Cde Themba, Thank you for raising such crucial matters. I must say though that there are consistent cadres who have tirelessly dedicated their resources and energies to the party. The questions of affliation fees is a rather touchy subject. I know many branches across the country that for years paid their dues including membership fees and never got cards or any service to acknowledge their contribution. That in itself inspires very little confidence on members to continue paying their dues. Its another thing to advocate commitment bottom-up, but i think the PAC has lacked when it comes to commitment top-down; members pay fees and not recieve membership cards, members pay their fees and still have to buy party t-shirts at rallies and conferences. While i have no qualms about commitment i think we must also start calling on the "leadership" of the party to account on resources, to explain to members why they are cardless members while their dues are paid. The PAC mother body has failed to support even its component structures regardless of their standing. As PAYCO we are faced with the same challenges that you raise comrade and have so far survived on a shoe string budget through the commitment of cadres who contribute monthly or otherwise. But we cannot now cull debate and political discourse simply because of resources issue. PAYCO has employed many freely available resources to mitigate the effects of lack of resources to instill debates and discource in the organisation; this forum and Mayihlome News are examples. And if we were to required that one need to be a member if the Fullest sense of the word before anything else we would be abondoning our mandate as a revolutionary party for the masses, the poor and the downtrodden who may not have resources to pay their due. Ours is to mobilise resources, whatever little maybe available, towards empowering our broader members with ideoligical armourment to ensure that they are resourcesful in whatever sphere of life they may find themselves. That being said your point is still crucial and we need to contribute to the organisational apparatus materially to ensure its continutity. Izwe Lethu! Dzumbu > Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 03:00:52 -0700 > Subject: [PAYCO] ECONOMICS OF POLITICAL FORMATIONS > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Sons & Daughters of the Comtinent! > I,firstly must introduce myself. My name is Oyama Themba Rwaxa I have > been in the "Party" since 1987. I joined AZANYU fore-runner to PAYCO > then and have been in the "Party" since. My concern regards us as > "members" who do not offer nothing to the "Party" so it is able to > Disburse is Obligations as they become due - ie Pay rent,fone & other > overheads IN TIME. This requires dedicated members who FIRST make > certain that the "Party" is able to OPERATE before they can say the > "Party" EXISTS. For anyone not to FIRST RESPECT the "Party" by > disbursing on the responsibility of paying SUBSCRIPTIONS ON TIME > before engaging on ANY subject /Topic/Issue is not ON. Cdes seem to > think that the PAC and its Organs/Affiliates OPERATE on "Holy spirit". > Also the is a tendency to go on a leave of ABSENCE and come /leave > when their whims tell them to. We need to have a system wherein we are > PRIMARILY are members in the FULLEST sense before we can Do > anything,for Cdes to leave only to return claiming to be "Party" > members is not only ERRENEOUS but "counter-revolutionary" as well.This > means Joe Seremane & others who were previously members can come & > Destabilise US anytime saying "Nam ndingum 'Afrika'. Thats where we > need to statr ,everything else will follow. No one is BIGGER than the > Revolution INCLUDING Mothopeng ,Sobukhwe & others. No organisational > Discipline NO 'Party' > > Izwe lethu!!! > > -- > 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
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