Thanks Comrades Billy is not the first person to raise this as a concern and supposetly not the last one. I think we should clarify the charecter of the ANC and our movement one more time. It is critical that comrades who have this taught understand that it is not crime to be a communist within the ANC, as a leader of the MDM. I am not philosopher but I just want to submit my very brief input regarding the charecter of our movement.
I agree the ANC is a broader church which represents the interest of all people from various perspectives namely socialists, workers, poor, minority groups, business people, cultural societies, sports participants, religious groups, and everyone. However scientifically we know that whatever class dominates our community will and should dominate the movement. Whatever class position we have in society will be the position we will belong to in the movement structures while sympathizing with others. This is the reason the ANC adopted RDP in 1994 to redress challenges of houses and so on. That is why towards 1999 the ANC adopted GEAR in order redress economic growth. That why towards 2004 it adopted BEE to bring Black to the ownership of businesses and then adopted ASGISA as a follow up in redressing social and economic challenges. This was also among other things informed by the domination of the classical persuasion within our structures. Equally people should accept that we are a broader church, the election of the so called 'pro-socialists' in the NEC/NWC and recently in our democratic parliament (CABINET) is the demonstration of the domination of the kind of membership we recruited over the years(BRANCHES where processes unfold). I concur with the responses of progressive cadres in this forum that Billy is misleading, we expect NEC member like him to understand that previously the Nationals/Capitals where dominant in our structures. We never suggest otherwise but we decided to build a strong alliance where there is practical balance of decision making organ. Hence the alliance must be the center of policy developent and implementation. Billy is jeopardising our efforts to build a strong working relations. They are all pretending as if they do not know the ANC and its former leadership; thus they think South Africans are not mindful of the leaders like Harry Gwala, Moses Kotane, Moses Mabhida, and many more. It is important to remind people to handle issues of the ANC in the ANC way in order to maintain its character as the broader parliament of the people. There is not socializing the ANC as others speculate what is happening is that the class dominates our community will and should dominate the movement. Aluta!!! > As Requested by Senzo Dlamini > > * > * > > STATEMENT OF THE YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE OF SA ON BILLY MASETLHA > > *11 October 2009* > > The Young Communist League of South Africa (uFasimba) notes with contempt > and extreme disappointment the comments attributed to ANC National > Executive > Committee (NEC) member Billy Masetlha in the Mail and Guardian, 9 October > 2009. > > We view Masetlha’s statements as taking us back to the pre-Polokwane > Conference attitude of seeking to mobilise ANC members and leaders against > communists and trade-union leaders in the ANC. The statement is equally > against the letter and spirit of the ANC leadership that seeks to rebuild > a > strong Alliance. It is hypocritical for Masetlha to suggest that the > Alliance was only necessary when there were problems within the ANC, and > that leaders such as Blade Nzimande and Zwelinzima Vavi where only > necessary > to defeat the 1996 class project. > > What is even worse is for Masetlha to threaten dissent against the > president > of the ANC, Jacob Zuma, at the next Conference if he (Zuma) does not act > against Nzimande and others. > > Contrary to Masetlha’s fantasies and misdiagnosis about why Polokwane > happened, change had to come in the leadership of the ANC precisely > because > of the divisive nature of the then President of the ANC when it came to > the > Alliance. > > We want to emphasise that issues such as banning Labour Brokers, > dissolution > of the SABC Board and other allegations against the SACP and COSATU are in > fact part of the ANC Resolutions and some of them where in the ANC > Election > Manifesto; unless if Masetlha is suggesting that the ANC should renege > from > the promises it made to the electorate and not implement its Manifesto. > > We are also worried that Masetlha chose to unleash a salvo against the > office bearers of the SACP, Gwede Mantashe, Phumolo Masualle and Nzimande. > Isolating these leaders because of their membership and leadership of the > SACP and accusing them of being influential in the ANC is very consistent > and reminds with the same reasons that Terror Lekota gave when he was > issuing divorce papers. How sad that there is such a coincidence, but > equally, how revealing. > > We hope that Masetlha will regain his sobriety and temperance; reconsider > his divisive statements and apologise to all the leaders that he had > targeted, or face rebuke by the ANC. > > Issued by the YCLSA Head Office > > For more information contact > > Gugu Ndima (076 783 1516) > > National spokesperson > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ South Africa's premier free email service - www.webmail.co.za ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For super low premiums, click here http://home.webmail.co.za/dd.pwm --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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. 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