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On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 7:10 AM, Dominic Tweedie <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > > *[image: ANC Today] > > > Countdown to one million-membership and ANC centenary* > > > *Letter from ANC President Jacob Zuma, ANC Today, 14 July 2011* > > Last month the African National Congress Youth League held its National > Congress in Gallagher Estates, Gauteng. We congratulates the ANC Youth > League for holding a successful National Congress and we are happy that it > took place without any disturbances. It proved that the mistakes of the past > had been corrected. > > > We congratulate the newly elected Youth League leadership and welcome its > re-elected President, Comrade Julius Malema. We also welcome the new > Secretary General, Comrade Sindiso Magaqa. > > Through constant engagement and discussions, we will ensure that the Youth > League plays its role of strengthening the mother body, *and executes its > primary > function of organising young people into the ANC*. > > > *ANC Centenary* > > Amongst the task of the movement in this month, the ANC will officially > launch its Centenary Celebration programme. It is one of the most critical > ANC campaigns we have ever run. We are a very privileged leadership to be > entrusted with the responsibility of organising the celebration of the > centenary of this glorious movement. > > The centenary celebrations should refocus us all to the ANC and what it > stands for, its culture, tradition and its legacy. It will help us remind > our people and the world of the pivotal role that the ANC plays and has > played in the life of this country and the continent. > > We are only five months away from turning a hundred years as a movement. We > agreed some time last year that each National Executive Committee member > would recruit at least 10 people personally! I trust that by now we have > recruited much more than that individually, in addition to mass recruitment > drives. > > The fact that the ANC turns 100 next year means that we must be more > serious about protecting and projecting our image, history, traditions, > culture and character properly. It means that we must show to all that we > are the oldest liberation movement in Africa, and therefore our conduct and > behaviour must reflect the maturity of our organisation. > > When we celebrate 100 years we must ensure that we inculcate and instil the > best values of our movement which have sustained us for such a long period. > Part of those traditions and culture include the unity of the ANC, unity > with its alliance, maintaining the multi-class character of the ANC, its > democratic nature, internationalist as well as its non-racial and non-sexist > character. > > Those are the values that have sustained the ANC for the past 99 years. > When we celebrate our 100 years next year these must be stronger than ever. > What is most important about the Centenary celebrations is that it will give > us an opportunity to articulate as a movement what is it that we think of > ourselves and where we come from. > > *At the ANC National Conference in 1942, the delegates passed a > foresighted resolution that by the time the ANC turned a hundred years it > must have attained a current membership of one million.* > > > *Recruitment Campaign* > > On 18th July 2011 at Lilliesleaf Farm in Rivonia, we will revive our > massive recruitment campaign as an honour to our forebears for their wisdom > in ensuring that the ANC is today a living organization capable of > fulfilling the aspirations of the masses of our people. The recruitment > campaign will also rejuvenate our movement to sustain its historical glory, > appeal and relevance to the needs of our people today to the future. > > The programme for the campaign will be anchored on two main pillars, > namely: massive recruitment campaign* targeting new potential members* on > the one hand, and a *focus on political education*, on the other. We want > to achieve both the quantity and the quality of our membership. > > Our programme will be implemented in different phases in each month. The > focus of this month will be the recruitment in the Metropolitan Areas and > each NEC member, including the ANC Officials, will be deployed to different > sub regions on the door-to-door visits to recruit new members. Activities > for this month will be concluded by the delivery of the Nelson Mandela > Lecture at the University of Johannesburg on 30th July 2011. > > It should be *the ANC *talking about itself that *must capture the public > space*, not the journalists, media, academics, social commentators or > so-called analysts. It must be us who lead the process of these > celebrations. > > In the same breath, Umkhonto we Sizwe will also reach a major milestone > this year when it turns 50. The armed struggle pillar contributed immensely > to advancing our struggle towards freedom. We must celebrate major campaigns > of Umkhonto we Sizwe and its heroic combatants. > > The Wankie-Sipolilo Campaign deserves a huge celebration by our cadres. > Those who first faced the combat situation with the enemy must be correctly > recognised. These issues are part of our legacy that we should celebrate as > we approach the ANC Centenary next year. > > > *Nelson Mandela* > > Part of our legacy issues is also the name of Nelson Mandela and his role > in the struggle for liberation, as part of a collective. The 18th of July > will have the whole country performing activities to mark Mandela Day and to > perform the 67 minutes of community service. We wish Madiba a happy > birthday and a long healthy life. > > We must ensure that the message does not become lost, of who Nelson Mandela > really is. Those who now celebrate Madiba should be reminded that he is an > integral part of the ANC. His role as a member and a leader of the ANC must > be celebrated far and wide by our structures. > > When Madiba and his comrades adopted the 1949 Programme of Action they > helped to revitalise the ANC to become a vibrant liberation movement in > South Africa with a vision, and helped it to become a major force in the > preceding decades. > > Madiba always volunteered for the most difficult tasks hence he became the > National Volunteer in Chief during the 1952 Defiance Campaign of Unjust > Apartheid Laws. His presence was also felt as the ANC canvassed people’s > opinions about what type of society they wanted towards the adoption of the > Freedom Charter. > > The 1950’s became a fighting decade in the history of our struggle largely > because of Nelson Mandela and his generation who declared that they wanted > Freedom in our Lifetime. They faced persecution and harassment from the > apartheid state, were served with banning orders, and were ultimately > charged in the Treason Trial, which lasted for a number of years. > > In the aftermath of the Sharpeville Massacre, it was Nelson Mandela who > spearheaded a change of strategies and tactics in our struggle and led the > ANC to finally adopt the armed struggle. He was again at the forefront of > the formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe the People’s Army, and became its first > Commander in Chief. > > During the 1962 Mandela Trial and the Rivonia Trial, he again led by > example from the dock, delivering one of the most poignant statements about > our liberation struggle, explaining ANC policies and their genesis. > Incarcerated for over 27 years first in Robben Island prison then in > Pollsmoor and Victor Verster Prison, he became a symbol of resistance, hope > and the determination of a people to be free. > > His incarceration, instead of silencing the majority and cowering them into > submission, helped to advance the struggle. He became a symbol of hope and > inspiration to many. His name and standing helped us in the mobilisation of > the international community against the system of apartheid. > > When he came out of prison, he led our movement and our people towards the > first democratic elections, which the ANC won convincingly. Madiba was also > at the forefront of creating peace in the country. He helped the process of > transition from apartheid to democracy to be a peaceful and stable one. > > His emphasis on reconciliation and nation-building during his only term in > office, helped the country deal with its painful past. But more than all > this, Madiba represents what is good and honourable about our struggle, our > democracy, our country, our movement and its policies. He represents > compassion and empathy with the poor and the downtrodden. > > He is regarded by millions of our country and the globe as their hero, a > national and international icon who brought about democracy and freedom to > the oppressed masses of our country. > > We reiterate therefore that we must celebrate the real Madiba, the freedom > fighter and a loyal and disciplined member of the African National Congress. > We must use Mandela Day correctly as the ANC. President Mandela is > political. Let our messages be political and provide leadership to the > country. > > Mandela Day must be used to make every ANC member proud of being in the > ANC. It must make people want to join this wonderful organisation that > Madiba is a loyal and disciplened member of. > > > *Sudan, Libya* > > On international relations, we celebrate with the people of South-Sudan who > have just formed a new African state. This took place after a lengthy > process where South Africa was integrally involved. We congratulate the > Sudanese People Liberation Movement and the people of the Republic of South > Sudan on their independence and a path to lasting peace and development. We > commend the role played by our former president, Comrade Thabo Mbeki and the > African Union High Level Committee on South Sudan for their sterling work in > the resolution of the Sudan question. > > The new country, Republic of South Sudan, will need our support as it > builds institutions of governance. We will need to monitor and engage with > the situation closely as there are some outstanding issues including the > issue of Abyei. > > In Libya we continue to work hard towards a lasting solution. We have come > out openly about the abuse of Resolution 1973, and have engaged with the > Libyan parties to the conflict. South Africa together with the AU will > continue working for an immediate ceasefire and an end to NATO’s continued > airstrikes and bombardments, so that a Libyan and African-led political > process can begin in earnest. > > The recent developments in Libya and other African countries instruct us > that the ANC’s International Relations Sub Committee must strengthen its > work so that we stay ahead with regards to developments. > > > *South African Communist Party* > > This year marks the 90th anniversary of the South African Communist Party. > The party has always played a pivotal role in the life and history of the > liberation struggle and the democratic movement. The anniversary is > therefore a key celebration in the calendar of the progressive movement and > the ANC-led Alliance. > > It is important for us to always remember that it is the ANC in the main > that knows best what role the SACP has played in the liberation struggle of > our country, and the deep relationship between the two organisations. The > relations became even stronger after the banning of the party. > > The anniversary provides an opportunity for us to explain this wonderful > history, and celebrate the ANC-led Alliance and its role in the > transformation of our country, and in providing leadership to South African > society in general. We congratulate the party on this milestone, and look > forward to the celebrations in Durban at the end of this month. > > Meanwhile, we are saddened and shocked at the murder of the Ethekwini > Regional Secretary Sbu Sibiya this week. We extend condolences to his family > and to the KZN province on this tragic loss. > > We defeated apartheid through a momentous unity, solidarity and > volunteerism to serve our nation. The ANC continues to be of service to our > people in our forward march to complete the race towards a better society, a > better Africa and an even better world. > > * > ANC Lives! ANC Leads! > > Jacob G Zuma * > > > > > > -- > 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] . > -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. 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