I fully agree my chief that the platform he uses is ours. I also understand your reaction - some of our comrades' conduct can make us go haywire at times. They just don't understand the impact of their conduct in our movement and society at large. You'll agree with me that all deployed cadres are generally expected to rally behind a common programme of our movement. We monitor compliance by observation and any deviation in behaviour begets the recall of such a cadre. Until we reached a consensus about a cadre's conduct to be a point of division in the organisation, he/she will be afforded an opportunity to explain himself/herself in compliance with the general principles of natural justice. But this does not stop us from engaging with the issue being raised and articulate our position as a movement. I trust you will accept my plea for robust engagement and everything else will follow as a direct consequence. We must continue to strive to act in unity. Remain, Morgan Phaahla
"Sometimes, if you wear suits for too long, it changes your ideology." - Joe Slovo --- On Mon, 1/23/12, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [YCLSA Discussion] YCLSA on NYDA Chairperson's Comments on Central Applications Office To: [email protected] Date: Monday, January 23, 2012, 12:23 PM Comrade Morgan I accept your intervention. But u see, the platform that Andile uses to advance his views is not his; it's ours. What do we call a person who makes use of a people's platform to advance private personal interests? Sent by AlexM From: morgan phaahla <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:32:01 -0800 (PST) To: <[email protected]> ReplyTo: [email protected] Subject: RE: [YCLSA Discussion] YCLSA on NYDA Chairperson's Comments on Central Applications Office Cde Alex, I don't think it would be correct to relegate cde Andile Lungisa to be "behaving like a thug". There is nothing criminal about expressing a different view. To this end, I'm of the view that the NYDA chair must be accorded an opportunity to explain himself and the rationale behind his call for "education to be de-unionised." Cde Andile has every right to have misgivings about the system but that does not warrant him to called names, no matter how much we disagree with his arguments. What is important is for us to engage with the issue being raised and not the person raising it. If we do the latter, cde Alex, we'll be degenerating ourselves and creating an impression that the culture of constructive engagement has since evaporated. With due respect communist cadres, let's not resort to insults but demand the NYDA to explain utterances made by its chair and take it from there. There shouldn't be a tension when there is difference - a difference of opinion is healthy for democracy. I remain, Morgan Phaahla "Sometimes, if you wear suits for too long, it changes your ideology." - Joe Slovo --- On Mon, 1/23/12, Alex M. Mashilo <[email protected]> wrote: From: Alex M. Mashilo <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [YCLSA Discussion] YCLSA on NYDA Chairperson's Comments on Central Applications Office To: [email protected] Date: Monday, January 23, 2012, 5:26 AM Andile appears to be degenerating and faster: we must just determine whether this is true to reality and investigate the causes of whatever answer we come across. As young people we must ask: "Andile when did you consult us to arrive at such determinations which clearly flow from your brain and have definitely lost it completely?" We want central applications for many reasons, to advance non-racial, non-sexist and democratic South Africa in education too, to remove the discrimination and barriers that are embedded in South Africa's geography of resources in education, to standardize admission requirements and tuition of which at the end we want free for students; and you, want, using our name, and therefore behaving like a thug, the same things that the enemy wants. Who do you actually represent, dear Mr Lungisa, our friend? You want unions banned in the education system, for you the problem are unions, exactly what the exploiters say. Who do you actually represent, in our name, Mr Lungisa, our friend? What's wrong with u? The man has lost it, he might be in the state of somnambulism. Who knows? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 8:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [YCLSA Discussion] YCLSA on NYDA Chairperson's Comments on Central Applications Office No wonder the NYDA has not done anything since its inception and CAO has been very effective in KZN and events like the one @UJ can neva take place in KZN because of an effective administration of applications... Sent from my Nokia Tablet -----Original Message----- From: Domza VC Sent: 23/01/2012 07:00:59 Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] YCLSA on NYDA Chairperson's Comments on Central Applications Office YCLSA *YCLSA Media Release, 22 January 2012* *Response to Comments on Central Applications Office by NYDA Chairperson* The Young Communist League of South Africa notes the disturbing, reckless and defeatist comments by the National Youth Development Agency Chairperson Andile Lungisa on centralising the higher education applications process going to be chaotic. This reckless commenting does not even address the alternative, it seeks to derail youth development of which he is expected to defend and promote. The NYDA Chairperson must first understand the rationale of calling for a central applications office in the context of access, the rising applications and fees. As centralisation is not an end in itself as some in society would seek to critic for its sake. The call for Central Applications Office is informed by the need to regulate access centrally and remove the limitations set on access by university administrators. This call goes a long way in reducing the challenges faced by working class youth to access higher education. We cannot continue having different sets of requirements of access for higher education courses accredited by the same authority. We further cannot allow the market oriented fees that exclude the majority; making higher education the privilege of the elite and only those working class youth who survive a skewed selection process. We urge Mr Lungisa to reserve his personal views in future as this undermines the integrity of the agency that represents aspirations of millions of working class youth. The agency is not a personal fiefdom and when pronouncements are made by those in leadership, their views must be considerate of such, as the Central Applications Office is a relevant institution that will benefit the youth of mzantsi. *Issued by YCLSA HQ Mangaliso Khonza National Spokesperson YCLSA [Ufasimba] 083 617 5546 * -- 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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] .
