Cde Mduduzi, Your observation is spot-on. Zuma has been on a mission to erase and undermine the role of PAC and its founding leaders in the liberation struggle. He has gone a step further by using any platform he gets to mock and undermine PAC and its representatives. He has tried to rewrite history of Sharpeville Massacre and that of June 16 without any success. He remains bitterly opposed to the PAC to this very end.
Having said the above, I remain convinced that as members of the PAC and leaders we are responsible for this embarrassment that is continuously suffered by the PAC at the hands of charterist. Indeed nobody will defend the glorious and great history of the PAC other than its members and leaders. I am reminded of a story once told by Nkrumah " That a man was reading his son a bedtime story about a fierce fight between man and the lion, after he had finished reading, the son asked " Dad, isn't true that the lion is the king of the jungle?", the father replied "Yes my son", the boy continued, "but why every story you relate in a war between a Lion and Man, Man always emerge a victor however vicious the Lion may fight?". Perplexed, the man was quiet for a while and then said " you know my son that story will always end like that as long as the lion cannot read and write". The moral of the story is that the ANC will always write history to its favour and PAC should not expect pittance from the ANC. The PAC, its Members and Leaders must rise to the occasion, write our history, tell our story and defend our legacy. We should honour our leaders and bestow honour to them. Our turn is coming to rename our towns and cities after our revolutionary leaders. This will happen when we take-over state power. We should never expect ANC to give us glory on a silver platter, we must fight for it, but most importantly we must fight for state power. As PAC members and leaders we have not been vociferous in defending our history, achievements and legacy. Despite our academic achievements and intellectual prowess we continue to fail to tell the real PAC story and history. That's my take on your input. Kwame Ndebele Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! -----Original Message----- From: Mduduzi Sibeko <msib...@randwater.co.za> Sender: payco@googlegroups.com Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 15:26:21 To: payco@googlegroups.com<payco@googlegroups.com> Reply-To: payco@googlegroups.com Subject: [PAYCO] Good day Seroke and Ndebele The other day, I asked a question about ANC if it could tell the history about the PAC. I was watching a video clip from YouTube, when Jacob Zuma mocked Letlapa Mphahlele. He said " I have never come across an instance when the PAC honors its heroes" this was a response from an statement which Letlapa had made the previous day in parliament that the ANC does not honor PAC heroes. Mphahlele cited the operation vila peri which was fought in Mozambique under the command of General Kondlo in the seventies. " if there was any war which was fought in another country, it is the duty of the PAC to tell people, unless one is staying in another country, Azania" said Zuma. Since 1994, no ANC president has ridiculed the PAC than Jacob Zuma. But I see that the PAC, like in exile years, does not have a rebuttal machinery to offset such humiliating a scorn. The PAC is only visible on the limelight namely on events such as Sharpeville day or June 16.it is disquieting when we see the PAC as a dormant movement. One writer in this circulation referred to PAC people as cadres on wheelchairs. Why are those in the leadership of the PAC failing to put the PAC where it should be ? I am worried, it seems that we are gradually moving towards extinction, despite having a history. De Klerk one said " the PAC is the most dangerous movement in this country". The PAC, then, was astute, it responded in the media by saying it was concerned about the liberation of the African people. 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