Ita a good eg of what the DA will do if thay take power, if I live in durban and work at the capital of KZN PMB I will be called a refugee. Shoking Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you!
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:01:17 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Cc: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [CU] SADTU reaction to Helen Zille's refugee remarks! You cannot be a refugee in your own country my kids go to a school in the bluff area and I am from umlazi, thus that make my kids refugees? Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! -----Original Message----- From: Siphelo Ngcwangu <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:39:52 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Cc: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [CU] SADTU reaction to Helen Zille's refugee remarks! there is an interesting convergence between Helen Zille and Prince Mashele on this matter. Where Prince sees 'ruralitarians' in rural areas who are apparently ígnorant' and backwards Zille seems to think that 'refugees' running to Western Cape are doing so because of the 'services' of the Western Cape Education Department. Reality is that both of them are joined at the hip by bigotry and prejudice, there is no way you can espouse progress values and at the same time cast aspersions on people who move to the Urban areas due to structural faultines in the economy. As socialists we need to confront the issue of urbanisation in the 21st Century with a new lense that looks into the structural dimensions of urban -rural migration. Most of the literature in urban studies and planning seems to suggest that migration from rural to urban is driven mainly by 'bright lights' and economic opportunities. But what does this mean for the country side? what does it mean for socialist organisation? I dont mean this to give dignity to Mashele's insults on President Zuma...his was just a plainly simplistic argument loaded with insults rather than analysis. asikhulumeni makomanisi!! Regards Siphelo On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 8:46 PM, Castro Ngobese <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > SADTU Media Statement > > > 22 March 2012 > > > SADTU reacts to Zille’s refugee remarks > > > DA leader Helen Zille’s labelling of learners from the Eastern Cape who > have relocated in theWestern Cape in order to access schooling, as > refugees, smirks of racism. > > Zille should be ashamed of using a human right – education on children to > score cheap politicalpoints. Zille is caught up in the past and still > wants to take this country back to the Bantustan era which divided us > according to ethnicity. Blacks had to obtain special permits to go to other > provinces and were forced to live in areas segregated according to race. > That era is gone and will never come back. > > > Zille never called the many whites who “migrated” to George, Knysna and > Harmanus regions of the Western Cape refugees. > > > South Africa is a unitary country where every province is bound by the > republic so Zille cannot act as if the Western Cape is exclusively hers > and other citizens – in fact the majority of this country - are being > done a favour in that province. We have every right to feel at home in anypart > of this country. > > > Contrary to her claims that learners are fleeing the Eastern Cape in order > to access better education, people would still move irrespective of > conditions they face. It is their right to move or reside wherever they > like as this country belongs to all who live in it. > > > In her tirade on Human Rights Day, Zille stooped to her lowest when she > accused SADTU of denying pupils the right to learn. Zille represents the > capitalists and the elite who have no experience of teaching in schools > without resources, she has no inclination of school as a mud structure, > overcrowding, being in school with no sanitation and electricity. > > > She further accused unions of being used as a launching pad for political > careers rather than to resolve honest disputes of workers. > > > As for SADTU, we are not ashamed of being part of the Tripartite Alliance > (ANC, > COSATU and SACP) and we still perform impeccably as a union. When > President Jacob Zuma commended usduring his State Of The Nation Address, he > was not trying to curry favour but his assertions were based on the work > done by the teacher unions. Factual information exists that teacher > unions are in collaboration with the department of education in training > teachers in the implementation of CAPS. > > > We are committed to the Quality Learning and Teaching Campaign which calls > on all stakeholders in education to play their part to towards attaining > quality education. > > President Zuma is not afraid of Mangaung. He has stated on record that > Mangaung will come and go. We also say he should not be afraid, we are > impressed with his record and we encourage him to continue to deliver to > the poor. > > > President Zuma has an international record in support of education. In > 2010, he popularized education during the Soccer World Cup when he > together with FIFA spearheaded the 1Goal Campaign for access to education. > > > For the record, According to the 2010 Congress resolution, our support > for the ANC still stands and will remain whether Zille likes it or not. > > > The working class, the poor and progress people should not be fooled by > the “madam.” > > > > ISSUED BY: SADTU Secretariat > > > CONTACT > > > General Secretary, Mugwena Maluleke 082 783 2968 > > Deputy General Secretary Nkosana Dolopi 082 709 5651 > > Media Officer Nomusa Cembi 082 719 5157 > > Sent from my iPad > > -- > You are subscribed to the "Communist University" e-mail forum. > The group site is at > http://groups-beta.google.com/group/Communist-University > The Communist University blog at http://domza.blogspot.com/ and our > wikispace web site is at http://amadlandawonye.wikispaces.com/ > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]; or e-mail > [email protected] > -- You are subscribed to the "Communist University" e-mail forum. 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