Cde Sibeko
Just to address two observations in your statement namely:- “ It appears that
PAC members did not vote or they either they voted the EFF or the ANC” and “I
say this because in my branch, the votes do not talk to the membership. This is
very disappointing. PAC is stabbed by its members, we cannot blame financial
resources alone”.
While I fully agree with you that we cannot fully blame financial resources
alone, however we must note that there are many endogenous and exogenous
factors that should be considered and examined so to explain the PAC’s
performance. In the past we once explained that for PAC to make a significant
impact during national elections, it should start electioneering five years
before the actual elections, that is, as PAC we should have started campaigning
immediately after 2009 national elections, we should ensure that twelve months
(12) months before elections PAC has adequately prepared its members,
structures, identified and trained four- six party agents per voting station.
PAC should consider to effectively use its members and strucutures as a key
resource based on a clearly defined political programme and strategies. The
resolution taken after the 1999 national election under the then National
Organiser M’Afrika Ata Kgosana and the 2000 local government elections then
National Organiser it was Themba Godi, it was that PAC Elections structures
namely NEA, PEA, REA and BEA must be standing committees to build the required
institutional capability and retain institutional memory. Every elections PAC
starts afresh as if we are a new political party!
Commonly any party mobilises and organises its membership and structures 12
months – 8 months prior elections, this implies among many things to have party
members highly inspired and motivated towards, during and post elections,
aspects such as:-
· PAC’s Internal (endo) environment organisational and structural factors
such as,
o The 11 May 2014 NEC grouping in charge of elections failed to act in best
interest of the PAC, because as far as four months before 7th May 2014 national
elections, all members and leaders knew that PAC is highly divided and stand a
risk of some members not to vote PAC due to internal leadership feuding,
logically they could have created a national list that is unifying the PAC and
could have considered some former PAC leaders are not part of any of the
feuding factions, to be the face of the PAC, that they could have considered
PAC leaders such as Mark Shinners or Ata Kgosana or Tsietsi Telite (former PASO
President) to be the face of the PAC during elections;
o PAC Leaders mobilised members and voters by sending a conflict message send
to voters namely VOTE EFF and PAC, when a ballot only permits a voter to cast a
vote for only one political party. Interestingly EFF never campaigned its
members, supporters and voters to vote PAC and EFF. EFF campaigned for EFF
nothing else;
o Internal party environment should not be repulsive and resentful such as
coordination of elections campaign and circulation of elections information
along factional lines and interests, some PAC branches and probably majority
did not have a clue as to what is happening during the elections;
o Party structures should be stable and functional;
o Leadership’s ability to articulate PAC positions;
o 21st March Sharpeville Massacre, the PAC leadership created a political
platform for EFF to raise its political profile and mobilise support;
o Some of the leaders suffer from delusion of grandeur
o Financial resources are not necessarily the reason for poor performance of
the PAC, example PAC Presidential Candidate and those deployed to represent PAC
at public debates during elections could not convincingly explain and
articulate all dimension about the Land Question namely Historical land
dispossession linked to the national question, Political Economic Dimension
linked to the control and ownership of the means of production, Socio-economic
Dimension linked to issues such as housing, residential areas, Legislative
framework meaning land reforms policies’ willing buyer-willing seller and the
impact of Property Clause etc;
· PAC’s External (exo) environment: systemic factors and mitigation
strategies
o Attitude of the media side-lining PAC’s , example it became evident that
e-NCA and E-TV had a plan to write off PAC or had written PAC Off PAC { PAC
National Elections Coordinating Committee should have had a Publicity and
Media Mitigation strategy and proactive plans in advance}
o Analyst comments shaped public opinion and mobilised voters away from PAC {
PAC National Elections Coordinating Committee should have had a Publicity and
Media Mitigation strategy and proactive plans in advance}
The above are few aspects that should be considered, because members in wards
are not an island, they are equally impacted internally by negative and
positive forces that are play, if the negative forces far exceeds positives
then there will be a precipitation of the state of despair and disillusionment
among members, remember in the PAC members use their personal family and pocket
monies to perform party political work, if negatives far exceeds positives
within the party then logically a proportional and reciprocal response arises
from members!
Shango lashu
Nkrumah
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Mduduzi Sibeko
Sent: 16 May 2014 12:35 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [PAYCO]
Cde Nkrumah
I have searched the election results on the IEC website, searching specific
polling stations. In my ward, I am surprised that we got only 6 votes. It
appears that PAC members did not vote or they either they voted the EFF or the
ANC.
Before evaluating the support from our sympathisers, it is worth that we look
into ourselves. the total number of votes doesn’t reflect PAC membership.
I say this because in my branch, the votes do not talk to the membership. This
is very disappointing. PAC is stabbed by its members, we cannot blame financial
resources alone.
kind regards
Mduduzi Sibeko
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