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On 4/3/12, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Comrades! > > Its my birthday today- 30 feels closer each year! > Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! > > -----Original Message----- > From: VC <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:17:46 > To: <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] SACP Eastern Cape PEC - Press Statement > > * > SACP > > SACP Eastern Cape PEC Press Statement*, *2 April* *2012* > > > *SACP Eastern Cape PEC Press Statement* > ** > > The South African Communist Party (SACP) in the Eastern Cape Province > held a successful ordinary Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) meeting > over the past weekend 31^st March -- 1^st April 2012 and considered a > range of issues at the international, national and the provincial level > extensively applying Marxist Leninism that remain valid and its > teachings confirmed by the structural crisis of capitalism today. > > The PEC was graced by the presence of Central Committee members, > comrades Charles Sestubi and Mandla Makupula. The CC input served as a > preliminary induction to ground members of the PEC to key principles for > all authentic communist revolutionaries whose main objective is of > service to humanity with great loyalty and trust to our people over the > power of money. > > *The crisis of capitalism is structural* > ** > The PEC asserted its firm belief that the capitalist crisis underway in > the world today has began to move away from that which has been cyclic, > of booms and bursts of parts of the capitalist system but has affected > the entirety of the structure of capitalism itself. This is because the > two sharply contrasting types of crisis is that the periodic or > conjuntural crisis unfold and are more or less successfully resolved > within the established framework, whereas the fundamental crisis affects > that framework itself in its entirety. > > The meeting added that it was out of realising this reality that 25 of > the 27 countries of the Euro Zone have established a "permanent bailout > fund" admitting to the permanence of the crisis. Capitalism cannot find > solution from its framework any longer, they throw Dollars and Euros but > the crisis persist, they are implementing severe cuts on social spending > but the crisis persists, they are announcing labour reforms but the > crisis persists, they sponsor regime change in many parts of the world > but the crisis *further deepens*! > > It is in this context that PEC called for the intensification of the > struggle of building Brazil, Russia, India China and South Africa > (BRICS) as a counter balance to imperialism as part of building on the > foundation for an alternative world order and deepen the structural > crisis of imperialism. The PEC further welcomed the decision to > establish an alternative bank for the BRICS which will take the > countries in the South away from the IMF and World Bank which have > always served the interests of rich at the expense of the developing > countries. > > The meeting also saluted consideration of the above countries to move > away from the Dollar and the Euro as trading currencies. The PEC is of > the firm view that the need to strengthen party to party relations can > only be the only basis of taking forward this important work to build > and cement solidaristic political and economic relations between these > countries as part of defending their foreign policies against the > negative influence of US led imperialism. > > *National situation* > > The PEC noted that the contestation of the direction of the National > Democratic Revolution (NDR) is intensifying as we approach the coming > congresses of our formations (SACP, COSATU and ANC). At the heart of > this contestation are the twin dangers represented by the liberal > offensive (white) and tenderprenuers. > The PEC further committed to expose and defeat the agenda of the > tenderprenuers to high jack the people's revolution and their > organizations in order to derail South African revolution for > self-enrichment. > > As the SACP, we consider the tenderprenuers as constituting the > immediate danger to our democracy as we have seen in some countries > states captured by drug-lords resulting is having a narcotics' state > with narcotics bourgeoisie. Here at home, the tenderprenuers want to > capture the South African State and reduce it into a Tender State with > its own Tender Bourgeoisie. The PEC is convinced that this agenda is not > separate from the broad agenda of imperialism to re-colonization Africa > via South Africa. > > The PEC has welcomed the commencement of the National Health Insurance > (NHI) as an important foundation for the struggle to bring about an > accessible quality public health system in our country for the benefit > of workers and the poor. As the SACP, we commit ourselves to support > this progressive initiative and will work with all progressive forces to > defend the NHI and defeat the agenda of the elite to highjack it for its > narrow interests. > ** > *Provincial situation * > > The PEC has welcomed the announcement by the President in the recent > State of the Nation Address to have dedicated mega projects allocated to > the province as this will contribute in cushioning the province from the > current levels of poverty and unemployment. We remain convinced that not > much is being done to level the playing field in the allocation of > resources in between provinces as some of the provinces like our own > constitute a collection of infrastructure bag logs from the former > homelands of Ciskei and Transkei. We call upon the national government > to review the current revenue allocation model to be driven by > developmental needs of provinces not the population size as the current > main consideration. > > The meeting also saluted the ANC in the province for the convening of a > successful Provincial General Council in (PGC) December 2011 and a > centenary rally in January 2012 as part of the indication for a province > that is geared towards political stability. The PEC has urged both the > Department of Education and South African Democratic Teachers Union > (SADTU) to make more effort in working together to resolve challenges > facing education in the interests of children of workers and the poor > who are at the receiving end of any instability in this area. On our > part as the SACP, we will continue to work to support all efforts to > achieve the above and reject any attempts to use education challenges in > the province in order to destabilize the province for reasons linked to > the coming ANC Mangaung conference. > > The PEC views the pursuance of the Superintendent General for Health, Dr > Siva Pillay on the alleged misrepresentation of facts towards the > determination of his current salary as more like chasing lizards when > the crocodiles are against the provincial administration. We see this as > a deliberate attempt to divert the efforts of the province and > government officials like Dr Siva Pillay from its fight against wild > scale corruption that has exposed many who are accused to have robbed > the province of millions of rands. > ** > *On the 13^th Congress of the our party* > > The PEC started to position the party in the province for the > preparation for the 13^th Congress to be held on the 11^th -- 15 July > 2012 and committed to work for its success. The meeting agreed on the > validity of the broad trust of our SARS and MTV, as result it was > further agreed that the Party need to elaborate and evaluate the two as > we approach congress. To this end the province will convene special > district councils and a provincial council immediately after the release > of the congress documents. > ** > *Chris Hani Month* > > The PEC adopted a program to mark the 19^th anniversary of our late > General Secretary comrade Chris Hani in the context of celebrating the > ANC centenary and the imperative of building a strong alliance from > below. Activities will include lectures in our 8 districts culminating > with a provincial anti- corruption march as part taking forward Chris > Hani's revolutionary values of anti-corruption and selflessness. > > The PEC ended on a high note with a commitment to build a strong SACP > and alliance as the precondition for defending and deepening the NDR > towards a socialist South Africa. The PEC wished comrades Nelson > Mandela, Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez good health and commit to redouble > our efforts to ensure the realization of a humane world order in their > name. > > *Issued by the SACP EC PEC* > > *_Contact_:* > *Xolile Nqatha* > *Eastern Cape Province Provincial Secretary - 073 034 7923 * ** > > > > -- > 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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