Comradely Greetings
The NWC Statement is showing us their tactical reasons behind Tripartite Alliance. I strongly feels that dialogue should be opened between the activists of COSATU and the SACP. Both our federation and organization are fighting against capitalism, for socialism, and for improving the conditions of workers in the here and now. But how are we to most effectively do this? 1) We COSATU/SACP ceased to be a working-class party, if we consistently capitulated our struggle to the ruling class. This is seen most recently in the class contradictions that have just erupted against tenderprenuers which they remain a force within the ruling class. The ANC didn't actually drop the charges against COSATU general Secretary but giving him a rope to hang himself presumably referring to 2012 National Congress this has been done informed of "tactical" reasons, not because of working-class interests. 2) Masses are drifting swiftly away from the Rulling Party into smaller parties, to the opposing parties or ceasing to vote at all. The working-class are well aware of the betrayals of the Stateman/Statewomen and feel bitter apprehension for supporting a Democratic ballot. As revolutionary Marxists-Leninist it is vital to take a class position, this means supporting a working-class party, not a bourgeois party. A working-class party can be defined thusly: the class character of the party is not determined by the class that supports the party at the moment but rather by the class that the party supports. The SACP/COSATU must base itself on a clear and programmatic basis - no support for the capitalists, no matter how "progressive" they project themselves to be. The only way to truly win "reforms" for the working masses must be on a class-based struggle, through the unions and independently from the capitalists. We must keep away from so-called "swelling the ranks" that ought to fuse opportunistically with the capitalist ruling class parties. To "defeat the ultra-right" we must defeat them on a class basis, not by counter posing one section of the ruling class over the other. With a growing right-wing danger this is not the time to capitulate to the capitalists, on the contrary, the struggle must take a clear and definite class position. We must not dupe the workers; revolution will not come by democratic polls Lenin once stated, "The very thing the bourgeoisie wants is that the workers should be diverted from the revolutionary struggle in wartime by means of hypocritical, idle and non-committal phrases about peace; that they should be lulled and soothed by hopes of peace without annexations, a democratic peace, etc., etc." We must fight shoulder to shoulder with and learn from the experiences of all workers. Always for an international proletarian position! No faith in the national bourgeoisie! Forward to global Socialism. Workers are glued up to the ruling class which accommodates all national forces blind-folded by this strategic concept NDR of capitalist apologists. It remain insult to the working class as we erupt against corruption and we are coded to alien behaviour. It is painstaking for some of us who works at municipalities because that's where corruption is embedded. Corruption is escalating to the of peak leadership where bureaucratic leadership has direct interest in municipal projects. The secondment of administrators in various municipalities was to deal with maladministration, only to learn that were seconded by the same ruling corrupt stratum than the collective. The NWC Statements dictates mum to trade union and that the mafia, corruption network-link and treachery approach be sustained. It would be wrong for us as working class to determine alliance breakaway when ANC attempts to charge Cde Vavi. I 've always worried as Cde Gwede who emerge from our ranks clarified against the working class that ANC is the centre and that there is no dispute about that and the recent publicised statement to give ropes to alliance leaders is a clear apology to the capitalists. I believe this will be the beginning of a rich debate amongst global proletarians. Jeremia "Vanguard" Mokwena Tel : 012 318 9590 Cell : 073 363 3155 E-mail : [email protected] Leon Trotsky "the task of the vanguard is above all not to let itself be carried along by the backward flow; it must swim against the current." From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dominic.Tweedie Sent: 22 June 2010 10:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] ANC National Working Committee Statement ANC Statement, 22 June 2010 National Working Committee Statement The National Working Committee held its normal bi-weekly meeting on Monday 21 June 2010, at Luthuli House. The focus of the meeting was on the preparations for the National General Council in September 2010. The first draft discussion policy papers were tabled for consideration by the NWC. The NWC agreed that the process of consolidating these papers should continue and the next two Mondays be used by the NWC for refining all these policy papers in time for the next National Executive Committee meeting where all these NGC discussion documents will be signed off. The meeting also received the report from the officials on the so-called Vavi matter. It is important that we first clarify the facts on this matter as it has been kept on the public domain for the past three weeks on the basis of a leak to journalists regarding discussions in the NWC meeting of 30 May 2010. In this meeting an issue was raised about the public pronouncements by members of the ANC who happen to be leaders in other alliance components. These pronouncements which amounted to public spats also dragged names of other leaders through the mud. An observation was then made that on the part of the general secretary of COSATU, cde Zwelinzima Vavi, this has become a norm, wherein innuendo was used to caricature some unnamed leaders of the ANC as corrupt. In trying to qualify his pronouncements on corruption in the ANC, the names of cde Siphiwe Nyanda and Sicelo Shiceka were specifically mentioned whether voluntarily by comrade Vavi or in answering questions from journalists. It was the view of the NWC that pronouncements by Cde Vavi have gone too far. The possibility of charging comrade Vavi was put as a possible option with the proviso that facts about this incident be investigated. Having been seized with this matter for some time now the NWC has now decided that the following principles be clarified: - * In terms of the ANC Constitution "all members, without exception, must abide by the Constitution of the ANC, and the Rules and Regulations, the Standing Orders and Codes of Conduct, as adopted or amended from time to time, as well as all policies and decisions properly adopted or made in terms of the Constitution". This observation clarifies the question of whether the ANC can charge comrade Vavi or not. There is no question of any member being exempted from being charged on the basis of such a member being a leader of another alliance partner. It is not COSATU that is a member of the ANC but thousands of individual members who have joined the ANC individually also in some instances joined unions in their respective workplaces. There is no COSATU block membership in the ANC. * The history of our movement is full of names of comrades who were charged whilst being leaders of the alliance component and determination made about their behaviour and conduct within the ANC. It is therefore being economical with facts and truth to say it has never happened in the history of the alliance to charge leaders of other alliance partners, including after the unbanning. * There is therefore no question of the ANC being unable to charge its members because they happen to be leaders of one or the other alliance partner. These individual members are expected to defend the congress movement irrespective of the company they find themselves in. Having made these observations the NWC decided that: - * In dealing with this alien behaviour charging comrade Vavi will not be the best route to take. * This is a political problem that must be addressed as such. * In dealing with this matter politically, COSATU will be engaged directly and asked to abide by the decisions taken by the alliance structures. COSATU will be asked to particularly observe our decisions on stopping public spats and also the ease with which fellow comrades or leaders are attacked in public. * The generalisation in talking about corruption must end and all the leaders of the movement must be specific in raising issues particularly around corruption. Mentioning names of individual comrades as corrupt without facts is dangerous in that when such comrades are cleared the allegation will not disappear. The example would be the isolation of comrade Siphiwe Nyanda as corrupt for staying in a hotel while waiting for official residence to be allocated by Public Works which applies to all ministers and deputy ministers. We believe that such accusations of corruption levelled against cde Nyanda and others in similar circumstances, is stretching things too far, smacks of mischief and is totally disingenuous. * When any alliance partner has issues that are serious enough to receive our attention, such a partner has a duty and responsibility to engage with us before going public and be seen to be attacking another partner. * In future this behaviour by individual members of the ANC will be closely monitored and there will be consequences whenever any deviant behaviour is observed. The NWC also took the opportunity to wish Bafana Bafana well in their 2010 FIFA World Cup encounter with France today. The ANC remains confident that Bafana Bafana can still make the country proud. We are also pleased by the support that Bafana Bafana continues to receive from all South Africans. South Africans have shown the entire world that they are good hosts, we are also confident that South Africa will continue to show this passion until the end of the FIFA World Cup. We are already winners as South Africa for hosting the most successful FIFA World Cup. LET'S HOLD OUR HEADS HIGH!!! Issued by: ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe African National Congress 54 Sauer Street Johannesburg 2001 Enquiries: Jackson Mthembu 082 370 8401 Ishmael Mnisi 082 333 5550 -- 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. 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