*The Communist University's selections from the ANC January 8**^th
**Statement, 2013*
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We will open up space for more black South Africans and more women to
participate in the economy. This participation must be as employees, as
creators of jobs and importantly as owners of the means of production.
These goals we shall achieve through a range of measures, contained in
our development blueprint, the National Development Plan.
We call on the ANC government to place the state mining company at the
forefront of state intervention in the mining sector. We have also
resolved that the state must capture an equitable share of mineral
resource rents through the tax system and deploy them in the interests
of long-term economic growth, development and transformation. Government
must implement this resolution.
We will replace the principle of 'willing buyer; willing seller" which
has not sufficiently addressed the problem, with the 'just and
equitable' principle when expropriating land for land reform purposes.
Our government will re-open the lodgement date for claims and provide
for the exception to the 1913 cut-off date to accommodate historical
landmarks, heritage sites and descendants of the Khoi and San who lost
their land long before 1913. These amendments to our laws will take
effect this year.
An important part of a developmental economy is the relationship between
workers and employers. This relationship is underpinned by the right of
workers to demand better wages and working conditions and the right of
employers to listen, put their views across and engage in negotiations.
The best forum for regulating labour relations has traditionally been
formal bargaining structures. We cannot replace this system with
informal arrangements by workers as that is not sustainable and will
disadvantage workers.
Given that the youth is the future of our country, we direct our
government to expand vocational training, link skills development with
industrial growth and job creation and extend support to the youth in
accessing and developing skills.
Improved teaching and learning environments in schools remain a
priority. We reiterate the non-negotiables in education and call on
teachers to be in school, in class, on time, teaching for at least seven
hours a day. We call on learners to dedicate themselves to their studies
so that they become productive members of society. Given that education
is a societal issue, we urge parents and the communities to participate
in the day-to-day development of children and ensure the success of
their schools.
The ANC is committed to the development of indigenous languages. We call
on our government to prepare for the introduction of the teaching of our
indigenous languages by 2014.
We call on every branch and every ANC member to strive to improve the
literacy rate and general level of education and skills among the people
in their ward.They must also be involved in a project or programme to
improve the quality of learning and teaching in all schools.
The introduction of the National Health Insurance remains on track and
plans are in place to introduce the NHI Fund by next year.
We appeal to ANC members and society in general to remain vigilant and
support the fight against corruption. Corruption is the enemy of
development. It diverts resources meant for the poor.
We continue to support the campaign for the Release of the Cuban Five
and the end of the blockage against Cuba.
We support the proposed establishment of the BRICS Bank, for the benefit
of south-south development cooperation including Africa's development.
We reaffirm the character of the ANC as a disciplined force of the left,
a multi-class mass movement and an internationalist movement with an
anti-imperialist outlook.
As said by comrade OR Tambo, South Africa will not be truly liberated
until the women of this country are liberated.
We will revitalise all aspects of our cadre policy - recruitment, cadre
development, deployment and accountability as well as cadre
preservation. We will institutionalise political education and
consciousness by expanding the comprehensive political school system at
all levels of the organisation in the next five years. The political
education, general education, academic training and skills development
of the membership and leadership of the movement will receive priority
attention over the next decade.
The ANC must be capable of leading a wide range of progressive social
movements in transformative struggles to change the legacy of apartheid
colonialism, and overcome the triple challenges of unemployment, poverty
and inequalities. This will include the strengthening of the Alliance
and the mass democratic movement. The programme will also entail the
revitalization and re-design of grassroots structures of the ANC and
their re-organisation so as to enable them to focus on solving the
problems of the people.
The ANC is the only organisation capable of uniting the people of South
Africa around a common vision of delivering a prosperous South Africa.
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