I think that Mr Mahijana had better withdraw that accusation very quickly and give us a full and unreserved apology.
On 23 August 2010 12:34, Benjamin Seitlhamo < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear Dominic, > > > > Is Mr. Thobela Mahijana suggesting that, the SACP cadres joined government > not to serve the people of our country, but with the main aim of swelling > the party’s coffers??? Please correct me if Im wrong... > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Dominic Tweedie > *Sent:* 23 August 2010 12:22 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [YCLSA Discussion] COSATU at SACP's throat? > > > > "we took a resolution that our Provincial Secretaries together with the SG > must take public offices since the Party is under financial constraints" > > > > Really? > > > > When? Where? > > > > Are you sure you are not dreaming? > > > > > > VC > > > > > > > > On 23 August 2010 12:07, Thobela Mahijana <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ei I once raised this issue once in my reply to the cde who was asking , > when socialism or communism > > will come. It is no secret in the Party that our SG since joined the public > office his critics on the ANC > > are well spoken and selective of events as if there's something he doesnt > want to disturb and we usually > > fall short as a Party to condone such acts within , I think its high time > we sat our house in order. > > This rot is all over our Provinces, I know we took a resolution that our > Provincial Secretaries together with the SG > > must take public offices since the Party is under financial constraints, > but never said they should serve > > the interest of the master above that of our masses. > > > > I could be out of order cdes but I stand corrected > > > > Thobela Mahijana > > Amahlathi > > Eastern Cape > > 083 378 7230 > > On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Dominic.Tweedie < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > [image: Sunday Independent] > > > *Unions turn on SACP * > > > > *Moshoeshoe Monare, Sibusiso Ngalwa and Gcwalisile Khanyile, Sunday > Independent, 22 August 2010* > > Labour federation Cosatu and the South African Communist Party - the > one-time left-wing allies of President Jacob Zuma - are at each others' > throats, with labour leaders accusing communists of failing to support the > crippling public sector wage strike. > > Zuma on Saturday expressed anger at the strike, largely driven by > Cosatu-affiliated unions, and went to the extent of accusing striking union > members of opposing his government the same way they opposed apartheid. > > Separate statements from leaders of the tripartite alliance showed > increasingly strained relations - a far cry from the Polokwane united front > of Zuma, South African Communist Party leader Blade Nzimande, and Cosatu > general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi. > > Vavi has increasingly become critical of the Zuma administration, while > Nzimande has toned down anti-government rhetoric since he assumed a position > in Zuma's cabinet. > > In a statement that cast a spotlight on Nzimande's apparently conflicting > roles as SACP leader and Higher Education minister, Cosatu said it was > extremely unhappy that communist leaders were pre-occupied with their > positions in government and failed to do the work of the party. But the SACP > shot back, saying the unionists were whining like "hungry babies". > > Zuma, on the other hand, told a gathering in KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday that > the disruption of essential services by workers was "foreign" to the culture > of the ANC and the alliance. > > "Even during the dark days of (the) liberation (struggle), this never > happened. When people were striking, they would still allow a nurse or a > doctor to go inside the hospital. They knew how critical it was to save > lives and you should bear this in mind," Zuma said. > > "You should struggle in a way that also values people's lives so that in > future when you embark on a strike, you will still get the same support. > Your actions should not bring pain to other people's lives. > > "This will taint our history and legacy when you have women giving birth on > the street. We cannot afford to deviate from the good values the liberation > struggle taught us." > > The government won an interdict against violent striking workers on > Saturday. Cosatu said it regrets the disruption of services, but it was > fully behind the continued strike. > > The president of the union federation S'dumo Dlamini on Saturday said > Cosatu did not condone acts of violence by the strikers, but the striking > public servants were being provoked by management and police officers. > > "It is a wake up call to government, that they should stop fuelling the > situation by the statements they are making, and instead come up with a > revised offer," Dlamini said. > > In an earlier interview Dlamini said there was a need for SACP leaders "to > dedicate more time to party work, not moonlighting". > > All SACP senior leaders have full-time jobs either in government or in the > ANC, and this was endorsed by the communist party's special congress last > year. > > Nzimande's deputy, Jeremy Cronin, is deputy transport minister; party > chairman Gwede Mantashe is ANC secretary-general; his deputy Joyce > Moloi-Moropa is an ANC MP; and SACP treasurer Pumulo Masaulle is ANC Eastern > Cape chairman and an MEC. > > Dlamini said there were also concerns that the SACP had been quiet on > issues affecting workers and the working class - especially the strike - > since its senior leadership joined government. > > "I have only seen one statement from the (SACP) on the public sector > strike," he said. > > But SACP spokesman Malesela Maleka said this was not true. "We issued > several statements. Do they want us to issue statements every day?" he > asked. > > National Union of Mine Workers secretary general Frans Baleni said they > were concerned about the SACP's lack of "capacity and its inability to > articulate and mobilise". > > Nehawu general secretary Fikile Majola said they were worried by Nzimande > and Cronin's diminished roles in the party. "The SACP is not coming out as > strongly in the public as it did in the past," said Majola. > > It is not the first time that Cosatu has raised its concerns about the > SACP's toned-down attitude. > > The labour federation raised this in one of its documents earlier this > year, citing Zuma's State of the Nation address - which was fiercely > criticised by Cosatu - as an example that the SACP had changed its tune. > > However, Maleka said it was "inaccurate" for Cosatu to say the SACP did not > react to Zuma's speech. "Is it because they didn't like our reaction?" he > said. > > "The decision (to send SACP leaders to government) was a collective > decision... If the constitutional structures of the SACP need to be > reviewed, we will continue to do so... But people cannot whine like hungry > babies," he said on Saturday. > > Cosatu and the SACP have always been on the same side during alliance > tensions, before and after the watershed ANC conference in Polokwane, which > propelled Zuma to the helm of the ruling party. > > The two have always projected a united front against the so-called > nationalists in the ANC who are perceived to be anti-leftist. > > The Sunday Independent understands that the root-cause of Cosatu's > disenchantment was triggered by their unhappiness about the SACP's positions > on policy issues in the alliance. > > These include the contentious issue of the centre of power in the alliance. > > > Cosatu wants to push the ANC to accept that the alliance - and not the > ruling party - is the centre of influence on policy and on decisions about > key government appointments, while the SACP is luke warm about this. > > > *From: > http://www.iol.co.za/?art_id=vn20100822110039967C434448&singlepage=1* > * * > > > > -- > You are subscribed. 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