Cadres, I am Sipho Shandu and I will express whatever I feel bothers me about anyone. My interests at the moment are gangsterism and dictatorship within the YL.
My problem is malema and his boys and girls in the YL NEC. If anyone here sympathises with malema then it is okay but that will not deter us from posting our comments in an honest and progressive manner. In response to those that call on dominic to not post issues concerning malema, they must advise malema not to embarass us in public! We are members of the YL and we are alive! We will fight to the core for our organisation and alliance when we feel threatened by hooliganism and gangsterism! We owe that to the founder leaders of the movement...If hani was still here and had not been a victim of the apartheid regime and capitalist thugs of yesterday, he would have called malema into order a long time ago. Anyway what does malema know about politics besides being a thorn in everyone in the YL? What has he addressed about the hordes of youth who are unemployed besides hosting parties with thuggery kabal? What are his credentials in politics besides being known for creating utter chaos and confusion? When has he intervened in a boiling situation within the YL as a non biased president? All those who side with malema have something to gain and are therefore capitalistic in nature along with malema! I dont respect thugs but I respect revolutionaries...well I dont know if malema understands the definition of "Revolutionary". I dont respect malema as an individual but respect the chair of the president of the YL of which currently he occupies but not for long! Ayeza amanzi! Come the NGC and we shall do what was done in polokwane...History will repeat itself within the ANC but this time It will be within the YL!!!! AWAY WITH CAPITALIST TENDENCIES AWAY!!!! AWAY WITH TENDERPRENEURSHIP AWAY!!! AWAY WITH VIOLENCE IN CONFERENCES AWAY!!! VIVA CHANGE VIVA!!! On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Dominic.Tweedie <[email protected]>wrote: > *Not only my "obsession". See the item in this NUM Media Release called > "Challenges in the ANCYL". - VC* > > > > *NUM NEC Speaks!* > > > > The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) held a two day (21 and 22 July) > National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting at Lilieslief to discuss > challenges facing members and the working class in general. Some of the > observations made were the following: > > > > *Challenges in the ANCYL* > > The National Executive Committee calls on the ruling African National > Congress to provide decisive leadership on the chaos that involves its youth > wing. It cannot be correct that problems within the ANC Youth League are > left to drag this long as they do impact on the character and brand of the > mother body as well. > > > > * * > > *Mine Accidents* > > Whilst the NEC acknowledges some positive develoments in relation to mine > health and safety, the NEC is extremely worried by the number of mining > accidents that continue to accelerate in the industry. “We are concerned > that the figures continue rising and thus making the target for zero > fatality elusive” says Frans Baleni, the NUM General Secretary. > > * * > > *Kumba Iron Ore and Arcelo Mittal* > > > > The NUM is perturbed by the commercial wars between Kumba Iron Ore and > Arcelo Mittal and calls on the two companies to come to their senses and > sort out their differences. “We are worried that these disputes have a > greater possibility of affecting poor and disenfranchised workers as it is > the grass that suffers when elephants fight” says Baleni. The NUM further > welcomed the intervention by the government particularly Trade and Industry > Ministry. > > > > *On the CCMA* > > The NEC expressed concern on the partisan manner in which the Commission > for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) handles itself especially > in provinces like Limpopo and Mpumalanga. The NEC calls on the CCMA Chief > Executive to ensure that her officials are seen to be handling cases in a > fair and unbiased manner as failure to do so impacts on the credibility of > the institution and its processes. “We are particularly worried when a union > that does not meet a threshold is given a certificate to strike” says > Baleni. > > > > * * > > *On the South African Airways* > > The National Union of Mineworkers welcomes the outcome of the probe at > South African Airways by KPMG and support the decision to launch a legal > challenge on the reported fraudulent activities of the Executives of the > time. We call on the SAA board to speed up the process and to ensure that > whoever is found to have benefited from underhand activities is brought to > book. > > > > > > *HIV/AIDS campaign* > > The NUM welcomes the invigorated HIV/AIDS campaign led by the Department of > Health and calls on the members and the nation to help take the campaign to > new heights by volunteering to test to reach a 100% at each workplace and > applying the ABCDE ( Abstain, Be faithful, Condomise, Disclosure to close > family members and Early detection). > > > > > > *Outstanding monies to Ex-mineworkers* > > > > The NUM cautions the Minister of Labour on the making of general statements > on the outstanding monies to ex-mineworkers. We call for the identification > of companies that owe workers as well as the identification of the > beneficiaries. “Once that is done, the companies can give the beneficiaries > what is due to them” says Baleni. > > > > *National Skills Development Strategy III* > > > > The NUM welcomes the repositioning of education and training through the > National Skills Development Strategy III. We are glad that the strategy > would include a deliberate alignment of Adult Basic Education (ABET), Skills > Programmes and Learnership qualifications and that the skills audits would > be conducted taking into account RPL. The NUM however feels that the > co-signing by labour and management of Workplace Skills Plans and Annual > Training Reports should be a tool for social transformation. > > > > * * > > *Eskom* > > The NEC calls on Eskom to ensure that a minimum service level agreement is > concluded speedily so that workers’ right to strike is protected. That will > also ensure that Eskom does not find itself in a very bad situation when > workers want to go on strike. > > > > * * > > *Job Losses* > > > > The NEC expressed concern over job losses in both the construction and > mining industries with Goldfields announcing voluntary separate packages for > thousands of workers and the joblessness that comes with the end of 2010 > construction projects. > > * * > > *SACP 89th Anniversary* > > The National Executive Committee wished the South African Communist Party, > the Vanguard Party a happy 89th Anniversary and called on the party to > strengthen its corruption busting sting and its campaign against > tenderpreneurship. “We wish the SACP well and it must rest assured that the > workers are behind it at all times” says Baleni. > > > > > > *Illegal Mineworkers* > > > > The NEC called on the police to strengthen its arm in dealing with the > mafia behind illegal mining. “We believe that illegal mining takes away > criminally what should benefit the country and that it places the lives of > poor workers in danger” says Baleni. “Our police force should therefore deal > decisively with the rot so that at the end of the day it gets rooted out” he > says. > > > > > > > > > > Frans Baleni (NUM General Secretary)- 082 375 6443 > > > > Lesiba Seshoka (NUM Spokesman)- 082 803 6719 > > > <http://www.num.org.za/> > > -- > You are subscribed. 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