Please do not post articles without attribution, comrade Matankana. Put the author and the source and the date. Make it look nice, if you possibly can.
But in this case, I also wonder why you posted this rag-bag of nonsense, at all. It is full of obvious howlers and self-contradiction. We do not have to sink to level of the lowest common denominator, comrade. VC On 13 April 2012 10:22, matankana mothapo <[email protected]>wrote: > South African Communist Party general secretary Blade Nzimande wrote this > parting shot: "You have won the party. Your victory is complete. I am not > planning to settle scores or planning a guerrilla war. You and all those > around you have won. > > > > You're the most politically savvy, intellectually advanced and, of course, > powerful in the SACP. In my defeat, I accept all of this and this war is > over for me. But I would like you to know that you and all those loyal to > you are not the SACP. For what it's worth, we are all the SACP." > > > > These deeply felt and bitter words were written by former SACP Gauteng > secretary Vishwas Satgar in 2006 as he was leaving the party after clashing > with Nzimande. He had sent copies to Nzimande's chief allies -- national > organiser Solly Maphaila and Young Communist League national secretary Buti > Manamela. > > > > Satgar and others, including Mazibuko Jara, deputy national ¬secretary of > the Young Communist League at the time, were among the activists who were > questioning the strategic political wisdom of supporting Jacob Zuma, then > ANC deputy president, after he was fired from the government and while he > was fighting rape and corruption charges. > > > > I recall these events because, as the party celebrates its 90th > anniversary on July 30, the intolerance and unnecessary crackdowns continue > to blight what has been a great 20 years since its unbanning in 1989. > > > > One of the few growing communist parties in the world, the SACP has much > to be proud of. One of its recent victories include returning to the table > the issue of willing buyer, willing seller, at the land summit. Its > financial campaigns also led to the Mzansi bank account for poorer people > and it can take credit for the debates that led to the creation of the > National Credit Act. I have a personal recollection of how the party helped > the ruling party when it "infiltrated" the people of Khutsong's struggle > against the ANC and essentially put their votes into "an SACP trust > account" until the demarcation issues were sorted out. > > > > So why must I be a spoilsport at celebration time by harping on the > negative? Because this week I discovered that of the top five officials > elected by the SACP's Gauteng congress about four years ago only one still > occupies his position. The others have either been suspended or removed > from their positions, and one has resigned. This is disturbing, considering > the province is one of the few that has perpetually challenged the party's > national office. The provincial conference is long overdue and the > suspicion is that a "clean-up" is taking place in advance of it. > > > > Gauteng provincial secretary Zico Tamela, who has been banned from holding > any leadership position, is remembered as the man who meekly tried to > challenge Nzimande at the 2007 conference and failed. Provincial chairman > Nkosiphendule Kolisile, a long-time critic of Nzimande, was recently > suspended in what resembled the use of a hammer to kill ants. > > > > Deputy chairwoman Meisie Sekaledi resigned because of her unhappiness with > organisational issues. Treasurer Alfred Nkabinde was removed by the > provincial executive committee. Only deputy secretary Jacob Mamabolo who > remains in his post -- the rest of the posts are filled by acting > incumbents. > > CONTINUES BELOW > > Is this a mere coincidence? And how do we explain a similar situation in > Limpopo, where the party's provincial leadership was getting closer to the > Julius Malema-Cassel Mathale grouping and subsequently "disbanded"? > > > > The SACP has not spared its youth either, suspending about seven members > who were part of a group that tried to oust Manamela at their conference > late last year. Apart from the beleaguered Inkatha Freedom Party no other > political party has suspended or expelled leaders this often. > > > > I respect Nzimande for his razor-sharp intellect, fearlessness and > streetwise combativeness. I respect his commitment to shaking things up and > jolting people from their comfort zones to fight for the poor. We owe him a > debt of gratitude for breaking rank and challenging former president Thabo > Mbeki, who was presiding over an increasingly sycophantic ANC leadership. > But Nzimande can do with a bit more openness, tolerance and an > accommodative attitude to intellectual rivals. He should be open to taking > criticism on the chin. > > > > A popular mantra among progressive forces all over the world is former > Chinese Communist Party chairman Mao Zedong's "Let a thousand flowers > bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend" -- and so it should be. > > > > Nzimande risks being remembered as the man who brooked no dissent and who > crushed opponents in a desperate bid to remain in power. And he should > remember that when the bell tolls for such leaders, the result it will not > be pretty. > TOPICS IN THIS ARTICLE > > -- > 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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