polokwane,ivy section 23 has been wthout water for weeks,u tell residents of a surburb who pay a lot for the service be supplied with water brought by water tankers?in town? On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 11:34 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> ** > *Chameleonic Cadres*** > If I may be allowed to refer to Comrade Gen Sec Blade Nzimandes Chris > Hani 2011 Memorial Lecture, Comrade Blade says *“To strengthen local > government, we need to put an end to outsourcing core municipal functions to > tenderpreneurs, to profiteers and other vultures. We must build, not weaken, > the capacity of local government. We must ensure sustained local skills > development for municipal staff and departments. To strengthen local > governance, we also need to reinforce the role of the non-profit social > economy sector in municipal services and municipal procurement - including > through dedicated support to co-operatives, and other sustainable livelihood > activities in our communities. And we need to ensure every municipality > develops a comprehensive anti-corruption strategy - corruption diverts > public resources into private pockets; corruption is at the root of many > factional squabbles; corruption plays into the hands of those who want to > subvert democracy. Together, we must stamp out this scourge.”* And he > further says *“ Democratising local government includes: Involving > communities in deciding on local development priorities. Councillors must be > subject to these development priorities, including in rural areas. Holding > councillors to the legal requirement of convening ward meetings every three > months. At these community meetings development priorities must be discussed > and progress evaluated. “* The SACP Gen Sec gave a practically critical > analysis there and possible solutions, I am not saying this should be the > Gospel of Blade but a guiding principle.**** > The rationale for the thuggish and barbaric actions of communities when > they are protesting is understandable considering the kind of frustrations > some officials make them to go through. The government’s present economic > interventions are incapable of addressing the social ills we find ourselves > in. The debate must not be so much about whether what has happened in Soweto > is a devious crime against families concerned or not because if it gets > limited to that it can only jeopardize our long-term goals. It is a fact > that such hideous actions are criminal in nature. Unfortunately things are > not changing at the required pace and what is stalling this pace is comrades > with the mentality *"Yo ku phanda"* (Tenderpreneurs as Cde Blade would put > it). One can therefore not ignore the agitation that is slowly caused and > stirred by such comrades in our communities.**** > ** ** > The rather myopic approach by the ANC on these service delivery protests > springing in various parts of the country is not encouraging. The ANC needs > to work hard at educating its cadreship on selflessness for social > upliftment. I am not in any way saying the victims of these violent protest > are the sole cause or part of the cause of their demise, they might have > inherited it from their predecessors or rather the system. Communities > complained about ANC 2011 Local Government candidates, the process was > flawed. It was the ANCs good intention that community member’s advice on > which candidates they want as their councilors but some enterprising > individuals found a way to manipulate the system in order to advance their > economic appetite. You will find a comrade working in the private sector > concocting a plan to get into local government as this has been seen as a > get rich quick-scheme. The existence of these revolutionary thugs in our > midst is not unprecedented; they are a social and revolutionary scum eroding > our society's moral fiber.**** > The poor sections of our communities are really frustrated by these > marauding comrades. How would prepaid meters take anyone out of debt? > Firstly communities need programs that can improve their earning power in > order to improve their welfare. Communities need programs that will crush > the cruising cycle of financial serfdom. There must be alternative ways of > finding solutions to these problems! A peremptory attitude needs to be > introduced so that we can give up this unreasonable enterprising appetite of > greediness by our commanders in public office. The constant theme through > our minds, debates and engagement should be "Let’s clamp down on corruption > and materialism". Ever present in our movements circles is the fear of > purging, people are afraid to speak up because they don’t want to loose > their positions, they are afraid to speak up the truth because that will not > harness their career or wealth prospects. This is wrong, we should say *"No, > a BIG NO" *to such practices.**** > ** ** > Communist Regards**** > ** ** > Lesetja Diphoko (SACP Activist)**** > > -- > You are subscribed. 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