Thanks Cdes. Let me begin by reminding fellow comrades that gwede is Secretary General not GS because there is a functionary and material political difference between the two. for clarity purposes the ANC doesn't have the GS because it is the President that becomes the Political head of the ANC hence the SG is a Chief Administrative Officer. As I said previously in a topic related to this one, our assessment to the performance of any Leader will be based on the pursuit of Polokwane resolutions, election manifesto and immediate NEC resolutions. As the SG of the ANC, he is at the centre and a custodian of all ANC policies and positions. I don't want to talk about his position in the SACP because that is an autonomous structure. So there is no anxiety with occuppying positions in both ANC and SACP. Hoewever the SACP will seek to influence ANC decision to faviour the working class and the poor, hence the ANC is a disciplene force of the left.
The reality is that the songs and statement issued during the ANCYL lekgotla cannot be left unattended. I only have a problem with the precedent we are setting for ourselves as a youth within the ANC. Yes, we do have a loud voice, and at most case it prevails. I don't want to focus on a desire to prove our hegemony and momentum against those who don't own our views. But i think the upcoming NGC shall assess critical positions such as nationalisation of mine/reserve banks, free education, national health insurance, implementation of our 5 priorities; we must not even attemp to reducing this important NGC in the build up for 2012 leadership contest in checking the balance of forces. And the issue of calculating those who speak in line or not in line with our perspectives, by the way where is freedom of expression and culture of free debates? We need to be objective comrades. Let us go back to a service delivery culture, people need water, houses, roads, electricity, fight against crime, and so forth. Together we can do more but divided we will definately do less if not nothing at all. >From Senzo. > Qabane, cde mantashe articulates the decisions of the ANC as ANC GS and > articulates the views of the SACP as SACP chairperson and let us not > confuse his different roles. Infact I agree with the view that we need to > have more radical approach but that can not be done by Gwede alone as ANC > GS. That can be done by being more influencial to ANC NEC at large, become > more influencial in all structures of ANC in particular and ultimately to > have more radical change in ANC policies during ANC policy conferences and > congresses. > > Cdes im very worried by the silence of SACP, COSATU AND YCL in issue of > nationalisation of mines even if we dont agree with ANCYL version we must > put more flash on it. May that is why we hear likes of Shabangu so strong > about impossibility of nationalisation of mines and i wonder why. Infact > cdes, there might be a reason beind the ANCYL call which we might not know > but one will ask what is our position. > > Malemas say that Gwede is a goner might not be undermined maqabane. Malema > thinks he is the POWER HOUSE of this ANC led movement and we must teach > him a lesson. Cdes if we allow Gwede to be out voted, that will mean we > are not at all ready to start building socialism. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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. > 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] . > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. 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] .
