In the current political discourse everyone is mobilised to be an "cheer leader" no more shall have any analysis that can be objective in discussions, An analysis is either aligned with a certain faction or with the "leadership debate" that seem to pre-occupie everyone in our movement. South African Student Congress is an Autonomous structure within the Progressive Youth Alliance and it therefore reserve its right to engage on any political debates with no consultation of anyone hence the release of the press statement, the statement is inline with the respect of the state institutions and understanding the judgement in its entirety.
It is not an attack to the President of the Youth League but an objective anlysis of the judgement by the Equality court and the statement has got nothing to do with the leadership debate of 2012, if one argues that SASCO is engage in such then that person should be consistent with the analysis and go through the recent press release of SASCO, from the statement on the Alliance after the Special Congress of the SACP,on Minister Shabangu, to the statement on Minister Nyanda, further to the statement on the President of Youth League and be consistent in the analysis, but not to pick a particular statement an grandstand with it in a quest of political relevance, But the matter is everyone is eager that South African Students Congress should be its ally in their plan of stuffling debates in the interest of particular faction, which this pose a danger in the entire movement and create an organisation that cant criticaly engage on any issue but is surrounded with "yes leaders". SASCO remains an Autonomous student organisation which is neither a student wing nor a baby of any organisation and therefore we shall continue to occupy our space with no fear of any individual who would seek political relevance with us.... On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Lone Maxwell <[email protected]> wrote: > I read with utter disgust the celebratory statement by SASCO welcoming the > court verdict by the Equality court on Julius Malema. My initial thought on > the matter was to question how a supposedly progressive student formation > can ever celebrate a verdict on a complaint laid by the liberal and racist > Afriforum on one of its own. How does a PYA component resort to joining the > opposition in its attack against another PYA leader within the MDM. Perhaps > more puzzling is that the alleged ‘hate speech’ was said at a SASCO > gathering, and SASCO as an organization failed to correct or reprimand > Julius at that very gathering last year, let alone raise its > dissatisfaction. Instead his articulations where met with delight and cheers > from the audience including its leadership. This mischievousness with the > truth or sudden amnesia of the occurrence of events by SASCO is > questionable, and can only be deduced to reflect the highest form of > grandstanding and opportunism. The only conclusion one gathers from this is > that the leadership of SASCO is in a desperate attempt or quest to position > itself along the current 2012 debacles (inspite of the 16th National > Congress resolution against such), to the extent that it dishonestly > conjures up and clings to an event in history it had no problems with. The > tone and attacks on the ANCYL in the latest press releases sent under the > name of SASCO from the YCL Press Release account is perhaps a guiding clue > to the real misdemeanor behind the monkey business. > > Comradely yours > Lone Maxwell > Northern Cape > > -- > 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] . > -- Lungisa Mzizana Provincial Chairperson WC SASCO Cell: 073 655 2734 Email: [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. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] .
