In Manning Marable's "Malcom X - A Life of Reinvention" (2011) the eminent academic compares Malcolm to Sobukwe. He deals with myth and falsehoods in the media on the life of Malcom X. Relate this development to the silence on Malcolm X that dominated Black America for more than two decades after his death. The uprising of youth in Atlanta and Los Angeles in the nineties - who identified with the powerful message of Malcolm X that the US itself was a bigger prison and African Americans were inmates - was ignited by police brutality on an innocent and defenseless young man. Subsequently, the image of X was in fashion, it was commercialized and Spike Lee even produced a successful full length movie.
Sobukwe at the moment in South Africa will form a rallying point for a grassroots revolution. Snippets like the SABC documentary and concerted efforts to publicize the ideas of Prof will spark a prairie fire. Reuel Khoza uses Prof as a beacon of light in leadership principles in his book, "Attuned Leadership - African Humanism as Compass" (2011). Khoza is today emboldened to openly express his misgivings on the government's lack of leadership. Our own internal tsotsi elements, who aim to steal the Party from its members, have their backs against the wall. They are blocking the free flow and blossoming of the ideas of Sobukwe from reaching the masses, when they selfishly hoard the PAC as their own. They stole NACTU from its members (and stole R79m from the workers) and rendered it a toothless labor body (See M&G March 30 - 4 April 2012, p12). They cannot be allowed to do the same damage to the PAC. The reality is that PAC is the African people - as Chairman Pokela used to say. The democratic process of openness and consultancy with all the members, returning to constitutionality in the PAC and subjecting ourselves to scrutiny in a fair manner in a national conference, ahead of holding a congress - forms the bedrock principle of democratic centralism. The tsotsis deny this process and want to smuggle themselves fraudulently as leaders. Take heed, sons and daughters of Afrika. Mangaliso Sobukwe will never die. Jaki Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! -----Original Message----- From: Sbu Xaba <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 06:11:32 To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [PAYCO] Is legacy of Mandela & King sustain itself? Will it survive post current imperial era? Will Sobukwe & X legacy really survive the current onslaught against it? On Apr 3, 2012, at 7:38, Mduduzi Sibeko <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: http://www.news24.com/MyNews24/Sobukwe-Malcolm-X-vs-Mandela-King-20120331 kind regards Mduduzi Sibeko Admin/finance <image001.jpg> T +27-11-724-9281 C +27-71-101-2595 F +27-11-900-1929 F 086-754-2176 E [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> www.randwater.co.za <http://www.randwater.co.za> This email and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential and proprietary information. This information is private and protected by law and, accordingly, if you are not the intended recipient, you are requested to delete this entire communication immediately and are notified that any disclosure, copying or distribution of or taking any action based on this information is prohibited. Emails cannot be guaranteed to be secure or free of errors or viruses. The sender does not accept any liability or responsibility for any interception, corruption, destruction, loss, late arrival or incompleteness of or tampering or interference with any of the information contained in this email or for its incorrect delivery or non-delivery for whatsoever reason or for its effect on any electronic device of the recipient. Views and opinions expressed or implied in this email are those of the sender unless clearly stated as being that of Rand Water. If verification of this email or any attachment is required, please request a hard-copy version. -- Sending your posting to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Unsubscribe by sending an email to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> You can also visit http://groups.google.com/group/payco Visit our website at www.mayihlome.wordpress.com <http://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
