Greetings Cadres, I am of the opinion that our president made an error when choosing a minister of defence as she cannot discuss issues. The soldiers are the most underpaid civil servants in the country and yet they have chosen to guard and put their lives at risk.
I believe that the ministers' decision to dismiss them was not well thought and was very much selfish. The minister tends to forget as to who put her and her bosses in government. She tends to forget her constituencies. I feel that the minister should reconsider her decision as she was still feeling a little bit sleepy at the time it was decided. We surely do not want war. This decision also shows the manner that government treats us as citizens and civil servants. I strongly condemn the minister because she does not understand the background of these soldiers. How does it now help that she has dismissed them? Who is going to feed their families? Is this part of the NDR? All cadres out there, let us rally behind our soldiers to get their jobs back and after that to get a salary review. All ministers tend to forget that we as the people elected them into those cushy positions and we could easily cut them down to size. If they want war, then war it that they shall get and that is not a threat! AMANDLA MASOSHA OMZANSI!! AMANDLA!!! On 9/1/09, Gugu Ndima <[email protected]> wrote: > > *YCLSA condemns the dismissal of soldiers by the Minister of Defence and > Military veterans* > > *01 September 2009* > > The Young communist league of South Africa (UFasimba) would like to condemn > the Minister for dismissing soldiers that were involved in the strike > action. We believe that this does not help the matter but exacerbates it > further. The YCLSA strongly opposes the violent nature of the action by the > soldiers who are members of the South African National Defence Union. > > The YCLSA believes that there is no form of grievance that justifies > violence and threat to national security. However, dismissing soldiers who > are bread winners and heads of family households implies that the Minister > is using dismissal as a political tool to avoid dealing with the gist of the > matter. > > We call on the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans not to solve the > problem by avoiding it, but by urgently giving the soldiers a hearing. We > believe that the concerns of the soldiers, especially related to wages and > transformation of the military, are genuine and should be addressed. > > Labour practises should be applied to any worker irrespective of their > occupation. We condemn any attempt to try and bar soldiers from being > members of trade unions, and do not agree with the sentiments made by the > MKVA. We therefore call upon the Minister to meet with representatives of > both unions and come to an amicable solution to the matter at hand. > > *Issued by the YCLSA Head office* > > *Contact* > > *Gugu Ndima (076 783 1516) * > > *National spokesperson* > > > -- > Gugu Ndima > +27 76 783 1516 > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
