*Since all this started SASCO is the first organisation to be frank and confront this chaos with political maturity. Viva SASCO Viva.*
On 12/16/09, Dominic Tweedie <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > SOUTH AFRICAN STUDENTS CONGRESS *54 Sauer Street* > *Chief Albert Luthuli House* > *Johannesburg* > *2000* > *E-mail: [email protected]* > *www.sasco.org.za* > > [image: sasco logo- white] > *P.O. Box 9939* > *Johannesburg * > *2000* > *Tel: (011) 376 1108* > *Fax: (011) 3761084* > > > OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL > > * > Contacts:* > *Mbulelo Mandlana (SASCO President)*,** *076 934 9863, [email protected]* > **** > *****Or Lazola Ndamase (SASCO Secretary General)*,** *082 679 8718, ** > [email protected] > General: **[email protected]* <[email protected]> > > > *SASCO Press Statement, 16 December 2009* > * * > > *Recent contestations between the ANC YL, YCL & SACP* > > > The South African Students Congress (SASCO) notes with contempt and > disappointment the recent firing of insults back and forth between the ANC > YL, YCL and the SACP. We remain shocked and ashamed that leaders within our > MDM structures would stoop to this level and fail to resolve their > differences in views and opinions in an orderly and organisational manner. > > As SASCO we support the call for the nationalization of mines, and seek to > see it result in socialization of production and share of proceeds. We are > shocked and dismayed by the lukewarm support for nationalization shown by > the South African Communist Party (SACP). We raise this because we would > have expected the Party of socialism-cum-communism to be over-enthusiastic > to find that ultimately, its views have found resonance even in the ranks of > the ANCYL. Rather than take advantage of this and enrich the debate, the > SACP leadership has become dismissive and overly cautious. We equally reject > the populist attempts by the ANCYL to opportunistically and factionally use > support or lack of support for nationalization as a yardstick to elect > leadership. Leadership cannot be elected on the basis of one issue. We > therefore reject the Julius formula of electing leadership, either in the > ANC or in the MDM as a whole. > > The booing of President Julius Malema in the SACP conference must be > condemned and discouraged by all. Whether delegates agree with his conduct > or not, they should not threat him, or anyone for that matter in the manner > they did. It is the responsibility of all members to utilize organisational > platforms to raise their disgruntlements and not howl. It is our collective > responsibility to guard our organizations jealously and be examplenary in > the manner we conduct ourselves. > > With that said it is wrong for the ANCYL without evidence and armed with > nothing else but anger to insinuate that the Party leadership orchestrated > the booing of comrade Julius in the SACP’s 2ND Special Congress. We > therefore condemn the childish manner in which the ANCYL has responded to > the booing of Julius Malema in the SACP Conference. Rather than request the > Party leadership to act against those who booed at Malema, the ANCYL finds > the Party leadership guilty of conspiring with delegates, and as a result > declares war on the Party as an organization rather than on the > ill-disciplined SACP delegates. If the approach by the ANCYL is correct > would it then be correct to blame the previous leadership of the ANCYL for > the throwing of chairs and even exposure of buttocks by ANCYL delegates in > last years ANCYL National Congress? > > We condemn the opportunistic isolation of Comrade Gwede Mantashe by the > leadership of the ANCYL. In fact, we believe that the recent criticism of > comrade Mantashe for independent actions of SACP delegates is used to mask a > well-calculated strategy to isolate comrade Mantashe and present him as an > irresponsible Secretary General, whose capacity to lead must be left > questionable. By raising the issue of conflict of interest, does the ANCYL > really want to suggest that no leader of the ANC must hold positions both in > the Party and the ANC? What then of many of its NEC members? If there is > nothing wrong with its NEC members as stated in its press briefing, what > makes it wrong in relation to comrade Mantashe? > > We thank the leadership of the ANCYL for raising issues sharply and > ensuring the speedy realization of our Freedom Charter objectives. However, > no amount of provocation justifies racist insults at comrades. No amount of > disagreement turns comrade Jeremy Cronin (a veteran of our movement) into a > mini-Tony Leon that needs to be dismissed at every point as a white > chauvinist. The ANCYL needs to desist from making interventions that may > leave a permanent scar that will last beyond the current debate such as they > did when they called comrade Jeremy Cronin a “white messiah”. > > It is unacceptable that the ANCYL describes the leadership of the Party > “yellow communists”. Read for what it is, this is calling for an internal > revolt against the SACP leadership. Instead of fighting through the media, > the SACP and ANCYL must hold an urgent bilateral meeting to compose their > differences and chart a way forward. The problems that face South Africans > are far-reaching, and need more than anger and egos to resolve. > > > *For details Contact * > *Mbulelo Mandlana (SASCO President)* > * * > *076 934 9863 * > * * > *Or* > * * > *Lazola Ndamase (SASCO Secretary General)* > * * > *082 679 8718* > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CU News" group. > For statement archives, web pages and file downloads, visit this group at > http://groups-beta.google.com/group/CU-News > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] -- 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. 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