Amandla, indeed Polokwane new order is now taking shape.
A big word of thanks to everyone who voted on Wednesday, including those who reconfirmed their trust in the leadership of the ANC. A job well done to ANC president Jacob Zuma, the national executive committee and the alliance partners for working together to ensure that the ANC won the election by a sizable majority.
It seems perfectly plain that the Polokwane new order is now taking shape to hold the centre together. The unconditional support of a wise father of the nation and role model cadre, Tata Nelson Mandela, remains a microcosm of the whole. Indeed, the alliance as a coherent force of the liberation struggle fought against the apartheid regime and attained liberation for all. Once again, it defeated an evil conspiracy and rebels of all stripes hellbent at sustaining the 1996 class project, with media playing its part in this affair.
Because we do not hold grudges in the ANC but forgive, we will continue with our collective effort in our quest to achieve a better life for all. As for the holy cows they now know that there is no clergy of body politic — God loves us all. And it hurts Him when clergy rally people to demonise and crucify those perceived to be sinners in the name of the Holy Bible.
It is high time they leave politics and carry out the preaching of God’s kingdom as apostles of Jesus Christ.
That will mark them as worthy of glorious service in God’s coming new order which will include no worldly clergy canvassing followers for their own political agenda.
Nonetheless, the greatest challenge facing us is to resolve our differences and work together to change the lives of ordinary South Africans in entirety.
Certainly, working together we can do more and fully realise our vision to create a better life for all.
Morgan Phaahla,
Ekurhuleni
"Sometimes, if you wear suits for too long, it changes your ideology." - Joe Slovo --- On Fri, 4/24/09, Dominic Tweedie <[email protected]> wrote: From: Dominic Tweedie <[email protected]>
Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] FW: [SACP] THE SACP WELCOMES THE ANC'S OVERWHELMING ELECTORAL VICTORY
To: [email protected]
Date: Friday, April 24, 2009, 3:29 AM
SACP Media Release, 24 April 2009
THE SACP WELCOMES THE ANC’S OVERWHELMING ELECTORAL VICTORY
On 22 April, millions of our people came out in numbers to cast their votes in the fourth democratic elections of our country. The outcomes of the votes that have been counted so far have reaffirmed the overwhelming confidence that our people have in the ANC.
The ANC has amidst all manner of pessimisms, including sustained negative media publicity, emerged with a renewed mandate to work together with our people to transform the South African society for the better.
Just as it happened in the run up to Polokwane and during the persecution of the ANC President, the media is licking its wounds with this resounding victory for the ANC. The DA’s racist campaign was seen by our people for what it is and was rejected. The fugitives from the Polokwane democracy, the eternal opportunists calling themselves COPE, have faced their day. The people of South Africa have rejected the elitist campaign to demonise the ANC and its President.
Our people have reaffirmed their trust and confidence in the ANC!! Our people have heeded the call to defend the legacy of Chris Hani. Hani’s legacy and indeed that of the many heroes, heroines and martyrs of our revolution remain an inspiration to the majority of our people who came out in their numbers yesterday and “Did it For Chris Hani!”. This victory indeed is a great way to honour the sacrifice and commitment of our leaders like Oliver Tambo, Joe Slovo, Dora Tamaana, Ncumisa Kondlo and Esther Barsel.
The SACP commits itself to deepening the political organisation of the working class to play its rightful place as the leading motive force to deepen and consolidate our democracy.
In our election campaign, as communists we interacted with millions of our people who have raised with us genuine challenges and problems relating to service delivery. We do not have the luxury of time on our side, but to move with speed to attend to the water and roads problems in Itsoseng township in the North-West, the total absence of sanitation facilities in sections of Bethal in Mpumalanga, attending to the backlog of land and agrarian reform and the conditions of the farmworkers in South Africa’s countryside, and many other challenges identified during this campaign.
To do this, we ought to remain true to our commitment to working together! The SACP calls on our people not to demobilize but to utilize the momentum that has been generated by the elections campaign to form street committees to fight against crime and corruption, to form people’s health committees to attend to the challenges of provision of quality health for all, establish local people’s education committees to eradicate illiteracy and make education a societal issue, establish people’s land committees to deal with the issue of land reform and attending to issues of food security in order to fight hunger and establish public transport committees for safe, accessible and reliable provision of public transport services.
We need to continue with the momentum to deepen community participation in various platforms set for them to influence decisions of government especially at a local level. This victory should be a declaration that nothing should be done to communities without their participation!!!
The working class and the poor have scored a major victory today and should benefit immensely from their effort. When we started the second decade of our democracy we declared that the first decade indeed benefited capital more and that the second decade of freedom should be a decade of the workers and the poor. Half way that journey, we are at a pole position to accelerate our efforts to make this, the second decade of our democracy the decade of the workers and the poor!
The SACP congratulates the ANC and the rest of the Mass Democratic Movement on this resounding victory. We wish Cde Jacob Zuma and his leadership collective all the best in the next administration and guarantee them of our support.
SACP Spokesperson – 082 226 1802
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