Hi Comrades, I request that we discuss the things that we can do in our different capacities to improve the quality of education in our country. It is sad that we celebrate if 63 percent of the students pass in KwaZulu Natal. I do want to congratulate the leadership of MEC Mchunu is KwaZulu Natal for working together with SADTU leadership throughout the year to produce the 3 percent increase in the pass rate as compared to the previous year. I wish what they did can be reciprocated in all provinces where they were regular unannounced visits to schools, visits which did not take out any kid from class but checked if the teaching and learning was taking place.
I respect the call by the YL for President Zuma to send young people to best universities in the world, but we must take responsibility in our different positions and capacities we hold to bring back the culture of educating a black child, so that indeed when those opportunities arise, the black child will be ready to pass stringent entry examinations from those universities. What impact will it have if all activists of the movement will adopt a school in which they will ensure that learning takes place according to the curriculum. How many young people are members of the governing bodies, the rules have changed to accomodate all active people in society to take part in school governing bodies. I am sure that not even one SGB will turn down an offer from a young graduate who wants to give extra lessons in particular subjects. The President of Zimbabwe has managed to ensure that Zimbabwe produces graduates who are in charge of many powerful institutions all over the world. Given our resources are we not supposed to be the leading nation in producing leaders in all spheres of life, at least in Southern Africa? We also need to do away with this notion that matric is the ultimate test for our education system. I am happy thet our government will introduce more external examinations in many levels of schooling. Are we ready for that or as young people we will start leading pass one, pass all campaigns in those when our most active comrades fail those grades? Let me end with a controversial point. It is good to say that teachers must be at schools for 7 hours teaching, but my issue is what happens if in the process it is students that are not in the school. I think in our correct endevours to instill a human rights culture in schools, we went too far to such an extent that we disempowered teachers, who cannot exercise the "parental" responsibilities during the time when we have left our kids in their care. Corporal punishment is wrong, but no punishment of students is also wrong in my view.... i am talking about discipline in a "parental" manner. Comradely, Sabelo On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:06 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Salute comrades > > Cde Godfrey you write as if programmes of other structures are decide > over a red wine bottle. that statement was pregnant and out of context as > that of the Sowetan. Comrades let us not adopt the tradition of being > intollerent with each other. if cde Gwede is seem to be shifting on the > mandate, we need to correct the actions not to call for the replacement, > so as cde Malema. This tradition is foreign to the congress movement, it > has negative elements, too much speculations, and gossipping because we > all want to promote our agendas. That is unfortunate because it is > happening just after 8 months of Zuma's administration; and two years > before our 100 years of existance as a people's parliament, the ANC. What > does that mean to our history? Any leader as an ordinary human being will > do something wrong but it does not mean he/she is no longer going to > remedy that and stick on what is correct. The issue of serving senior > positions in various structures within the MDM is not new and will never > be a problem if we are loyal to our principles. The issue of radicalism is > not new but that need to be informed and seek to provide direction other > to lambast individuals. The issue of personalising programmes of our > structures will not be correct too. Let us forge unity because we can gain > out of it, as oppose to this fighting and intollerent. We have five > priorities to focus on, we have to prepare for the 2010 local government > elections, and primarily we need to run the political education programme > as agreed in Polokwane ANC Conference. When the political classes unfold > comrades will learn that individuals can never be elevated above > programmes of the movement. It is better when we discuss and debate > ideology comrades but not personalise our engagements as charecterised by > the latter "nationalisation debate". Together we win, but devided we fall. > > > By strange means, there seems to be high level hatred, very so > > pre-occupying the adrenalines of some comrades, towards Malema. What is > > wrong with ANCYL President executing ANCYL programme. The programme of > > visiting schools is not Malema's individual programme, excited > > somewhere... NO, It is a programme of the ANCYL, and the President, as > > its face, is correct to lead that programme. Even lower structures, > > Provinces, Regions and Branches can visit these schools in their > > localities. There is no issue here, Deputy President did not say schools > > must not be visited at all, but during times that are convinient and > > less-disruptive. It is true that this is a tradition of the congress > > movement, to visit schools at the beginning of the year, It should not > > be only a Minister responsible, but the leadership can always visit, > > more especially at the beginning of the year. > > > > Sowetan qouted Kgalema out of context, and is important to note that > > the ANCYL programme was not decided over a bottle of a red wine. > > > > Funky > > Mpumalanga > > > >>>> [email protected] 01/28/10 4:05 PM >>> > > The recent wave against the Secretary General of the ANC, comrade > > Gwede > > Mantashe, is a serious threat to the stability of the ANC. It is > > crucial > > that all members of the ANC defend our Secretary General because that > > would be tantamount to defending the ANC! We cannot keep silent when > > we > > know that those who hoped to ascend to the top echelons of resources > > during the Zuma administration, are now frustrated because comrade > > Nobhala has tightened screws and they want him out. > > > > > > > > The truth is that among those who called for leadership change in > > Polokwane, there were those who had hoped that once that leadership > > was > > gone, it was to be their turn at the spoils of power. However, they > > used > > a certain rhetoric that was to count against them because many of us > > took it seriously the call that we must fight corruption with every > > sinew of our able bodies. That the ANC must prioritise the poor and > > the > > working people as the most vulnerable sections of our society was (and > > still is) for many of us a line of march. Comrade SG represents the > > aspirations of many of the poor and working masses of our population. > > This anger towards him is an attempt to deflect the ANC from its > > historic mission of creating a better life for all, particularly for > > the > > poor and the working masses of this country. > > > > > > > > This wave of resource-hungry comrades has also converged with that of > > those whose political ambitions threaten to tear the ANC into pieces. > > This convergence has been laid bare during the course of last week. > > The > > defiance of the political authority of the SG office and that of the > > ANC > > by a NEC member like Tokyo Sexwale over his report; the visit to > > Kgutsong School by Julius Malema and his comments afterwards on the > > warning by the Deputy President of the ANC and the country, comrade > > Kgalema Mothlanthe, was not a coincidence but a signal that comrades > > are > > prepared to do anything to get their 'share' and fulfill their > > ambitions. It must be a wake-up call to all of us ordinary members of > > the ANC that evil thrives where good men and women do nothing. > > > > > > > > The ANC needs its members to defend it during this period towards our > > centenary in 2012. That conference in 2012 will either ruin the ANC > > because of these uncontrollable ambitions; or unite all of us because > > as > > ordinary members of the ANC we would have refused to be led by those > > whose interests are inimical to those of the ANC. And because we would > > have stood up and said: Hands Off Our Secretary General! > > > > > > > > > > > > Mzukisi Makatse > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Thabiso Radebe > > Sent: 28 January 2010 11:24 AM > > To: Cassey Madikgetla; Pogisho Seokamo; > > [email protected] > > Subject: Fwd: [YCLSA Discussion] Article from Sowetan > > > > > > > > > > Maybe we must after all agree, here we are dealing with a paranoia. > > > > > > For how long , how many times . I still don't buy the clumsy > > excuses > > of us having to allow Youth Leagues members or its leaders to go > > on > > confrontational course with its own ANC senior leadership. To crown it > > all even ignoring comradely advices given by our Mass Democratic > > Movement structures. > > > > > > > > Malema suffers from accumulation of bubble wealth after effects, His > > capitalist handlers keep so busy in return for his cooption into a > > patronage driven politics. > > > > Innocent and unsuspecting loyal ANC members with thier cult for power > > by > > hook or crook . > > > > > > > > In anyway ANC YL legacy will remain in tact once democratic process > > have > > sought out the Bully Vague Malema Animal Farm syndrome. > > > > With all due respect this ill-discipline practice has been > > unnecessarily tolerated and incorrectly allowed to go too far. This > > must come to an end . > > > > For sanity to prevail all sober and visionary ANC- YL members > > themselves have to recall this rascal. > > > > The constitution makes a provision to remedy such conditions of > > unbearable destructive mode, for me the organizational cohesion > > ,strength to provide necessary leadership should be exchanged for > > anything not even insults. > > > > All structures starting with provinces must wake up and save ANC YL > > from > > degenerating any further. > > > > > > > > This move has absolutely nothing to do with factional tendencies > > but > > a principled matter if we really value the undisputed political > > contributions made by previous ANC YL leadership collectives .The > > MALEMA > > generation must be reminded that they are no different from thier > > predecessors they seem to have consciously taken a destructive tone, > > with so very less positive things to be remembered for. > > > > > > > > Malema disrespecting youth league members by running the organizations > > affairs like unguided missile this is cheap politicking with falls > > notion to capture cheap political fame. His forever in the media > > for > > wrong reasons . > > > > > > > > We expect ANC YL that's responsibility in the effort of being good > > custodians, I am not advocating macro management but we need sound > > leadership to walk and talk youth development not this sensationalism > > act .How far is the Malema- NEC collective in implementing the > > Mangaung/ Bloemfontein conference resolutions ? > > > > > > > > What the basis of ANC YL structures current Program of Action ? > > > > Stop pursuing politics of opposition this no different from the cope > > or > > da of this world who just go on rampage abusing our hard fought > > democracy . ANC elected leaders deserve to given all due respect no > > matter how we may differ with thier views .. > > > > > > > > But light of this reality might all be equally be guilty for doing > > nothing to stop anarchy that being entrenched within our structures > > ANC > > YL being used as launching pad . > > > > > > > > Comrades history is going to punish us very harsh for succumbing to > > this > > type of battering politicking a reminiscent of the PAC COPE > > rebellions. > > > > There is nothing revolutionary about Malema drama but only > > scandalous. > > > > > > > > > > But we are also faced with the big challenge of going beyond Malema > > sage > > to establish how many of other Malemas out there misrepresenting > > ANC > > internal democratic space for members to express thier views . > > > > > > > > What informs this persistence culture of arrogant defiance on the > > part > > of Malema? > > > > > > > > ALUTA CONTINUA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > > > > > > > > > >>>> <[email protected]> 2010/01/28 09:20 AM >>> > > > > From: > > > > Sandile Ngcobo > > > > Comments: > > > > I wonder how does these visits benefits scholars, and uplift the > > culture > > of learning and teaching; or its another publicity stunt. 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