Izwe lethu M'Afrika
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) branch members M'Afrika Thomani Paul
Thabela in Thulamela Municipality won Ward 33 in Thulamela [Thohoyandou]
Municipality - LIM343. 8054 registered voters with 41% poll, PAC achieved
49.75% of the votes. The seat was previously represented by the African
National Congress. The Electoral Commission (IEC) said the African National
Congress won 10 of the 19 municipal ward by-elections which took place on
Wednesday, 24 April 2013. Of the remaining seats, five went to the
Democratic Alliance and three went to the Independent Candidates, whereas
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania won one seat. Voter turnout varied between
73,33% and 19,50% with an average of 33.03%.
Results as on: 2013/04/26 04:22:12 PM
Province
Municipality
Ward
Ward Winner
Party
% Support for Elected Candidate
Registered Population
Total Votes Cast
% Poll
Spoilt Votes
% Spoilt Votes
LIMPOPO
LIM343 - THULAMELA [THOHOYANDOU]
93403033
THOMANI PAUL THABELA
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA
49.75%
8054
3364
41.77%
11
0.33%
The community members who voted PAC demonstrates the potential PAC has when
it serves the masses and frees them from exploitative neo-liberal policies
of the capitalist system.
After months of political depression we are inspired by the political and
organisational success brought by the PAC Branch of Thulamela Municipality
confirms the position and view that focused political work based on
organisational discipline in which party political work includes mainly PAC
structures forming part of the daily struggles of communities and at
industrial areas.
The branches are the basic unit of the party, if we build politically
vibrant and functional structures that are visible in daily struggles of
communities and form part of the community lifeline, surely victory is
certain.
Branches and regional structures should focus their eyes and become active
on all and any community and industrial areas issues, through members' and
branch activism surely PAC branches and the party as whole can rise from the
ashes. PAC members and branches should form part of workers protest in
regards wages increases and improvement of working conditions, branches and
regions should deploy PAC members to join workers protests and identify with
workers in their daily struggles. As PAC members and branches we should
strengthen workers' and communities fighting capacity and organisation
around their immediate socio-economic demands. Slogans and songs without
mass work and focused political mass agitation are meaningless. Again one
can use the popular Christian source of information and guidance The Bible,
the Scripture of James 2 verse 14 - 17 states that "What good is it, my
brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can
such faith save them? 15 Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes
and daily food. 16 If one of you says to them, "Go in peace; keep warm and
well fed," but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? 17
In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is
dead". It is not enough and well of us to pride our-selves about being
ideologically grounded and Pan Africanism as an indisputable vision to
resolve Africa's problem but as members and structures' actions fail to show
and inspire masses to follow the PAC.
Our branches should have dedicated days in a month for community general
meetings to deliberate with community members about community problems and
envisaged solutions, it must be customary for every PAC branch and members
to deliberate and report on community issues related to service delivery,
effective teaching and learning in school, free access (non-exclusion) at
schools- FET Colleges-Universities, access to food, employment, electricity,
water, community safety, road conditions, sanitation, services in clinics
and hospitals, expose and condemn those who sexually violate and harass
women;
PAC branches and members should take all issues and any community issues;
branches and members should also visit industrial areas and workplaces to
organise and agitate workers, branches, regions and members should fill the
political space and create platforms for mass mobilisation and organisation
including providing political-ideological education to the masses.
Branches and members should form operative units of less than ten party
members deployed to execute various political tasks as determined by the
region and branch. Operative political units should focus in fulfilling the
role to expand the party's political influence and growth within targeted
communities, mass agitation and mobilisation, provide political education,
membership recruitment; Wards should be categorised in the form of blocks/
section each having a unit deployed to serve and execute its political role
as an operative political unit to expand and grow the party's influence in
the community.
James 3 says " 3 When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them
obey us, we can turn the whole animal. 4 Or take ships as an example.
Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered
by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go. 5 Likewise, the
tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what
a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.". PAC branches and members
should become that hidden rudder to steer the communities and the wider
masses on a Pan Africanist agenda for total liberation and unification of
Africa.
Izwe lethu
Nkrumah Raymond Kgagudi
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