now time has came for us to put things into content... in as much as we realise that some are trying to oppotunistacally use the death of ET as thier path to distablising the country... let us be clear here comrades that it is our responcibility to take this as a sirious threath for our democracy.
> *YCLSA-TAU SA Statement on Eugene Terreblanche’s Murder Irresponsible and > Divisive* > > *7 April 2010* > > The Young Communist League of South Africa (uFasimba) notes with disgust > the > statement issued by the leader of TAU SA, Ben Marais. We regard it as > irresponsible and divisive and a declaration of war on innocent farm > workers > and dwellers. The statement equally seeks to blow out of proportion the > violent murder of Eugene Terreblanche, attributing it to a “government > orchestrated” plot to eliminate white farm owners. > > TAU SA’s call for the arming of white farmers and the establishment of > shooting clubs in defense of farm owners is tantamount to fuelling an > already tense situation which our government is doing everything to ensure > that it remains calm. > > The “swaart-gevaar” mentality instigated by TAU SA will do nothing but > give > irresponsible white farmers to illegally dismiss farm workers and evict > them > from “their property” en-masse in order to create farms into war zones > between evicted and dismissed farm workers and farmers. It is unfortunate > that TAU SA is doing this with a full understanding of the repercussions, > that it will exacerbate a panic mode amongst both farmers and workers and > create an unstable relationship which can push the country into ultimate > chaos. > > We call on all political formations, civil society and TAU SA in > particular > not to use this act for political gains and to try and divert critical > issues such as land-ownership, power relations between farmers and > workers, > and the issues of national reconciliation and nation building. We further > call on all those who have been equating the murder of Terreblanche to the > singing of a struggle song to stop this opportunism and let the law take > its > course. The song, “Ayesaba Magwala” does not belong to Julius Malema, but > belongs to the entire fibre and history of our struggle and to outlaw its > singing by Malema will never stop us from singing the song. > > If TAU SA is allowed to call for the arming of farmers, this is equal to a > declaration of war and therefore, failure by police to intervene in this > regard should inevitably lead to farm workers unions and political > formations to arm workers in their own defense. Marais is therefore doing > no > good for the plight of farm owners. We call on Ben Marais to retract his > statement with immediate effect and apologise to the nation for such a > statement. > > We further reiterate the statement by our North West province that we will > mobilise funds to support the two youngsters so that they receive the best > legal defense. This does not in any way speak to their guilt or innocence, > but is in recognition of the power relations in society and that the odds > are greatly tilted against them. We applaud Zola Majavu for having agreed > to > represent one of the workers. > > > > *Statement issued by the YCLSA National Secretary, Buti Manamela* > > *For further information* > > *Please contact Gugu Ndima* > > *National Spokesperson * > > *0767831516* > > > -- > Gugu Ndima > +27 76 783 1516 > > -- > 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] . To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
