Cmrds This is a welcomed pronouncement from the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans,Ms Lindiwe Sisulu. The YCLSA has been very vocal on the matter of voluntary conscription and it is now paying dividends. The SANDF can play a major role in the moulding of young people of the country. Teamwork, discipline and patriotism are but a few traits and skills one picks up during military service. So this is indeed a working class victory. I know because i also volunteered in our infantry forces from 1998-2000. i am still an active reserve army member. Aluta!
With best regards/Mit freundlichen Grüssen /Ngeminqweno emihle/שָׁלוֹם Litha Thando Yono Mechatronics Technician DaimlerChrysler South Africa P.O Box 671 East London 5200 Tel(W) 043-706 2970 Fax(W)043 706 9308 [email protected] Sent by: [email protected] 2010/05/05 03:20 PM Please respond to [email protected] To [email protected] cc Subject [YCLSA Discussion] YCLSA SUPPORTS THE PROPOSED INTRODUCTION OF MILITARY SEVICE FOR YOUTH YCLSA SUPPORTS THE PROPOSED INTRODUCTION OF MILITARY SEVICE FOR YOUTH 5 May 2010 The Young Communist League of South Africa (uFasimba) welcomes and applauds the highly anticipated decision by the Minister of Defense and Military Veterans, Lindiwe Sisulu, to formally propose to parliament the military service for out of school youth. The YCLSA resolved on Military Service in our National Council in held 2008, and has continuously called for the introduction of such military service. This is a victory for the YCLSA and for the youth of our country who remain hopeless and helpless, but more importantly it is a much needed intervention in addressing some of the social ills in our society. Military service will not be a panacea for all problems faced by young people in society but it can be utilized as an effective tool to address issues of unemployment, discipline, instilling patriotism and training young people within the Defense force to be able to work in various sectors. The fact that there are facilities that are idle because of the lack of skills within the military shows the need to recruit and train more young people to undertake these tasks. Critical to opening up the military to young people, we also hope that more and more black young South Africans will find interest in joining the military, as one of our concerns is the racial profile of the defense force. This will also ensure that many young people will be ready to serve in time on need for the protection of the sovereignty of our country, and thus, South Africa can be safer. In the past and in some instances presently around the world (such as in Iraq and Afghanistan), unskilled volunteers would be used to fight wars and thus our country can better be served by this process. This would curb such a dilemma to a large extent and increase the number of well-trained soldiers. We also hope that part of this discussion will include the role of the military during peacetime. There is enormous skills and capacity within the army that can help in infrastructure development, service delivery, health, education and many other areas. We encourage young people to support this initiative and take advantage of this opportunity. We hope that this is the beginning of many constructive initiatives by government that will work in the interest of Nation building and patriotism. In leading by example, the YCL encourages its members and leaders to register with the Reserve Army as a way to introduce this process. We will await the law and positively contribute. Issued by the YCLSA Head Office 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] . If you are not the intended addressee, please inform us immediately that you have received this e-mail in error, and delete it. We thank you for your cooperation. -- 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] .
