LET US NOT LOSE FOCUS – QUENCIQUENCIES ARE HUGE IF WE DO The open letter to former President of the ANC and the country Thabo Mbeki, by Cde Fikile Mbalula a member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress came at a time when as members of the ANC we needed political direction as to how on earth are we to deal with the repercussions resulting from the National Prosecuting Authority’s decision to withdraw charges against the President of the ANC and soon the country.
This does not in any way suggests that the NPA provided us with a political dilemma in this regard neither does the NPA represents an institution that we could trust anytime soon. But this is precisely because the NPA vindicated us as members of the ANC – and cadres of this ANC led revolutionary movement. We have long before the NPA could be sober, argued that there is no case to be answered by the President of the ANC Cde Jacob Zuma – When in a COSATU conference a song was composed asking Bulelani Ngcuka as to what is it that Cde Jacob Zuma has done? It was against this background. Because Ngcuka was controlling the Scorpions we had to ask him this question – to our disappointment no answer came forth except an intensified offensive on the persona of Cde Jacob Zuma by the media, the Presidency of the country, certain members of the National Executive Committee of the ANC during Thabo Mbeki’s leadership, opposition parties and last and not least the so-called intellectuals and their ideological sidekicks masquerading as political analysists. It is impossible to think of Bulelani Ngcuka and his Co. operating without instructions from somewhere, in our mind there was no doubt that a powerful hand was behind these shenanigans. We knew that the President of the ANC and the country by then knew about what was happening – as such we were and we are still of the view that Thabo Mbeki was either responsible for these actions or gave blessings to those in the forefront. So the decision by the NPA came as no surprise in terms of its content and not the political form these issues took prior and after the decision was made, what was our concern was when the NPA will be sober and take this long awaited decision. The former President dismissed a number of important leads into the so-called conspiracy – amongst those is the main issue of the existence of a concerted and calculated plot to undermine in the eyes of the public the image, character and political leadership of Cde Jacob Zuma. When the issue of the Browse Mole report came to the public domain – which was nothing except another briefing notes aimed at dealing negatively so with the leadership of the entire movement including the Alliance leaders, Thabo Mbeki dismissed it as another work of counter revolutionary elements, something Thabo Mbeki is well known for during his term of office – including his “Extra ordinary arrogance which leads to total disrespect and disregard for the leadership of our movement and the movement itself. Perhaps the million Rand question in terms of the current debate of what is to be done, following the NPA decision as it is unfolding and taking a centre stage in how political parties are contesting our votes, should be located and subjected to internal democratic process of the ANC. It is my humble view that as of now we need to cool our heads and our minds by applying the very attitude demonstrated by the President of the ANC Cde Jacob Zuma of desisting from being judgemental lest we fall into the political trap set by the opposition with the intention to ensure we lose focus of the most important task of today, that of ensuring more than two/thirds majority in the coming elections. As to what happens to those who have wounded the movement overtime considering the profusely bleeding ANC – as a result of Thabo Mbeki’s style of leadership – I think we should let the structures of the ANC – in the coming National General Council to decide on the course of action to be undertaken by the ANC as part of the process of healing itself. We should avoid making judgements at this stage – whether we forgive or we call for the conspirators to face the firing squad – should be a subject for the ANC structures – in a process that will satisfy all of us. People should use as expected internal processes of the ANC to lobby for their positions in this regard – it must be noted that Thabo Mbeki cannot be treated – in the manner that will eventually undermine the internal and organisational discipline of the ANC. Besides our treatment of Thabo Mbeki as a puppet master who was the only one behind the plot will not assist us – a holistic approach to these issues will go a long way in sustaining, concretising and maintaining the unity and cohesion of our movement. I think all of us should agree that our movement has been seriously wounded, we should further agree with Cde Fikile Mbalula that Thabo Mbeki’s indifference in relation to the current political conjecture and particularly the fact that whether he remains a cadre of the ANC or not are issues we should never dismiss out rightly, but at the same time we should not create an impression that the ANC will never survive an existence without him. By: Kaizer Mohau Potchefstroom North West Province Mobile: 072 080 2824 Writing in his total personal capacity --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
