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I hope that I have been vindicated from my humble assessment of the situation in the manner in which my thoughts were posed on this blog last week; interestingly enough COSATU concurs with my viewpoint. It is vital that we as the MDM consistently conduct introspection in order to ensure that we do not get derailed or deterred by any rogue elements; from the goals that were carved out by our forefathers. We have to note and appreciate that the most difficult person to lead is oneself, referring to both us as individuals and oneself as the MDM being personified as a figure of speech. It is therefore an imperative that we begin to objectively loosen up, be proactive and not be defensive when critical issues are sharply raised, even if they are leveled at our government or directly leveled at the movement. We cannot be so defensive of the movement and our government, to the extent that we become oblivious even were errors are committed. Of course we should not consistently hang our dirty linen in the public. If incidents of corruption, dictatorial tendencies, banana republic tendencies etc. occur within society; even worse perpetuated or alleged to be perpetuated by our leaders, they should be fiercely engaged and hopefully rooted out. It would be an indictment to our democracy if we seek to harshly silence those who dare question the movement or individuals within the movement particularly those in leadership position. If an incident occurs that resembles practices of a banana republic, let us call it what it is. That does not in anyway suggest that the whole country is run as a banana republic irrespective of whether it is a perception or not. We have to call a spade a spade and not a steel dustpan. In that manner we will ensure that the movement remains on track to achieve the millennium development goals and all other goals that the MDM has set itself since its inception. Back to the point at hand, instead of labeling and attacking COSATU, we should ask ourselves why is COSATU referring to this incident as a potential example of things that occur in a banana republic? COSATU cannot just refer to the incident as such when there was not deep thought process that they went through and it does not in anyway suggest that COSATU have lost the plot. Let us continue to engage. Regards, Tumelo G. From: Dominic Tweedie To: [email protected] Sent: Mon Mar 29 16:12:45 SAST 2010 Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] [Fwd: [COSATU Press] 'Redeployment' of prosecutor raises COSATU's concern] Bananarama! ‘Redeployment’ of prosecutor raises COSATU’s concern The Congress of South African Trade Unions shares the concern of the Public Servants Association over the apparent demotion of state prosecutor, Andre Lambrecht, who was told on Tuesday, 23 March 2010, that he had been "relieved of his managerial duties and told to work as a prosecutor in court." This followed his alleged refusal to obey a verbal instruction from the Acting Director of Public Prosecutions in Gauteng, Gladstone Maema, to drop the state’s opposition to bail being granted to Molemo ‘Jub Jub’ Maarohanye’ in Protea Magistrates’ Court. He refused to execute the order unless he received it in writing, which he did not, and proceeded to oppose Jub Jub's bail application. Maema is alleged to have reported to have told Lambrecht that he was passing on an order from the National Prosecuting Authority Director, Menzi Simelane. COSATU agrees with PSA’s Manie de Clercq that the NPS’s contention that Lambrecht was merely ‘redeployed’ is ‘nonsense’ and agrees that it is strange that his redeployment happened on the same day he refused to obey the NPA’s instruction. The PSA has now declared a dispute and has referred the matter to the Bargaining Council for mediation and conciliation. COSATU will await the outcome with great interest. If the ‘redeployment’ is confirmed, it will indicate that we are another step further down the road to a banana republic. Patrick Craven (National Spokesperson) Congress of South African Trade Unions 1-5 Leyds Cnr Biccard Streets Braamfontein, 2017 P.O. Box 1019 Johannesburg, 2000 SOUTH AFRICA Tel: +27 11 339-4911/24 Fax: +27 11 339-5080/6940/ 086 603 9667 Cell: 0828217456 E-Mail: [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] . 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