play, and that the African masses are themselves not in power. I would expect the sigh of relief and positive response from those who believe that, given a chance, the true liberation forces will re-emerge and reclaim their positions in society rather than this dominance of selfish, corrupt, and reactionary spirit prevailing in the corridors of power. The contradictions inside the PAC are however a different matter altogether: now that career politics pays a living wage and a decent salary, all the different characters with a mission put up a fight to assume positions of control and influence inside the Party for personal benefit. They distort the purpose for which the PAC exist and use its platforms for self-aggrandisement and self-enrichment. They prefer short cuts to power before it is too late. Each time the doors are opened for everybody to come back to the PAC - such as when Uncle Zeph was released in 1990 and at the Mamelodi Convention of Africanists in 1996 - the opportunists with questionable credentials and funny backgrounds worm themselves up to influential positions and to take authority, but they then go out to settle old scores and mete out vendettas. They say when you open doors for fresh air you should also accept that flies will also come in. If we are all serious about resolving these contradictions we would then create a conducive atmosphere and a common platform to discuss and map the road going forward in a united PAC. What you are saying is correct. Those who believe they own the PAC as some kind of personal fiefdom are obviously delusionary. Those who form cliques and tribal fraternities are reactionary. Those who keep silent and fear consequences for doing the right thing are cowards. And soon we should label the ones who obstruct the path to the re-emergence of the PAC as sell-outs. I believe that all that the African people expect from us - we who are committed to the PAC's objectives and are in the Africanist school of thought - is to get our house in order. No stupid rantings and no flies. Izwe lethu iAfrika. Jaki Seroke Subject: [PAYCO] Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 10:26:20 +0200 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] CC: [email protected] Hi Jackie: Mawande/ Cunningham/ Sebenzile The PAC doesn’t seem to have fallen on a political oblivion Last weekend I put on my PAC t-shirt, (I had not worn PAC things for many years), despite the unfavorable climate these days. as it was month end, a lot of people were thronging to town for varied reasons. It was very much intrigued that I can count approximately 10 people who greeted me in open palm salute of PAC. They would shout or acclaim “izwe lethu”. Typically was an old woman, who must have been at her eighties, this woman was very thrilled. She recounted to me how police raided PAC camps in Lesotho, and she expressed her profound sadness at the untimely passing away of Prof Sobukwe. She continued to express her very deep sense of disappointment with the current antecedents making a continued history of internal rivalry in the PAC. Comrade: In your previous email you argued that there was no schism in this organization, except people taking over the PAC, probably to amass accruals through this organization. Be what this concerns maybe, their controversy and so on. Without taking any side, I was elated that ten people on Saturday gave PAC recognition. However, we fail to exploit these opportunities. I understand there were two separate PAC events celebrating hero’s day. Can’t we be pragmatic? Let’s face reality and engage each other, let us dialog on the differences. Some time ago, I refrained from entering the fray between these groupings. I think now I can put my points very clear, let us unite. People ay to us izwe lethu when they greet us, but we say amongst ourselves my enemy when we greet one another. Kind Regards Mduduzi Sibeko 011-724-9298/49 071-101-2595 [email protected] The information contained in this message and or attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. 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