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On 12/16/09, Scelo Gcabashe <[email protected]> wrote: > NB: This email and its contents are subject to the Eskom Holdings Limited > EMAIL LEGAL NOTICE > which can be viewed at http://www.eskom.co.za/email_legalnotice > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > A breath of fresh air.. atleast... > > >>>> Dominic Tweedie <[email protected]> 2009/12/16 01:10 PM >>>> > > SOUTH AFRICAN STUDENTS CONGRESS > 54 Sauer Street > Chief Albert Luthuli House > Johannesburg > 2000 > E-mail: [email protected] > www.sasco.org.za > <!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--> 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] > > > 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 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] . > > -- > You are subscribed. 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