*Young Communist League of South Africa* *Gauteng Province *
*Linda Jabane District Congress Declarations *** * * *Whereas*, we the delegates to the 4th District Congress of the Young Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA) in the province of Gauteng, convened in our 4th Linda Jabane District Congress at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg, from 15th—16th October 2011; *Proud* *and impressed* by the growth, increased unity and cohesion of the YCLSA in our province and district, resoluteness on revolutionary discipline, by the interest that young people continue to show on our organisation and struggle for communism; *Impressed* by the increased number of females in the ranks of our organisation, both within the general membership and in all levels of the leadership which we believe augurs well in advancing the struggles for against patriarchy to which we are committed. *We believe* the growing interest shown by young people on the YCLSA is underpinned by the political activism that the organisation has adopted, ideological clarity and comes against the failures of the neoliberal policies, GEAR, ASGISA, World Bank and IMF policies in general as imposed on and dictated over developing countries, and now against the tendencies such the new tendency, demagogy, populism and anarchy. *Aware* of the challenges that are facing young people in our district, our province, country and the world, in particular in Africa, we reaffirm our solidarity to the working classes and young people of Ivory Coast, Libya, Cuba and Palestine, who are being oppressed by imperialist forces, Swaziland, who are oppressed by the absolute monarchy and everywhere in the world where injustice is committed. We call on the imperialist United States of America to unconditionally lift its economic embargo on Cuba and unconditionally release the Cuban Five. We call on the absolute monarchy in Swaziland to give way to democracy, on NATO to evacuate Libya and its airspace, France to evacuate Ivory Coast, Israeli and the United States to evacuate Palestine. We commit to intensify our participation in all the struggles that are taking place to ensure that the people of the world do away with injustice. We are aware that there is a re-emergence of the ’96 class project, though in a different form, towards 2012. Among others this manifests in a different ways including efforts to discredit our Party and its leaders. We are also aware that the media is one platform for the new tendency as it absolutely champions the interest of the capitalist class. We have been observing that our slogans and programme are misappropriated and used as the instruments to engage in demagogic and populist forms of mobilisation to feed selfish interests. We commit to fight to the end in defending the our Party and broader movement from political criminals, lumpens, the new tendency and demagogues, the capitalist class and imperialists. *We committed* to the fight against the re-emergence of the 1996 class project (new tendency and demagogues) and the capitalist system in general towards the creation of a socialist society where all shall enjoy equal access to basic human and social needs, where exploitation and oppression shall be things of the past. We reaffirm our fight against raping of lesbians. We will join forces with other progressive organisations, institutions that champion educational programmes and campaign against the abuse (sexually, mentally, emotionally, verbally and otherwise) of young women, children, gays, lesbians. We further commit ourselves to fight against any form of oppression and exploitation. We will continue to make a call and work to ensure that young people undertake sex education to avoid sexually transmitted infections including HIV/AIDS and avoid unplanned and teenage pregnancies. In this regard we reaffirm the relevance of our campaigns on free circumcision, sanitary towels and responsible, protective sexual lifestyle. We recommit ourselves to wage a relentless struggle towards realising the YCLSA’s Ten Youth Demands towards 2015 in our district, through fighting for the banning of Labour Brokers, making education fashionable, skills development for young people, accessible and quality health care, fight against corruption and capitalist exploitation including its conditions and consequences such as unemployment, inequality and poverty. * * *We declare* that the 4th YCLSA Linda Jabane District Congress will further build the organisation which will grow strength to strength; and continue to make a positive contribution towards the building of the SACP, Progressive Youth Alliance and the broader democratic movement. We shall advance political education and ideological training under the guidance of upper organs of the organisation as part of our measures to build a qualitatively strong and enlightened organisation and responses to the embarrassment we observe on the part of some of the youth formations that are suffering from the poverty of philosophy and absolute lack of engagement in the theoretical struggle. * * To take our programme forward, as the 4th District Congress of Linda Jabane we elected, uncontested, a District Executive Committee of twenty members inclusive of the following as District Office Bearers in the order of commandership. * * Richard Mamabolo: *District Secretary* Alex Mdakane: *District Chairperson* Vuyolethu Sifanqane: *District Treasurer* Lebogang Mabe: *District Deputy Secretary* Tebogo Makola: *District Deputy Chairperson* * * *For further information contact * * * Richard Mamabolo – YCLSA Linda Jabane District Secretary 0796700274 Donald Mothoa – YCLSA Gauteng Provincial Head of Organising 072 341 9517 -- You are subscribed. 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