On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Sithembewena tsembeyi <[email protected]>wrote:
> > *ANC YOUTH LEAGUE IS DISTURBED BY TREVOR MANUEL’S OPEN LETTER TO > GOVERNMENT > SPOKESPERSON.* > > > > 02 March 2011 > > > > The African National Congress Youth League is disturbed by the open letter > written by Trevor Manuel to Government Spokesperson, Jimmy Manyi concerning > the unfortunate remarks the latter made about the over-concentration of > Coloureds in the Western Cape. In the letter, Trevor Manuel labels Jimmy > Manyi a racist and likens him to the architect of apartheid HF Verwoerd > because of an unfortunate observation Jimmy Manyi made, that Coloured > people > are concentrated in the Western Cape. Trevor Manuel further questions the > integrity and credentials of Jimmy Manyi in a very sarcastic manner. > > > > The Youth League is disturbed because as far as we are concerned, Jimmy > Manyi publicly apologised for those remarks and the ANC and most of society > have accepted the apology. Typically, Trevor Manuel defines himself outside > the ANC and subjectively attacks Jimmy Manyi, accuses him of racism as if > Jimmy Manyi is an outcast. The ANC Youth League wonders why Trevor Manuel > is > doing this because the ANC has spoken and provided guidance on this issue. > We now do not know who Trevor Manuel represents, because his remarks falls > squarely into the political agenda of right-wing political forces opposed > to > the African National Congress. > > > > The ANC Youth League also finds it odd that Trevor Manuel finds it > difficult > to forgive one of his own who publicly apologised for the remarks about > Coloureds, but works with and recurrently protects the interests of white > monopoly capitalists, who are the real culprits in the struggle against > social, and economic emancipation of the black majority and Africans in > particular. Jimmy Manyi has apologised and the ANC has accepted the apology > on behalf of all its loyal members. The ANC YL calls on those who express > subjective sentiments about this issue to do so internally and avoid > causing > confusion about the guidance provided by the ANC, because such conduct is > totally out of order. > > > > For the record, the ANC Youth League will never agree with any piece of > legislation that excludes or discriminates against the historically > disadvantaged individuals, and this includes Coloureds, Indians and > Africans. The ANC and its allies has in more than one occasion re-affirmed > that the bill that somewhat suggests exclusion of certain people will not > be > adopted as an Act of parliament, so those who are raising false alarms > should in all honesty, relax. > > > > *Issued by the African National Congress Youth League * > > Contact Floyd Shivambu, ANC Youth League Spokesperson > > 0828199474 > ------------------------------ > > Hasta Siempre la comandante > > Sithembewena Tsembeyi > > Socialismo o Muerte... > > ------------------------------ > > > -- > You are subscribed to the "Communist University" e-mail forum. > The group site is at > http://groups-beta.google.com/group/Communist-University > The Communist University blog at http://domza.blogspot.com/ and our > wikispace web site is at http://amadlandawonye.wikispaces.com/ > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]; or e-mail > [email protected] > -- 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] .
