Cadres I have read the article by Cde Masondo and believe that the issues raised are critical and need to be debated. To assume or suggest that raising these issues will harm the alliance is similar to saying when signs of storm become visible, we all have to bury our heads in the sands and hope that the storm will pass us by.
My take is that at the core of the article is the critical issue of how we are to intepret the Freedom Charter, BBBEE policies and the role of the state as well as politicians entrusted with managing the state on behalf of the people (Constituencies). Leaders are elected to serve, to be servants of the people and as such to be governed by ethical principles of honesty, integrity, humility, patriotism etc. These peinciples, when observed, will guide our leaders in respect of what will be *percieved* (by the people - Constituencies) to be morally wrong and distasteful. Given the levels of poverty and unemployment in South Africa, masses of our people are expecting leaders to refrain from certain acts, disassociate themselves from certain companies that could trigger resentment and restlesness amongst the masses, counsel those around them to behave and conduct their affairs in ways that builds and instill confidence. Leaders are further expected to be sinsitive to to the frustrations, expectations and perceptions of their followers. They need to almost always ensure that signals send out and recieved by followers creates or fosters perceptions that leaders understand their plight and serve on their behalf. Looking at the approach taken by the NOB of YCLSA in distancing themselves from the article realy creates the impression that what the article is warning against is far fecthed. Accepting that its business as ussual in relations to how benefits of BEE are distributed and accessed is similar to accepting that G8 will readily and out of benevolence level the playing fileds in terms of international trade. Unfortunately that will never happen. One gets to be invited to the top table on the basis of connections (political), one can mobilise. BEE is norrow and is getting norrower by the year. L On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 3:50 PM, morgan phaahla <[email protected]>wrote: > Greetings cde Siwakhile, > > I noted your view on the saga, however what seems to be the problem is the > manner in which the national office bearers (NOB) dealt with the matter. I > do not agree with the distancing approach as it creates impression that > there is no organisational cohesion and unity but tension at the top. > > It would have been strategic for the NOB to convene an emergency meeting > and call a press conference thereafter to clarify aspects of the article to > the YCL and the movement as a whole. > > For the record, one would have been happy to hear the NOB expressing a view > that cde David wrote the opinion piece in his personal capacity not to say > "has never canvassed these views internally within the YCLSA". Because all > of this means NOB decided to disown its leader in public because it's > convenient to do so. > > A lacklustre statement like "YCLSA National Office Bearers wishes to > distance themselves and the organisation from the views expressed by the > YCLSA National Chairperson, Comrade David Masondo, in yesterday’s edition of > the City Press", is not good enough but pure public relations disaster! > > Unfortunately, damage is done and what is needed is a strategy to > sort this mess out. The NOB must correct this pattern of humiliating leaders > in public and learn to attend to the merits and demerits of what has > been said. There is no doubt in my mind that had what cde David said be a > shared view of the NOB, the article would have been parroted and the whole > saga treated differently. Is that consistent? I don't think so! > > Remain, > Morgan Phaahla > > "Sometimes, if you wear suits for too long, it changes your ideology." - > Joe Slovo > > --- On *Tue, 9/7/10, siwakhile nogaga <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: siwakhile nogaga <[email protected]> > > Subject: RE: [YCLSA Discussion] Article by David Masondo, YCL National > Chairperson > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, September 7, 2010, 6:23 AM > > > Cdes > > I have read the article by David and also the statement from YCL National > Committe. As all of you comrades I vehemently agree that what is written > in David's article is very correct and it is an issue that should be > raised. But I am failing to find what is wrong if the National Commitee > distances itself from that article because it is not its statement and it > seems as if it was not informed before it release. As the discipline > members of the organisation we all know that every matters should be > discussed in our organisational gatherings and through secritaries they > can be voice out to public by any means. > > Hic Rhodus, hic > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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. 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