SACP insists on unity Sithandiwe Velaphi, The New Age, Johannesburg, 25 September 2013 The SACP in the province has called on leaders of the tripartite alliance to work towards building unity in the ranks of Cosatu instead of weakening the federation. Fresh from its sixth provincial congress in East London at the weekend, the SACP said its provincial executive committee expressed its principled view of respecting Cosatu's internal processes. Their statement comes as some Cosatu affiliates have written to the federation's president, Sdumo Dlamini, calling for a special congress. It has been reported that Cosatu's special congress will decide the fate of Dlamini and suspended Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi. In Queenstown, Vavi's home town, members of the South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu), under the banner of Fight Back Vavi-Ntola campaign, have also written to Dlamini calling for a special congress. Dlamini has said the congress could not just be held at any time because it is costly. Sadtu regional chairperson in Queenstown, Aaron Mhlontlo, said the decision to suspend Vavi and their president Thobile Ntola was "illegal and baseless" as it was taken without consultation with lower structures. SACP provincial spokesperson Siyabonga Mdodi said: "We are opposed to any efforts by individual leaders or groups within the federation to mobilise 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 the interest of unifying the federation but weakening it," Mdodi said. "It is in this context that we call on all those who have issues to raise about the SACP to approach the SACP for engagement as shouting at each other will not help in building the unity our revolution so desires at this time." "Any fragmentation of our revolutionary alliance can only mean the defeat of the National Democratic Revolution and the postponement of the Socialist South Africa. "We call for the alliance-agreed processes to be speeded up to deal with economic questions of the political moment as bases for tackling the triple challenge of unemployment, poverty and inequality." [email protected] From: http://www.thenewage.co.za/107947-1016-53-SACP_insists_on_unity -- -- 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.
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