done On 23 January 2012 11:21, <[email protected]> wrote:
> ** > Please remove me from your list > Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! > ------------------------------ > *From: * Khaya Xaba <[email protected]> > *Sender: * [email protected] > *Date: *Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:29:54 +0200 > *To: *<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: * [email protected] > *Subject: *[YCLSA Discussion] YCLSA Gauteng Provincial Working Committee > Statement > > > > > > > *YCLSA Gauteng Press Statement* > > * *January 23, 2012 > > > > *YCLSA* *Gauteng Provincial Working Committee Statement* > > > > The Young Communist League of South Africa [uFasimba] in the province of > Gauteng convened yesterday, Sunday, 22 January 2012 in the ordinary session > of the Provincial Working Committee (PWC). This was the first session of > the PWC in 2012. The purpose of the PWC is to look at the day to day > running of the administrative, organisational and political functions of > the YCLSA in the province, provide such other guidance through > decision-making as it is necessary and account to the Provincial Executive > Committee as and when it convenes. > > > > The PWC considered a political analysis and conducted strategic > reflections on the balance of forces and the state of class struggle in the > province, nationally and internationally. On this basis the PWC looked at > the state of the organisation at the provincial, district and branch > levels. > > > > The PWC identified immediate organisational and political measures in > order to strengthen capacity to advance the revolutionary interests of > young people as part of the struggles for the national democratic > revolution and socialism. This shall be pursued in line with the > declaration and resolutions of our Third Provincial Congress, held November > 2011, guidance from our National Committee and the Communist Party. The PWC > ratified the resolutions for approval by the Provincial Executive Committee > which is scheduled for February 2012, and further gave the Secretariat a go > ahead in arranging engagements with relevant organisations and > institutions, including government, in order to advance our mandate from > congress on youth and economic development. > > > > Taking place in the context of, the PWC had to reflect on, the centenary > celebrations of the ANC, a leading political formation of our national > liberation movement, the revolutionary alliance in which it serves together > with COSATU and the SACP, and indeed our society at large. We join our > National Committee of the YCLSA in congratulating the ANC for reaching the > milestone of hundred years of existence and liberation struggle. > > > > Our members attended the national centenary celebrations held on the > weekend of the 6th to 8th January 2012 in Mangaung which in our view were > generally successful despite a few challenges. We shall as the YCLSA > mobilise our members to participate in the centenary celebrations that have > started and are planned by the ANC in the province, regions, zones and > branches. > > > > The PWC noted that there are some elements who misunderstand the centenary > celebrations of the ANC. In this misunderstanding the centenary of the ANC > is confused with its ascendency to the position of the leader of government > in the last seventeen years since April 1994. An automatically unfair and > absolutely misplaced assessment of the ANC as if it is hundred years in > government is then assumed to paint a picture, wrong in the extreme, of > failure in its historic mission. The PWC condemned in strongest terms this > attempt to vilify the ANC regardless of whether such is committed from > within or without, wittingly or unwittingly. > > > > As the YCLSA our confidence in the ANC remains strong and it is unshaken. > The very important 1994 transition to the present democratic dispensation > is on its own a milestone to every rightfully thinking person in and > outside South Africa, and thanks to our national liberation movement as led > by the ANC. On their own too, the very few years since 1994 when the ANC > became the leader of government illustrate a remarkable progress in dealing > with centuries old legacies of British imperialism, colonialism and > apartheid which all in their interrelatedness require enormous amount of > resources and more time to eradicate. > > > > The PWC looked at some negative developments that affect the ANC. In > particular the PWC is convinced that these find their premise in the > prevailing form of economic production and distribution, i.e. the > capitalist mode and in general its existing social relations of production, > on one hand, and on the other, their connection to the form of state > organisation and the extent to which that is exploited to advance private > capital accumulation often through, but not exclusively, tenders and > associated corruption. > > > > It is our view that in order to deal with these problems structural > transformation in the economy and the state is required although not as the > only condition. It is our unanimously held conclusion that to navigate > successfully towards its second centenary and beyond, the ANC must > decisively deal with ill-discipline, incoherence and divisiveness within > its leadership and the rank and file membership in general. > > > > A tendency by which individual leaders, members and structures deviate > from the respect of important principles that have for long held the ANC > together, principles such as democratic centralism and the fundamental need > to subordinate one’s individual views to those of the leadership collective > and the organisation as a whole, if not dealt with and dismantled, pose a > danger to weaken the ANC and in the extreme destroy it from within. The ANC > also needs to forge ahead and deal with maladministration, incompetence and > corruption by public representatives and officials, and disrupt the all > axis of corruption between them and the private sector. In all of these as > the YCLSA we shall support the ANC. > > > > Issued on behalf of the PWC by Provincial Secretary: > > > > Alex Mashilo > > Cell: 082 9200 308 > > > > For further commend Provincial Spokesperson is also available: > > Matankana Mothapo > > Cell: 082 759 09900 > > > > > > -- > 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. 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