Cde, Mduduzi The ANC manifesto for 2009 elections is premised on the fact that working together we have achieved much in the first 15 years of our democracy. The much that we have achieved since the inception of democracy in this country is correctly attributable to the collective effort of the ANC, including the Thabo Mbeki as our leader consistent with the Mafikeng and Stellenbosch conferences’ resolutions.
There has never been a denial that there are important strides that we have registered in pursuance of the through-going process of re-construction and transformation. All these successes are not attributable to Thabo Mbeki alone. Equally, we all share in the weaknesses that occasioned our leadership of state over this period. Part of these weaknesses being having trusted Thabo Mbeki overly to an extent that he imagined himself to be larger than the ANC itself. It is my take that you did not read correctly and properly the letter written by Cde. Mbalula. If you did, you would not misconstrued him so badly and stoop so low to reducing his leadership to writing letters. If you so insist that leadership is not about writing letters but problem solution, quickly remind yourself of how many letters had Thabo Mbeki written to Jacob Zuma and leaking some to media instead of dealing with issues at hand. The following sentence from Cde. Mbalula’s letter gives evidence of acknowledgement of the good that Thabo Mbeki leadership brought us. But is simultaneously point out the shame that so unnaturally tainted and eclipsed that good. “It is a sad day in our nation that one has to allude that your legacy brought us shame and disgrace, overshadowing what would have otherwise been a commendable political career”. Thabo Mbeki was not parachuted as a leader of the movement. He was elected into position of responsibility primarily because of the movement’ appreciation of his credentials. He had been tried and tested. Election to position of responsibility, particularly unanimously, demonstrates the level and amount of trust members have in a person. Unfortunately, in Thabo Mbeki’s case, he grossly and arrogantly broke that trust. It is incontrovertible that the ANC became divided under his leadership. Delivering his penultimate political report to Polokwane conference, he quoted at length the responsibilities of the ANC President from the constitution. Did he remain loyal to that in your own view? Can you honestly, as a member of the movement, say that you have not seen with own eyes the patronage that characterised both our movement and the government? Where was he as a forefront leader of the movement, as enjoined by the constitution? The list of inconsistencies he meted out to comrades while in government is undisputable. But what was groundbreaking to and for many of us was to hear a professed loyal and committed member of the organisation saying that he must be written a letter to request him to serve the organisation. How hypocritical! What happened to the constitution? In conclusion, Thabo Mbeki has a bad tendency to keep mum even when leadership is needed. Many of us believe that those that interfered with legal process were not acting in their own volition. This is simple. Either Thabo Mbeki comes out clean to scold those conducting themselves unscrupulously in his name or we continue to believe correctly that his silence essentially gives credence to their conduct. Mtutuzi, it is acceptable to love comrades. But that should be at the expense of our glorious movement we so dearly love. Please read correctly what Cde. Mbalula had written. Those facts are a matter of public record for a significant period of time. Siyanqoba! David Mohale Masilonyana From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mduduzi H Vilakazi Sent: 16 April 2009 03:49 PM To: Kaizer Mohau; [email protected] Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] Mbeki a leader by distinction!! As President Mbeki has requested on the 09th of April 2009 that anyone with evidence of his political inteference should produce such to law enforcement agencies, please do so if you have such evidence. You are but walloping and not giving details of his involvement in the issues. His relation with Mbalula when they were both presidents of the ANC and ANCYL respectively cannot be summarised by the fabrications in the Mbalula letter. Part of the document read to us by the acting NDPP when pronouncing that he could not proceed with the cases on Msholozi clarifies that there is no information or whatsoever that implicates president Mbeki on the issues. What you wrote is equivalent to the rejection of the ANC manifesto. Most of the facts in the manifesto are the same as those reported by president Mbeki in Polokwane. You and Mbalula cannot mislead us by ignoring the good things that the Mbeki administration did for the country. I fully agree that he like all human beings made mistakes during his leaderrship but you must tell me who of all the good leaders of the ANC was never mentioned as a sellout. They were labelled so because leadership is not writing letters but providing solutions to problems. While doing so, some decisions will be highly unpopular. As president Julius Malema has said, the ANC owns all the good and the bad things that the Mbeki administration made. President Malema further acknowledged the mistakes that president Mbeki might have caused and pleaded for the forgiveness of such mistakes. The ANC is an organisation that will never abandon its members, why such a campaign on president Mbeki. However, president Mbeki's good stewardship can not be forgotten because of political sentiments and fabrications without proof. I want to challenge anyone in this forum to dispute that most of the things that the ANC are proud of were achieved during the 14 and a half years of Mbeki occupancy in the office of the presidency both as the only executive deputy president and subsequently president of the country. Why do you and Mbalula owns the achievements and dismiss the mistakes that came with democracy. We are tired of discrediting president Mbeki's legacy and fabricating lies about him. I stand firm to be villified by those who hold a contrary view, but if you have evidence of wrong doing by president Mbeki, furnish such to law enforcement agencies. I pause!!! >>> Kaizer Mohau <[email protected]> 4/15/2009 11:20 AM >>> 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. 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