Dear Comrades: History is a repeating phenomenon, it is true as you put it that "The PAC of Azania itself has really lost its moorings, and reached a stage of a total shipwreck" during the December holidays I had a leisure of watching some documentaries making world History. It would be very interesting to note that the aftermath of the treaty of Versailles, German was left bleeding with economic hardship. The draconian dictator Adolf Hitler, emerged amid those conditions. He presented himself as a redeemer. Some may assume that the Nazi party that he led ascended to power without some constrains. This is not the case. The communist which he would latter exterminate had been a problem for his rise. They (Communists) won elections immediately after the Great Depression, but Hitler was not perturbed, he had a conviction that one day he would win. The reason I am bringing this anecdote, is that some within us have fallen victims of despondency. It is true that the Pan Africanist Congress has not done well in the electoral game of this country since 1994. It has aggravated this by having a plummeting support base. Against all odds, there are some valiant Africanists who have not surrounded with an inch. I remember during Azanyu we had a slogan " no retreat, no surrender" this was our mooring. I believe that from yesterday we should have started to work tirelessly for the regeneration of the PAC. The point is, if say, the PAC establishes a minimum of 20 branches per annum, it ten years time we would be stronger as of 1959-60. There is no doom yet for the PAC, we haven't been rendered insolvent. I appeal that let us keep on discussing these issues and if in some instances, certain things emerged from the dust to be prominent. I still have an unshakable conviction that we will win. Prof said " we will triumph, because we have history on our side, ...because the African people are on our side...because we are being purified under the crucible of oppression" these prophetic utterances will one day prove accurate.
kind regards Mduduzi Sibeko Admin/finance [cid:image001.jpg@01CCDF5C.9E75D750] T +27-11-724-9281 C +27-71-101-2595 F +27-11-900-1929 F 086-754-2176 E msib...@randwater.co.za<mailto:msib...@randwater.co.za> From: payco@googlegroups.com [mailto:payco@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jaki Seroke Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 2:25 PM To: payco@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [PAYCO] STRATEGIC PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION AND CONTROL Cde Mduduzi I had an interesting discussion with a young revolutionary Pan Africanist early in the first week of this month. He posed the rubric that what was essential in sorting out the perennial difficulties of the PAC as a political party and its association with the worldwide Pan Africanist movement was the need for strategic planning. There is no clearly stated common cause around which we all rally, and there is no stated ways and means to achieve short term strategic objectives. In this way it is not clear who supports the programme to set a union of socialist states in Africa, and who leads it. This makes Pan Africanism as a thought pattern to evolve without form and shape. It always raises its voice from the margins to decry abuse of its supporters by the dark forces. This young comrade said this approach has to stop. There was a 7th Pan African Congress in Kampala, Uganda, in the early 1990s. It was a poorly organised damp squib as far as I can recall. There is a need to update this information on a global level, so that a more relevant Pan African Congress is held and perhaps this being done in South Africa (Azania) could have more impetus. The best way to host would have to be a local representative committee, supported by the active participation of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania. There are many Pan Africanists residing in South Africa for a variety of reasons, and the negative publicity this country has had as a result of wanton attacks on innocent people coming from other parts of the continent does not make the cause easier. It should however spur us on to call for hosting such a Congress. Brother Buntu and others should keep this point in mind. The Pan African Congress would have participants from all over the world - Brazil, the Caribbean islands, the US, the UK, and mostly from Africa itself. This requires proper planning. At the World Economic Forum they cite Africa as the next growth point - for whose benefit? . It is not the end of the world though, and a comeback can be surmounted and victory can be achieved. It often happens in history that organisations decline to levels where hope is seemingly lost, but real revolutionaries with their experience of hard knocks do regroup, and reorganise themselves to find their correct pathways. We are in a phase where democratic principles and conduct is upheld by the state in South Africa. We are not prohibited from expressing ourselves. We have the right to organise and participate freely and willingly. There are challenges of human and material resources which we must mobilise, preserve and use to the best available means. We must struggle against divisive tendencies and overcome reactionary attitudes. To be a member of the PAC is carry the weight of history on your shoulders, and the odds are as always stacked heavily against us. The Party is not a gravy train, and has never been before. The grave danger we face would be to let things stay in a precarious state and do nothing, fooling ourselves that we are not responsible for the mess done in the decline status of the PAC. I would agree that what we need is to revisit our strategic objectives, to unfold an implementation plan, and to control our activities and review them from time to time. There are provisions to do this in our founding and basic documents. We may want to improve on them and modernise, but we would be open and transparent about it. That could be the reason why I am in agreement with the young revolutionary. We must define the concept of collective leadership. We must determine the terms and conditions under which we operate as members and associates of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania, and spell them out so that no one among us must say they did not know. Our expectations of each other must therefore be realistic, and part of the strategic plan. What do you think? Jaki ________________________________ From: msib...@randwater.co.za<mailto:msib...@randwater.co.za> To: payco@googlegroups.com<mailto:payco@googlegroups.com> Subject: [PAYCO] Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:32:49 +0000 kind regards Mduduzi Sibeko Admin/finance [cid:image002.jpg@01CA5626.C30DADC0] T +27-11-724-9281 C +27-71-101-2595 F +27-11-900-1929 F 086-754-2176 E msib...@randwater.co.za<mailto:msib...@randwater.co.za> 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. 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