Comrades, this letter is not helping the ANC, let's forget about all
people who are not will to stay in the ANC. I think we must go back to
our branches and build a strong ANC from the ground. We remember
political education is important for our members.
Amandla
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From: [email protected]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sibusiso Mimi
Sent: 30 October 2008 10:41 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] Re: OPEN LETTER TO THABO MBEKI
Comrades, please excuse my ignorance but did this letter made it through
to press? It's badly written - illogical and lack substance. One would
expert from the supposedly bright SHIKOTA a bit of substance but no, you
get the sour grape story!
On 10/29/08, kagiso nkhoma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Open Letter to Thabo Mbeki by Friends for Democracy
Honourable Mr. Thabo Mbeki
Receive my warm and heartfelt revolutionary greetings unmitigated to you
in the spirit of protecting and defending yet again our democracy of our
country.
Mr. Thabo Mbeki I'm writing this letter in what may go down in history
as a stepping stone for continued efforts to resuscitate and revamp our
country in line with our strategic objective of a non racial and
prosperous society guided by the Freedom Charter, that some deviating
from it.
Firstly, I would like to thank you for the efforts and energy you
offered to help our brothers and sisters at Zimbabwe, to mediate and
maintain peace and stability, not for Mr. Robert Mugabe or Morgan
Tsvangirai but for the general people of Zimbabwe, it really shows your
vision as a leader, for Africa to be a peaceful and prosperous
continent.
Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error...
They are the natural enemies of error and of error only... If [free
enquiry] be restrained now, the present corruptions will be protected,
and new ones encouraged.
Today ANC, faces serious problems that some correctly to a certain
extend would say a crisis, I personally as a citizen of the country I
was not happy in the manner which the ANC-NEC treated you, specifically
in regard to your ousting. By ousting you without hearing your side of
the story whether indeed you had influence in the prosecution of Mr.
Jacob Zuma or not, also that mainly their decision to recall you were
based on the judgement of Judge Chris Nicholson.
Yesterday I was very flabbergasted to my attention by Jacob Zuma saying
that you wrote a letter to him, stating your loyalty to the ANC. Who and
what is ANC? Is ANC Luthuli house or a flag, or is it the general
members at branch level and the policies, constitution and the driving
force "freedom Charter"?
I ask specifically this questions, to indicate that something is wrong
within the party that you allude to be loyal to, the same people you are
loyal to, previously insulted you and continuing to do so, banned
T-shirts with your face on them and publicly told the nation they don't
have confidence in you and that you are the course of the problem in the
ANC, that's why they recalled you to heal the organisation, so they
claim.
If you are loyal to the policies of the ANC and the Freedom charter,
there is no room for you in the ANC because alliance economic summit
resolute that the policies going to be changed, therefore you'll be
loyal to something that you don't believe in.
If you are loyal to the disciplined general members of the ANC, then
still you don't have a place in the ANC, because they are living the ANC
and they will be at the convention on the 2nd of November 2008. You'll
be left with Julius Malema and the rest.
If you then loyal to the Freedom Charter and the constitution, then
still Mr. Mbeki you not going to be accommodated at the ANC, as it
proves that some believe that they are above the law, contrary the
freedom charter and the constitution that all shall be equal in the eyes
of the law, therefore certain individual should be given special
treatment, "a political solution on criminal cases". As I believe you
don't agree with the fact that some should be special cases in the eyes
of the law. Too many people are only willing to defend rights that are
personally important to them. It's selfish ignorance, and it's exactly
why totalitarian governments are able to get away with trampling on
people. Freedom does not mean freedom just for the things I think I
should be able to do. Freedom is for all of us. If people will not speak
up for other people's rights, there will come a day when they will lose
their own.
If you are loyal to the ANC flag, then soon the flag will be red and
with a star, since the SACP had hijacked the ANC daylight, Blade
Mzimande, Zwelinzima Vavi and their cronies penetrated in all the ranks
of the ANC to advance their course, and only their course, they are
going to drive ANC from the passenger seat with a gunpoint on Jacob
Zuma's head and our matriculant of the year Julius Malema.
So, are you willing to stay in the cold ANC alone?
Further to reiterate my question, amazing how the NEC of the ANC handles
matters, When Mr. Terror Lakota, wrote a open letter to the NEC about
the issues facing the organisation and unconstitutional manner they oust
you, also stating the facts in which the leadership of the ANC deviating
from the freedom charter, they blasted Terror claiming is not the
tradition of the ANC on how members to raise their concerns by going to
the media, and they Insisted that matters of the ANC stays within the
ANC.
When you comply with the tradition and by using the right channels of
addressing concerns, by writing that letter privately to the NEC,
without using media and stating your views of loyalty to the party, like
any other disgruntled members who are loyal to the party but not
agreeing with the leadership roles and decision taken by the NEC. The
party bosses go to the media and address about your private letter's
contents, because the letter was between the NEC and you, so why do they
go to the Media? So it's only correct for them to use the media when its
suit them.
So they are trying to use the letter you wrote to confuse people and
dismantle the new party's progress. But all I'm saying is that, backward
never, forward ever! We are going to the convention.
My apologies for any grammatical errors, but I believe they would be
greater than those of our so called youth leader, Julius Malema.
I hope and trust you find this in order.
Yours truly
Friends for Democracy
ISSUED: 28/10/2008
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