Fellow comrades I still maintain the view that high court path does not constitute a political solution for the PAC. We have joined PAC on the basis of its principles, ideology and what Pan Africanism envisages, not on the basis of any specific individuals nor a specific leader. Great leaders do and did inspire us about the correctness of principles and party ideology. The contrary being an unfortunate occurrence of a breed of leaders that represents political and ideological retrogression, such should not amount to any form of action upon us to abandon the internal party struggles to reclaim and place the party on a correct revolutionary path, particularly party members who understood and appreciated the political limitations of a comprador bourgeoisie including the petty bourgeoisie during the epoch of neo-colonialism. This is compounded by the very fact that almost all PAC Congresses and conference since the suspension of arm struggle never afforded the members adequate time to focus in ideo-political contextualisation and conceptualising the political and social developments in internationally, in the African continent including Azania thus formulating then necessary organisational interventions to engage the dominant mode of production. As PAC members we are where we are because of our own doing and failure to adhere to fundamental principles that governs any revolutionary party. When some party members left and formed APC and PAM some if not most said good riddance without making an effort to understand objectively as to what we might be doing wrong as members and structures! To date, the extremeness of wrong and incorrect conducts worsened by factionalism has made an assessment to determine a principled and objective arguments difficult. Activism has been replaced by armchair engagement and opportunism, revolutionary intelligentsia has been subsumed and confused with petty bourgeoisie chauvinism and patronage and bigotry. In this forum there are too much pretences that are despicable. Party leaders such as Sobukwe and many others are recited for subjective interests and worse factional interests.
In the past I argued that Cde Letlapa did not descend from nowhere nor from heaven, Cde Letlapa was campaigned for and supported by PAC members consciously and blindly. The support Cde Letlapa enjoyed continued during within the NEC post Qwaqwa congress. Deepened levels of factions interests (and conflicts) and depletion of organisational discipline including principles led to the precipitation and worsening of the misfortunes of the party. When Cde Letlapa presented the idea to introduce Presidential Decree, the NEC as a collective could have objected and challenged non-justification but such could not prevail because subjective and factional interests prevailed and some hoped to enjoy recognition and confidence of/from Cde Letlapa. Some component structures have become insignificance thus exists only within our own imaginations and on papers because these formations have become fiefdoms. We must denounce any form of warlordism and aristocratic behaviour. So let us not blame Cde Letlapa alone for misfortunes within the party as if we are sacrosanct comrades, we are not. Our fancy writing and English will not change anything as long as we continue with "Them and Us" Attitude or "Us against Them" attitudes worse of all most of these disagreements are not necessarily political and ideological! They are mere subjective and factional interests. We must exorcise within us the demon of wanting to become Presidents of NEC members simply because we tend to undermine and look down upon others as an additional problem whereat factionalists within our midst parasite. We are loosing nothing and we will loose nothing of we supress our individual egos, if we become active PAC members starting by making and building branches and regions including provincial structures that are vibrant. We must rebuild party structures using correct principles and functioning within the Ga-Matlala Constitution and Disciplinary Code, we must formulate and implement Plans of Actions that will bring ideo-political and organisational vibrancy of the PAC. Through our own collective efforts, we should ensure PAC wins the hearts and minds of the vast majority of the workers, unemployed, youth and students. Comrades leaders and Come and Go! However destructive leadership can liquidate and redefine the political purpose of party only if its cadreship choose to abandon ship, and this comrades have abandon ship but successfully and ineffectively point a finger. The inactive status of party members who may have resorted to other formations because they had been expelled after around 2006/7 but they are keen to return, it is understandable. We must swallow our pride and accept bitter reality that all of being part of the prevalent ideo-political amorphous state of the PAC, we must undertake the task to rebuild and position the PAC working within the branches of the PAC including component structures. With or without a high court ruling, the solution remains within active participation in structures of the PAC, three years it is nothing , Qwaqwa Congress came and it is gone. The damage done could have been rectified three years back but because we have completely lost sense of focus and most comrades have become ego-centred and subjective, three years became six if nor seven years and the likelihood for it to be another nine year until 2015 is very high. Such an additional misfortune like Fort Hare constitutional amendments can repeat itself again at any coming conference! Time demands upon seriously minded comrades to make sure that PAC should become outward orientated in its focus and approach, the amount of public protests keep increasing annually the PAC in the country are looking for an alternative. Many activists are desperately seeking for a political formation that can become a reliable vehicle to fight for change and social transformation, by being active in branches, regions and provincial structures we can give PAC a revolutionary image it deserve and we believe it should have in the meantime, and any form of a counter-revolutionary leadership can be acted upon including removed starting from the upcoming annual national conferences (2012, or 2013 or 2014) before the 2015 National Congress. Shango lasho! Nkrumah Raymond Kgagudi 074 922 6361 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mavela Mavela Sent: 03 August 2012 07:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PAYCO] PAC Solution post court ruling on the 7th Aug 12 - who will win ?? Greetings Sons and Daughters Your point is noted with serious concern. Yes, the court ruling won't actually resolve our problem. We need to unify both camps and convene a urgent conference to strengthen our positions for the battles ahead of us. If Letlapa and his cronies win, we will have to fight him like Aids on its victim (we have to fight him within his system); and if win we, we have to try to unify both camps, consolidated gains both camps have and to galvanized the state of our branches which might have affected by this confused confusion. I am for United PAC and I will always Serve, Suffer and Sacrifice for the Total Liberation of our masses and I will always put PAC first before individuals. Izwe Lethu. Regards Mavela "Agitator" On 8/2/12, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > I had the privilege of attending court proceedings in the matter of > 'PAC vs PAC' on the 1st August 2012, in Cape Town while on private > business that side of our land. And while sitting there listening to > arguments by both sides and the intervening remarks by the Judge I > appreciated once more the gravity of our problems, and what in fact is at stake. > > One question that sprung to mind was who exactly stands to win from > the contest. And I asked myself this question having been party to > those of our members who resolved that this is ONE of the mechanisms > to restore organisational normalcy. In this self probe I came to the > conclusion that to start with, the court battle was in fact a battle > between PAC members, students, youths, and veterans alike. It was in fact PAC on PAC violence. > For the purpose of this write up I will not dwell on who the > perpetrator or seed planter of these contests is. I limit my > engagement to the point or enquiry pointed out above. > > There was also a positive message to this. It was evident that both > sides contest for the protection of the party, whether one concurs or > not will always be a matter for analysis and hind-sights. Limiting > myself to professions and averments proffered from both sides, the > contest is about how best and in what way shall we advance the growth > and stability of the party. Viewed from this perspective this is a > small but important angle to this case. > > Let's us deal with one more issue: who exactly stands to win from this > case ? We must remember that possible outcomes are either the > nullification of the Butterworth congress and thus a restart proper of > the conference exercise OR confirmation of the Butterworth congress > and thus the maintenance of what took place there. > > Should the court rule that the Butterworth congress occured outside > the party constitution, a position I hold, then the Qwaqwa NEC must > resume work under President Letlapa. The truth is that in between the > decree and now so much has happened. And so much has happened that in > reality that NEC will ordinarily not be able to work together. In its > attempt to work together it may cause more damage to the already > wounded organisation. Hypothetically and perhaps legally this will be > the implication. I do not trust the ability of the collective to > function in the midst of so much that has happened unless such a > decision has been the outcome of conference by all of us members of this party. > > On the other hand let us assume that the court rules that the > Butterworth congress and all its creation stands. Should this be the > case, the pain of those who had been opposed and somewhat ostracised > from when the decree was passed will linger on. I must pause to > emphasise this point. These members are of significant presence both > numerically and by their profile, thus able to make it difficult for > the party to operate. I opine strongly that we do not fall into the > dismissive tendency to think that they do not matter. They matter and > actually matter a lot, for all their lives and some spent their youth > time in gaol and in the trenches. I urge against simplicity and call for deepness of thought. So this also won't be a winner. > > Now I ask again, who exactly stands to win from this ? It is important > to clarify that none of us ever saw the court option as THE solution, > it was always part of the solution package. And in fact the need for > conference has always been principal. Hence I honour the decision of > those who directly led the court challenge not to stop the congress > because that as we had said could have offered an opportunity for a > conference, not the elect me elect me elect me stuff that went on there. > So back to the question: who exactly wins?? > > It is apparent that it is only personal feelings and egos that stand to win. > The party either way loses and turns poorer. > > And very briefly, any those who suggest that a court option is wrong > are hugely mistaken and truly mischievous. It is mischief because they > offered no option to resolve the quaqmire. The court action was never > about the annihilation of the PAC. To howl around this point without > interrogating the content will be sad. The option to go for the elect > me only legitimised the forum and this was the argument before and by > the Judge in Cape Town. Anyway enough said on this zig zag behaiour by > some amongst us. We must just bear in mind too that the court will > make a ruling based on presentations and not necessarily on what is right. > > In whatever form that we deem appropriate there is an urgent need for > conference and I hope that those that have the defacto authority to do > so shall seize the moment. We must go to this conference and deal with > issues that continually call on us: define our revolutionary framework > and direction in present day epoch, and set out a program of action > including interrogation on who are the best cadres from all socalled > sides to lead it on OUR behalf. That is why the call for conference > before congress has been and it still is the most sound and principled > position taken. The double standards of those who used the Butterworth > congress for a vote me exercise is the rape of honesty and principle > that is painfully memorable for an opportunity to rally us for one > position (conference before congress) was disrupted and lost. > > I write this to urge that when the ruling is made on the 7th Aug 12 we > must not fold our arms into believing that we have arrived, either > side. We must toil to find one another and the point of convergence > will and is only a program of action. The real battle is outside with > and for our people. The sooner we resolve ourselves to lead their battles the better. > > To wish each other away will most certainly not work, and we should > not move on this path. > > Afrika is ours alone !! > > Matome Mashao > Sent from my BlackBerryR > > -- > 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 > -- Sent from my mobile device -- 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
