To me this matter of audit of lifestyles,regime and so on,much as im agreeing with,but the critical matter is that it does not fundamentally speak on how do we locate the discipline of capital in the manner that seeks to benefit the society.but becomes another way in which we want to manage the accumulation of capital,is like we are saying that u can accumulate but as long is within the defined model which to me is problematic because the model itself is also informed by corrupt tendencies(das kapital vol II clarify this issue).it is equivalent to say oppenheimer,knot craig and so forth can continue this accumulation,bt others cannot until we r satisfied that they r within the defined model because to me oppenheimer through privatisation of the soil,water and further exploitation of labour power is engaged in corrupt tendency and continues to accumulate but not anyone says anything about this accumulation which also threaten the dignity and existence of humanity,otherwise we tell them that their accumulation of relative surplus value cannot be threatened by any programme and so on. we are living in the capitalist society then we need to deal with it as a system directly not its symptoms which are informed by bread crumps which came as a result of attempted dismantling.infact what we want to deal with is just the capital left by the bourgeousie as a litmus test to digress us from the revolutionary objectives,we have learnt from this tendency in other african societies where they even go to civil wars and coup detas to fight for these crumbs,while leaving the capitalists proceeding with the accumulation process when the society is still busy fighting for such,like what we want to do now. we should focus our energy on how do we come up with legislations on the disciplining of capital and how do we further scientifically negate the capitalist system,how do we negate the parliamentary systems which are problematic and bureaucracy and so on.until such time we do so we are not going to stop auditing each other while the capitalist dontinue to accumulate.
> AUDIT THE ACCUMULATION REGIME NOT JUST LIFESTYLES > > Our country ranks high amongst countries with a huge gap between the > rich and the poor. The levels of economic stratification in our > country are unbearably high. This is caused by the unjustifiable > salaries earned by executives both in the public and private sectors. > Our government should enforce remuneration ceilings for employees both > in the public and the private sector. > > Government should also keep a close eye on the exorbitant profits > earned by cigar-smoking businessmen through exploiting South African > workers. This is because while we pay attention on the amounts looted > by government officials, the capitalist class continues, daily, to > loot millions from our workers in the form of profits in order to > gamble with them in the New York and London Stock Exchanges. This is > our major concern. > > We recognize the concerns by COSATU that the lavish lifestyles lived > by many parliamentarians and government officials need to be audited. > This is a brilliant idea that needs to be supported at all costs. We > also need to extend the audit of lifestyles to all politicians in > government and outside. The lifestyles of trade unionists, student and > youth leaders need to be equally audited. All those who live lavish > lifestyles but continue claiming to represent the poor need to be > exposed. Capitalists masked as revolutionaries need to be equally > exposed in our society. > > Our country suffers from the misuse of public office to pursue private > business interests either by politicians, their spouses, relatives, > associates and stooges. It is not only government officials and > parliamentarians that use their positions of influence to enhance > their narrow business interests; political leaders are guilty of this > too. This needs to be done before our country becomes a fully-fledged > crony capitalist state. As a result, capitalists and opportunistic > politicians alike ransack our country. An observation was made in the > 2007 Polokwane congress of the ANC by the then president that the ANC > was quickly turning into money making scheme and turning away from its > original orientation. > > As part of our contribution to the lifestyle audits we have resolved > to develop a student governance policy that will guide the lifestyle > our SRC’s should live, in order to ensure that we curb problems in the > student governance sector. Those of our structures that live lavish > lifestyles will be reigned in. We expect other organizations to do the > same rather than become defensive and conjure up wild conspiracy > theories and cry foul. > > The possibility of lifestyle audits being used for factional squabbles > within the movement and society is an ever-present possibility. In the > same breath we take exception to those who want to use this process to > achieve objectives other than those that the audit was meant for. > Despite the presence of this, it is not sufficient ground to > delegitimize these audits. Journalists should equally desist from > spicing up lifestyle audit reports in order suit their ends. This > casts doubt on the whole process. It is in the public interest to know > the lifestyle of self-acclaimed revolutionaries, but this should be > based on fact than fiction. > > For details Contact > Mbulelo Mandlana (President) > 076 934 9863 > Or > Lazola Ndamase (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] . > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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] .
