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23 September 2013
SACP Eastern Cape PEC statement
The South African Communist Party (SACP) in the Eastern Cape convened its
4th session of the 6th Congress Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) meeting
on the 21 - 22 September 2013 at the Carnegie Hall, Gonubie in East London.
The PEC meeting received and discussed the Political and Organizational
reports which both served as a guide for the PEC to scientifically asses the
state of our party and our alliance organs and challenges facing the working
class at the provincial, national and international level. It also helped
the PEC to critically analyze the socio-economic conditions of the workers
and the poor across the globe and provide solutions guided by the
Marxist-Leninist tools of analysis. The above work constituted part of
preparations towards the SACP Eastern Cape Provincial Council which will be
convened on the 28 - 29 September 2013 at the East London City Hall.
The PEC meeting also dealt with SACP Eastern Cape elections strategy which
will guide our work towards ensuring the overwhelming victory of the African
National Congress (ANC) in the forthcoming general elections. We view the
coming elections as an opportunity for the movement to consolidate its core
constituency (working class and the poor) in the interest of securing a two
thirds majority as a precondition for realizing a radical second phase of
the transition. That is buttressing our organizational power with a strong
parliamentary power.
The PEC congratulate the South African Student Congress (SASCO) for decisive
victory in the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) SRC elections
as a message to the Democratic Alliance (DA) that every support they get
from the black majority will always be temporary as they are incapable of
representing the interests of the working class as they are principally a
party of the bourgeoisie. We view the victory not only as a victory of SASCO
as an organization but the victory of working class students as SASCO
represents the interests of all students in the institutions of higher
learning. We trust that SASCO will continue to lead students for the
achievement of free education; free in cost and content.
International:
The situation in the world is becoming more unstable with US imperialism at
the head of many conflicts crises facing humanity. They have temporarily
stopped to implement what they referred to as "surgical strike" against
Syria. They have shown disdain towards the United Nations (UN) on the issue
of the alleged use of chemical weapons against the people of Syria. We wish
to commend the contribution of our Alliance Summit through its special
resolution on Syria and the leadership provided by our government on the
Syrian matter.
We condemn with strongest terms possible the continuous arrest of people's
leaders in Swaziland under the Mswati regime; the latest being the Deputy
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS). There can be no
free, fair and democratic elections in Swaziland when political
organizations are banned and political leaders incarcerated.
We are calling for the unbanning of the political organizations in Swaziland
and the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners for
the democratization of that country. It is against this background that we
are calling for the isolation of the Mswati regime. The regime cannot
continue to sit and participate in the democratic formations like SADC when
they preside over oppressive state with no sense of democracy.
National:
The PEC meeting appreciated the successful recently held Alliance Summit
which underlined the centrality of the Alliance in taking forward the
radical phase of the transition. We welcome the allocation of billions in
the infrastructure rollout and plans to transform the mining and the finance
sector, however we are vividly aware that such will not proceed uncontested
both within and outside our movement. This requires a strong alliance; it is
only a strong movement that is capable of subjecting individual interests to
those of the movement. It is only a strong movement with its strong
leadership that is capable of uniting the people's camp and provide
sustainable solutions to the challenges faced by the South African people.
On the challenges facing COSATU the PEC expressed its principled view of
respecting the internal processes of our ally. In this regard we are opposed
to any efforts by individual leaders or groups within the federation to
mobilize support outside COSATU against COSATU. Whether it is the SACP or an
individual affiliate of COSATU none should seek to substitute the role of
the Federation as that does not serve in the interest of unifying the
federation but weakening it.
This is the federation we have contributed immensely on building as the SACP
hence we are jealous of its unity. It is in this context that we call on all
those who have issues to raise about the SACP to approach the SACP for
bilateral engagements as shouting at each other will not help in building
the unity our revolution so desire at this time of one enemy in many colors.
Any fragmentation of our revolutionary alliance can only mean the defeat of
the National democratic Revolution (NDR) and the postponement of the
Socialist South Africa. The alliance represents the anchor; the bedrock of
the majoritarian character of our democracy which is a threat to imperialism
and its shop stewards. We call for the alliance agreed processes to be
speeded up to deal with the burning economic questions of the political
moment as bases for tackling the triple challenge of unemployment, poverty
and inequality.
Provincial:
As the SACP we condemn the brutal killing of women in the eastern part of
the Eastern Cape based on the unscientific and backward accusations of
witchcraft. These brutal killings undermine women's rights and seek to
portray them as less of human beings. These acts reveal backwardness and
stereotype thinking of many men involved in these horrendous crimes.
We are calling upon all the traditional leaders, faith based organs,
political formations, etc to educate the people in these areas for them to
move away from such barbaric behavior. We are calling upon all law
enforcement agencies to ensure the safety of the people in these areas, in
particular women and children.
We condemn the violence against foreign nationals in Port Elizabeth and
looting and damaging of their shops. We view these as criminal acts and very
inhumane and therefore calling upon law enforcement agencies to work hard in
ending the mayhem and protect the foreign nationals against these violent
acts. In the final analysis it is the dominant capitalist system in the
world that has displaced the workers and the poor throughout the world. We
call upon the people of the province to display tolerance towards our
brothers and sisters that are scattered all over the country and endeavour
to share whatever little resource we have as part of our international
solidarity work.
On Provincial Government
We welcome the improvement in some of the Provincial Government Departments
which should be sustained as the progressive step towards governance capable
of responding to the needs and aspirations of the Eastern Cape populace. We
are however concerned with indecisiveness that is glaring in dealing with
corruption in the provincial administration. Corruption in this province
ought to be arrested for our government to be able to deliver on its core
mandate.
We wish to commend the visible turnaround in the Department of Education
under the leadership of Comrade Mandla Makupula and the administrative
leadership. The department managed to obtain qualified audit opinion for the
first time in the democratic dispensation. The department has improved on
its infrastructure expenditure which we applaud as our province is still
trapped on the semi-colonial spatial planning. It is in this context that
the PEC called for reorganization and restructuring of the schooling system
in our province as many of the challenges are structural hence incapable of
meeting the needs of learners and our economy. We calling for the
establishment of a statutory commission to drive and develop an education
agenda for our country that meet the needs of learners and our country.
On Local Government
The meeting raised concerns on what is obtaining in the local government
sphere in the Eastern Cape as its represent the state of paralysis which
requires a decisive alliance approach in resolving. The political
infightings, political interference and maladministration in many
municipalities are compromising the capacity of these institutions to render
services to the people.
On Health
On the closure of the Department of Health DEPO in Mthatha, the PEC
expressed its view that closure of the DEPO need to be reconsidered as it
denies once again the people in the eastern part of the province access to
medication and will result in possible displacement of workers from their
families. The solution is to deal with the corrupt elements that alleged to
have high jacked the institution than closing it.
As the initiation summer draws nearer, we firmly believe that systems should
be put in place by all stakeholders to avoid further deaths. The situation
in the initiation schools requires all of us working together to
de-commercialize this custom and get rid of all bogus surgeons and
initiation schools. We support the work that has already been done by the
Portfolio Committee of Health, Portfolio Committee of Local Government and
Traditional Affairs and the House of Traditional Leaders, we urge our
government to provide them with the necessary resources.
On Walter Sisulu University (WSU)
The PEC welcomed the resolution of the WSU strike and supports the call for
a summit that must look at the long term challenges facing the institution
as we are of the firm view that the very merger is one of the post 1994
decisions that have gone terribly wrong. As the SACP, we also take to heart
that, we as leadership in the province working with the Department of Higher
Education and Training we could have done better in attending to the
challenge and trusting that the summit will provide basis for all of us to
do better going forward.
As the SACP we commit ourselves to continue working tirelessly with and for
the workers and the poor towards resolution of these problems, defending,
deepening the National Democratic Revolution and realization of a socialist
South Africa and a better world.
Issued by SACP Eastern Cape
Contact:
Siyabonga Mdodi
SACP Provincial Spokesperson
083 3588 070
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