*Declaration of YCLSA Free State Provincial Council* *29 JUNE 2013, TishaVanga, NUM Regional Office*
We, delegates from all branches of the Young Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA) in Free State, convened our provincial council on 29 June 2013 in Welkom, TishaVanga District, at the NUM Regional Office. The Provincial Council received a warm message of support from the South African Communist Party (SACP). We convened this Provincial Council of the YCLSA in Free State during an important month on our political calendar, a month in which the 1976 generation of South African youth and students made history by opposing the oppressive education system. This month is also important to us as delegates because it signifies the unity and gallantry spirit of young people. We note the fact that this year marks the centenary of the adoption of the 1913 Natives Land Act under which native working class black people were forcibly removed from their land and their livestock confiscated by colonisers. All these milestones give us hope that the achievement of a socialist and just society is inevitable. As delegates to this YCLSA Free State council, we have noted with utter disgust the political onslaught aimed at dismantling the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and entire congress movement ahead of 2014 elections. The YCLSA Free State will in the near future unveil a programme of action for youth mobilisation and potential voters for the ANC. The YCLSA Free State will play a meaningful role in society to ensure that the ANC retains its massive electoral support. We strongly discourage our members from associating themselves with the Economic Freedom Fighters. As the YCLSA Free State we vow to reclaim our rightful position at institutions of higher learning, particularly the UFS which remains untransformed to date. YCLSA branches at institutions of higher learning are expected to lead this process in the absence of a radical student movement. We also intend to swell the ranks of the Further Education and Training College sector. The YCLSA Free State has a direct interest on how FETC are run and governed. The YCLSA Free State council proposed that a Youth Ministry that will comprehensively deal with youth matters be established and council also noted that the NYDA has not been attending to youth matters as expected. A different approach is needed when attending to youth matters. We congratulate the Provincial Secretary of the SACP in Free State (Bareng Soke) for his recent election as a Deputy General-Secretary of NEHAWU. The YCLSA Free State is proud of him! *ISSUED BY YCLSA FREE STATE* *For more contact:* *Fezile Sonkwane* *YCLSA Free State Spokesperson* *079 991 4618* -- -- 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 received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
