The posting of neoliberal offensive and their DA oriented articles must stop cde. it is brainwashing cde by their ill-informed jurnalistic tendicies
On 5/5/12, Dominic Tweedie <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Cde Gugu, > > Let me say that Cde Trevor is a very nice, good-humoured person, and very > good company. He is also somebody who studies. > > Cde Trevor is also a tough guy who does not pull his punches. If you want > to go up against him on any matter, you must play by his rules, or you lose > very quickly. > > The last time I was with Cde Trevor, if I am not mistaken, was in Skeen > School in Tsutsumani (time flies!). > > Maybe you know Tsutsumani. You can look down the hillside from there > towards the East Bank of the Jukskei River. On the other side of the valley > lies is the whole of Alexandra, and over the top of Alex you can see the > high-rise towers of Sandton, situated on the ridge beyond the next valley, > the valley of the Sand River. Over there somewhere is Sandown, where Julius > Malema is trying to build his mansion. Over there, also, is the head office > of Investec. I live about a kilometre away to the South of Tsustsumani, in > Lombardy East. From Tsutsumani you can see a lot of things that are typical > of South Africa. > > Cde Trevor posts what he wants to post. So do I. When I post, I always hope > to cause a discussion. I expect it is the same with Trevor. > > Frederick Douglass wrote: “If There Is No Struggle, There Is No Progress”. > > This is not "attack". It is response. Every response opens the possibility > of another round. therefore every response should be your strongest > response, provided that it sticks to the matter under discussion, modified > by the circumstances. > > So, thanks for giving me the opportunity to put this all down, Cde Gugu. > > > *VC* > > > > On 4 May 2012 16:17, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ** >> Why is it when Trevor posts something he personally gets attack. I think >> we can rip the article apart but not the one posting-very uncomradely! >> Insinuating that Trevor is doing this with some perverse intention. >> Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! >> ------------------------------ >> *From: * Dominic Tweedie <[email protected]> >> *Sender: * [email protected] >> *Date: *Fri, 4 May 2012 12:23:44 +0200 >> *To: *<[email protected]> >> *ReplyTo: * [email protected] >> *Subject: *Re: [YCLSA Discussion] Business Day Editorial: Desperate at >> the top >> >> >> Thanks Cde Vincent, you are right, this "front page editorial" in the >> Business Day is a lot of nonsense in any case, with or without the >> falsification by COSATU of the joint ANC/COSATU statement upon which the >> "front page editorial" is largely premised. >> >> >> VC >> >> >> >> >> On 4 May 2012 12:04, Vincent Masoga <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> This article is completely pro DA 's neoliberal attach to the revolution. >>> Of course when the revolution is in trial it has to be defended, by the >>> securocrat of the legitimate state if needs be. The editor talks about >>> factions the he does not even see. He is the one encouraging factionalism >>> in the ANC by saying that other members of the NEC should turn again the >>> ANC president. That's hogwash what's written here Trevor. Don't read >>> newspapers very early in the morning, they will get you confused my >>> friend. >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> On 04 May 2012, at 11:37, "Trevor Kekana" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> It is not always clear who runs President Jacob Zuma's strange republic >>> due to a poverty of political leadership in the country **** >>> >>> Published: 2012/05/04 06:43:24 AM **** >>> >>> NO TWO recent events better illustrate the poverty of political >>> leadership in South Africa than the reinstatement of Lt-Gen Richard >>> Mdluli >>> as the police’s crime intelligence head despite a raft of charges and >>> allegations around him, and the casual way in which the African National >>> Congress (ANC) and labour federation Cosatu last week "agreed" to delay >>> e-tolling in Gauteng for a month while government lawyers were arguing in >>> court that such a delay would be a disaster.**** >>> >>> This is President Jacob Zuma 's strange republic at work, a place where >>> politics trumps principle, the reputations of the state and its officers >>> are of little account and where no price is too high to pay for the >>> re-election of Mr Zuma as head of his party this year and of the country >>> in >>> 2014.**** >>> >>> Is the president laughing at us? The police force leadership is in >>> tatters as his man, Lt-Gen Mdluli, acquires new powers at a dizzying >>> speed >>> — one day it is control over VIP protection (all the police who guard >>> ministers and can thus tell him who they’ve been seeing), the next he >>> becomes the only policeman in the land able to sanction a wire tap. South >>> Africa’s credit rating is being directly threatened by Mr Zuma's >>> leadership >>> on the Sanral issue. He must have sanctioned the party-union meeting >>> despite knowing his finance minister would be left humiliated by any >>> decision to delay the start of e-tolling. **** >>> >>> It was entirely predictable that Cosatu’s political star would rise this >>> year, after the ANC Youth League’s falling out with the party’s >>> leadership. >>> **** >>> >>> Without Cosatu’s backing Mr Zuma has little chance of being re-elected at >>> the ANC’s conference at Mangaung in December. And, if he loses his grip >>> on >>> the levers of power, the odds are that the fraud and corruption charges >>> that were controversially withdrawn shortly before the 2009 election that >>> elevated him to the Presidency, could be reinstated.**** >>> >>> Mr Zuma is acutely aware of how much he needs Cosatu. More important, >>> Cosatu’s wily general secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi, knows it too. That is >>> why, in contrast to 2007 when the union federation threw its weight >>> behind >>> Mr Zuma as part of a successful effort to oust Thabo Mbeki as ANC >>> president >>> at Polokwane, it now refuses to pin its colours to the mast during the >>> buildup to Mangaung.**** >>> >>> Cosatu felt let down by the Zuma administration after the much-debated >>> "lurch to the left" at Polokwane was limited by the practicalities of >>> governance, Mr Zuma’s need to placate a range of constituencies with >>> contradictory demands, and intense lobbying by the youth league as >>> representative of the party’s growing African nationalist faction. Cosatu >>> is not about to make the same mistake twice — Mr Zuma is going to have to >>> deliver the goods before he gets paid off this time.**** >>> >>> This, of course, is how politics works the world over. But the fact that >>> it is not unusual does not mean its profoundly negative economic, >>> political >>> and constitutional consequences should not be exposed. And, such >>> political >>> expediency cannot be allowed to legitimise a cynical abuse of state >>> institutions for party or individual benefit. There is, unfortunately, >>> mounting evidence of both occurring in South Africa at present.**** >>> >>> The government’s botched implementation of the Gauteng Freeway >>> Improvement Project provided Cosatu with an ideal opportunity to flex its >>> muscles. Since public transport was excluded from the e-tolling system, >>> the >>> vast majority of the revenue that would have been collected would have >>> come >>> from businesses and the wealthier 40% of Gauteng’s population, not >>> predominantly from the "workers" Cosatu counts as its constituency.**** >>> >>> Nevertheless, the toll road concept is unpopular across class groups in >>> Gauteng, and just days before the e-toll gantries were scheduled to go >>> live >>> on May 1, Cosatu strong-armed the ANC into "discussions" on the issue >>> with >>> the threat of a national strike. With not even a pretence of >>> differentiating between party and state, the ANC caved in and announced >>> that the launch would be delayed by a month for further consultation.**** >>> >>> That the high court granted an urgent interdict against the >>> implementation of the system subject to a full review only hours later, >>> does not change the fact that the ANC blinked first. Even as state >>> lawyers >>> were arguing that delaying it would be financially disastrous, the party >>> was glibly humiliating Pravin Gordhan by elevating the political >>> interests >>> of one of its factions above the Treasury’s standing.**** >>> >>> Similarly, while it is abundantly clear that the inflexibility of the >>> labour market is preventing businesses from hiring more young people in >>> particular, this does not suit Cosatu’s agenda of defending existing >>> workers’ rights at all costs. Hence its loud opposition to the proposed >>> labour law amendments that are now before Parliament.**** >>> >>> It emerged earlier in the week that another cozy "discussion" with the >>> ANC has resulted in agreement that clauses requiring that ballots be held >>> before strikes can begin, and expanding the list of essential service >>> work >>> categories whose right to strike is limited, will be scrapped. If this is >>> endorsed by ANC MPs it will make a complete mockery of the long >>> negotiation >>> process recently in the National Economic Development and Labour Council. >>> **** >>> >>> The question should be asked: who runs this country? The democratically >>> elected government, a particular faction of the ruling party, or Cosatu? >>> Or >>> is it the small group of securocrats Mr Zuma has surrounded himself with >>> in >>> his desperate bid to keep out of the courts?**** >>> >>> The vicious power struggle that is playing out at present between police >>> management, crime intelligence and the prosecuting authorities is a >>> chilling reminder that the abuse of state institutions that was >>> ostensibly >>> Cosatu’s prime motivation for removing Mr Mbeki, has got worse, not >>> better, >>> under Mr Zuma.**** >>> >>> The manner in which investigations into the alleged criminal activities >>> of Lt-Gen Mdluli have repeatedly been stymied, and those trying to follow >>> due process have been undermined, points to political intervention at the >>> highest level. The situation has become untenable — a prosecutor has been >>> shot at; the very future of the rule of law and democratic accountability >>> is at stake. **** >>> >>> Yet Lt-Gen Mdluli has not only been reinstated to his powerful position, >>> but it emerges he has been handed sole responsibility for the police’s >>> covert phone-tapping activities. It was just such an intelligence tape >>> that >>> was used — almost certainly illegally — by Mr Zuma’s lawyers to persuade >>> prosecutors to drop the corruption charges he faced.**** >>> >>> The flagrant disregard for the constitutional safeguards that are >>> supposed to check individual power in our democracy has got to stop >>> before >>> irreparable damage is done.**** >>> >>> But it is clear it won’t be Mr Zuma who does the stopping. Why do other >>> senior ANC leaders sit on their hands while the freedom they fought for >>> is >>> sacrificed to save one man’s skin?**** >>> >>> Like Cosatu, they are apparently hedging their bets as they manoeuvre in >>> preparation for the showdown at the end of the year. But by then it could >>> be too late for them and South Africa. They have a tiger by the tail and >>> will have to be extremely agile if they wish to avoid being eaten as soon >>> as they have outlived their usefulness.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> <http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=170988> >>> http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=170988**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> <http://www.investec.com/legal/email-disclaimer.html> >>> http://www.investec.com/legal/email-disclaimer.html >>> >>> The disclaimer also provides our corporate information and names of our >>> directors as required by law. >>> >>> The disclaimer is deemed to form part of this message in terms of Section >>> 11 of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002. >>> If you cannot access the disclaimer, please obtain a copy thereof from us >>> by sending an email to: <[email protected]> >>> [email protected] >>> >>> -- >>> You are subscribed. 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