I'm not sure what to make of this -- true, students have serious challenges facing them and impending on objectives such as access to quality education etc. That being said, none of it warrants an undisciplined and savaged attack on the SACP's general secretary.
Cdes always make a mistake of confusing some journalists’ hypocrisy with real interest to their issues. Some of these journalists’ only interest is to sell papers -- therefore painting a picture of a general secretary/minister under-siege by some left leaning student bodies sells papers and is quite entertaining. And, unfortunately, this happens at the detriment of the real message from the students! Cdes must avoid being famous for wrong reasons during this time and allow themselves to be tricked into saying regrettable statements. Statements such as “the minister is an indecisive coward” and “This is the worst form of anti-communism and a crime against the sons and daughters of the working class and is a betrayal to the struggle” is very regrettable, not only that but populist in my view. When the SACP allowed blade to serve his country as a cabinet minister -- we did not also give him an ability to perform miracles. Cdes seems to find throwing insults around especially targeting elected leadership of our movement fashionable – it is not, but only entertaining to the Capitalists! A free circus which is sickening to the working class that voted our leadership in power. On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Steve Peterson <[email protected]> wrote: > Nzimande the ‘anti-communist’ > > By Cedric Mboyisa > > Two left-leaning student bodies have torn into Higher Education Minister Blade > Nzimande, calling for his head and accusing him of anti-communism and > anti-working class behaviour. > > In a scathing attack on the South African Communist Party (SACP) boss > (Nzimande), South African Students’ Congress (Sasco) secretary-general > Lazola Ndamase charged that his department was moving at a snail’s pace to > ensure there was transformation in tertiary institutions and implementation > of free education. > > “This is the worst form of anti-communism and a crime against the sons and > daughters of the working class and is a betrayal to the struggle,” he said. > > Speaking to City Press, Ndamase (who is also a Young Communist League > member) said Nzimande was a “coward” with a lack of decisiveness. > > “He is not running the higher education correctly. He has not made any > fundamental changes as one would have expected from a revolutionary > communist.” > > The South African Union of Students (Saus) has called for a vote of > no-confidence in Nzimande. > > “Minister Nzimande is proving to be an obstruction to progress on > government’s goals regarding education. We will sit-in at the offices of the > minister to show our discontent and utter disappointment,” read a statement > by the Saus national executive committee. > > Saus and Sasco said they were ignored by Nzimande when they marched to his > Pretoria offices yesterday to complain about the lack of implementation of > free education. > > “Despite the fact that we notified the Department of Higher Education and > Training on time, there was no one to receive our memorandum of demands and > we had to settle for anybody we could find to accept this important > memorandum,” said Ndamase. > > Ministerial spokesperson Nqaba Nqandela said it was unfortunate that the > two student bodies had opted to go public before discussing their concerns > with Nzimande. > > “The minister’s door is always open to them. We will not be deterred. We > believe we are on track. We have had great achievements,” he added. > > SACP spokesperson Malesela Maleka said Sasco was being “mischievous”. > > “Sasco does not have a manual on what constitutes communism or not. They > cannot expect him to go there and behave like a maverick as if there were no > constraints,” he added. > > He said the real issue was that there was a concerted agenda to portray > Nzimande as an “incapable leader of the SACP”. > > A former senior Young Communist League (YCL) member from KwaZulu-Natal said > it was very clear that Nzimande could not cope with the pressure of being > simultaneously the minister and SACP boss. Debate in the alliance has been > raging about Nzimande’s two roles. Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima > Vavi has urged him to quit as a minister. > > The Nzimande matter has led to tensions in the SACP. > > Politburo member and former YCL chairperson David Masondo has been > suspended. Masondo is seen as close ally of ANC Youth League president > Julius Malema. > > Malema and Nzimande do not see eye-to-eye, especially on the controversial > issue of nationalisation of mines. > > The YCL has expelled Masondo allies Phindile Kunene and Patrick Makape. > Some see this as a purge of anti-Nzimande elements > > -- > 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] > -- Sibusiso Mimi Mobile: +27 (0) 760211216 [email protected] -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. 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