Is this by Cde Khonza, or by the National Secretary????
On 3 February 2012 16:43, <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > Sent from my BlackBerry® > ------------------------------ > *From: * "Thando Dinana" <[email protected]> > *Date: *Fri, 3 Feb 2012 16:33:29 +0200 > *To: *Khaya Xaba<[email protected]> > *Subject: *The Bottomline - Issue 4, Vol 9: 3 February 2012 > > Issue 4, Vol 9: 3 February 2012 > > *In this issue:* > > - Dismantling the legacy of apartheid in > education<http://www.ycl.org.za/main.php?ID=befd0ac1113c7df#one> > > Dismantling the legacy of apartheid in education > > Today the South African Students Congress (SASCO) our sister organisation > launches its Right to Learn Campaign in Mpumalanga. This gathering will be > addressed by the leadership of the Progressive Youth Alliance as part of > the commitments we have made in ensuring that we achieve ‘Free Education in > our Lifetime’ as part of the broader struggles for socialism we wage in > dismantling the legacy of apartheid colonialism and the capitalist system > in South Africa and beyond. > > The characteristics of apartheid legacy still haunt us across the > education sector and are more viral in the higher education institutions > that were the preserve of the elite and racial exclusion. It is this legacy > that we should push our campaigns strongly without being defocused by the > neo-liberal media with the clearest understanding that struggle is the > determinant of transformation. There is resistance from university councils > and management and there are a lot of cover-ups of incidents that seek to > dehumanise and treat black African and working class students, workers and > some lecturers within these institutions as sub-standard. > > We have been exposed recently to the Democratic Alliance Student > Organisation’s vile racial soft porn poster and the death of a student in > University of North West as part of what can be referred to as initiation > systems that happen across South African universities and management > continues to deny their existence, the same happened with the Reitz case at > the University of Free State and many others. It is a sad story that in all > this cases the racial connotation remains and makes us alive to the > remnants that seek to entrench racism and elitism within education, and > society. > > We send our condolences again to the family that has lost one hope of > survival from the conditions it finds itself trapped in, this is the second > condolences that we send as a consequence of hunger for higher education > despite the circumstances of death but they highlight the inhumane systems > towards the working class and the continued oppression of the black man due > to his or her race. This conditions cannot continue to exist and rear their > heads; we urge that the issues of race are dealt with adequately and with > the necessary sensitivity in institutions and society before their sporadic > outbursts become a norm that will prove challenging to society. > > The recent nude campaign by the Democratic Alliance Student Organisation > has raised a lot of brows as it further exposes the myth that the > Democratic Alliance is an organisation that wants to see a transformed > South Africa and believes in a non-racial vision. This dream of the DA is > nothing but a smokescreen which plays to the gallery and this nudist > perception of politics is just a face of the immoral neo-liberal > perceptions that are uncaring and insensitive to the plight of the majority > unless they want their votes. > > The DA cannot hope that just by having a dream on a non-racial society > that purports that they in fact will realise that vision. For as long as > the DA, its structures and membership fails to acknowledge the legacy and > brutal history of apartheid-colonialism and the need to dismantle such > through a myriad of policies such as Affirmative Action, BBBEE, land > redistribution and many more interventions; its vision is a myth of a pot > at the end of a rainbow. > > The DA has been the at the centre of opposing all transformation routes > within our society with its neo-liberal policies using the courts, the > media and all the capitalist machinery within its disposal for the further > continuation of exclusion of the majority of society to access development > aimed at them. The DA is adamant from its parent and youth structures that > the poster brings a new debate on race matters but we are not misled and > are unplugged from the racial myth and believe that race relations will be > transformed when class relations are transformed because no real > transformation can exist outside of this. > > The profit driven model of our institutions of higher education, a > consequence of neo-liberal approaches within our society is not sustainable > for our developmental objectives as a nation and further excludes the > majority from accessing education. This happens in the form of (1) > admission and registration fees and (2) financial exclusion for those that > cannot be academically excluded once in the system; it is then argued that > the sustainability of these institutions is reliant on the constant > increase of fees to survive or close shop in their threats from regressive > management. This further entrenches the class imbalances and the > development path becomes skewed in favour of the rich as opposed to the > poor who cannot cope with this alienation; it therefore becomes primary > that young commies are conscientised and sharpened to wage and lead these > struggles from the front. > > The illusion of the DA can never be true as the DA is an enemy of change > and is the last line of defence for ill-gotten gains of the satanic > apartheid system that ensured that the majority of the society is > disconnected from its own labour and does not enjoy the fruits of its own > toil. We debunk the myth and say this naked non-racialism that is void of > real content is a dream they should wake from and smell the coffee. It is > greatly puzzling that noises are made of race transformation disregarding > questions of dispossession that are not addressed and what the essence of > the whole race oppression was on the dispossession of land, resources and > all to subjugate and weaken by the colonialists. > > wild perception of non-racialism defeats the objective we pursue of > creating a non-racial society built by sacrifices that have been made since > the advent of colonialism in South Africa which saw the dispossession of > lands, the oppression of blacks, Africans in particular and the working > class as a whole. We reemphasise to society as a whole that it is only > through constant struggles that a truly united, non-racial, non-sexist, > democratic and prosperous South Africa can be achieved as has been pursued > by the African National Congress led Alliance over the years. > > The hold on economic power by the bourgeoisie is a tool of continued > oppression and control of society as the dominant ideas of society are > theirs through their monopoly of the media, education and knowledge > production, how we think and act resides with them unless we bring forth a > consciousness level through struggle and ensuring that education is people > orientated and is developmental and speaks to our conditions; lest we will > be resigning to the white minority that is in charge of all to continue its > brutal exploitation of our working class. It is then a primary message that > we must conscientise the whole of society and start building socialism now. > > We call on all students who truly want to see a non-racial South Africa to > reject the illusions that the DA is creating and concern themselves with > the real transformation issues of our society as they are a reservoir of > knowledge production and development within society. Young people should > never allow themselves to be deceived by masks of deception such as the > nude pictures that seeks to paint a picture of a youth that only thinks > sexuality and nothing else when the youth are the ones feeling the brunt of > a majority of challenges associated with poverty, inequality and > unemployment. The youth must reject this perception with all its ill > intentions. > > The era of financial exclusions must end and a new era of free public > quality education must be instilled by our leadership and society should > call for such. A level playing field is the ultimate aim whereby > universities will be centres of the people and administration will be > independent of education. We cannot and will never allow ourselves to be > further oppressed due to our poverty... > > Away with financial exclusions away!!! > > Forward with free education forward!!! > > Make Education fashionable!!! > > *That the Bottomline, coz the YCL said so* > > ***Mangaliso Stalin Khonza is the National Spokesperson of the YCL* > > -- > 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. 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