Yho! its bad here comrades and the reasons for all this is known by everyone, at least that brigs hope for collective action for corrective measures, but at the same time leadership will need to be given from the SG office in order to achieve some of the suggestions well thought by Cde Morgan.One must remember the P.congress that led to the formation of now called COPE, and i am optimistic that those who left done that will be coming back home. on a lighter note: I like your arrangement of tried and tested leaders below... and i guarantee you if we had such, we would've been speaking another language of victory.
>>> morgan phaahla <[email protected]> 04/23/09 1:57 PM >>> Comrades, Western Cape has always been highly contested terrain. We have never had an overwhelming majority on this part of the country. We need to ask ourselves why? Do we have a solid leadership that understands the nature of contentious issues costing us control of this province? Are ANC members readily active or become visible during a contest for leadership positions and elections list process? Do they attend to daily problems faced by people in respective areas? Or, do they only know about some of these problems when elections are nearer? The response to all of these questions begins to suggest a process which will inform our political assessment of the Western Cape as a whole. We had difficulty winning KZN however comrades over there did a thorough analysis of their weaknesses and strengths to get us where we are today. Perhaps, comrades in the Western Cape need to import the services of KZN leadership to salvage the situation and frustrate the DA's party time. The option of rotational deployment of dedicated cadres from other effective provinces may also be explored to assist in this regard. We need make preparations now to do well in the municipal elections otherwise the DA will entrech its hegemony and boasts about its popularity without contest in the Western Cape. A strategic plan of action needs to be devised with the structures to work together with communities so that the source of hostility towards the ANC is identified and dealt with accordingly. It shouldn't be a matter of engaging in activities that are elections orientated but programme related in line with the activities of the organisation. ANC and alliance campaigns and programmes must be jointly co-ordinated at both provincial and national levels to have maximum visibility in the Western Cape. People must be conscientise about the relevance of our movement in the broader struggle to achieve a better life for all. To achieve, we will need tried and tested activists of the calibre of Tony Ehrenreich, Chris Nissen, Lynne Browne, et al, to be at the fore front of a process to win over Western Cape from hardliners such as DA. Hard work is what we need and this is my little input based on the observation of our past performance in this province. I remain, Morgan Phaahla "Sometimes, if you wear suits for too long, it changes your ideology." - Joe Slovo --- On Thu, 4/23/09, Thamsanqa Tu <[email protected]> wrote: From: Thamsanqa Tu <[email protected]> Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] Re: SIYAVOTA To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, April 23, 2009, 4:01 AM Could we have really lost the Western Cape? On 4/23/09, Jimmy Njawe <[email protected]> wrote: > ANC shall rule till the end of Time, but I'm worried about the Western Cape > maqabane ngoba iDA isalida I can be so happy if ANC can also take over here > in Cape Town sidikiwe ngu Helen Zille. > > > > _____ > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Vusi Makamu (CF) > Sent: 23 April 2009 09:23 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] SIYAVOTA > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Kind Regards, Thamsanqa Tu (073 282 2512) The demon lies in the fact that, naturally and understandably, the historical beneficiaries of colonialism and apartheid, who constitute a national minority, aspire both for genuine national reconciliation and minimal change with regard to their inherited and especially privileged socio-political-economic position. - Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
