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On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 6:46 AM, VC <[email protected]> wrote: > * * > > ** > > * * > > *15 October 2013* > > * * > > * * > > *SACP Western Cape rejects neoliberal * > > *university admission policy***** > > * * > > * * > > The South African Communist Party (SACP) in the Western Cape recognises > the proposed changes to the University of Cape Town’s > (UCT) admission policies as a *neo-liberal and anti-majoritarian > offensive that parallels the policies of the DA (“democratic alliance”)*. > These policies are being pursued by the provincial government that the DA > leads in the Western Cape. > > ** ** > > The UCT proposal is to remove race as an indicator from > its admission policy and replace it with a range of “socio-economic > factors”. Substantively this will replace the imperative of historic > redress, amounting to opting out from our national constitutional order. > > ** ** > > The current proposal will have a negative impact on the number of black > youth qualifying for admission, while further skewing the demographics in > favour of white students who already monopolise a disproportionate share of > the available space. The outcome will directly compromise the interests of > the South African working class, comprising of blacks in general and > Africans in particular as its majority. > > ** ** > > The SACP views the proposed changes by UCT as a confirmation that > the university has always prioritised the reproduction of neo-liberal ideas > and in promoting them it has been willing to perpetrate the right–wing and > anti-majoritarian onslaught based on old order racial disparities. > > ** ** > > Behind this policy change is a concerted effort, by those who have never > accepted real and fundamental change in this country, to arrest progressive > developments not just at UCT, but also in the Western Cape Province and > eventually in Higher Education as a whole if they can. In place of redress > for the past, these reactionaries advocate for what amounts to a regression > to the past. > > ** ** > > Since the democratic dispensation from 1994, transformation at UCT has > been uneven and limited, with only conservative changes in the demographics > of the student body and insignificant achievements in transforming the > profile of the academic and technical staff. > > ** ** > > To change horses mid-stream and retreat to the racist policies which have > been consistently overturned since the democratic breakthrough in 1994 just > because the current makes progress difficult, is no indication of strength > and resolve, but a cowardly retreat to mediocrity and complacency albeit in > the name of maintaining UCT rankings in to top 200 universities. > > ** ** > > The SACP recognises in the proposed change of policy a reaction against > the ANC-led National Democratic Revolution, and against national policies, > founded on the principles of redress. > > ** ** > > The dangers of neo-liberalism is not that it posits as an alternative > ideology to that which inspired the liberation movement, but that it > proposes a retreat from the worthy ideals of a more egalitarian and > ultimately non-racial society enshrined in the Freedom Charter. > > ** ** > > The new proposals forces UCT to face a choice whether it joins the > mainstream of South African society in pursuit of a future genuinely > democratic and non-racial South Africa, or it retreats into privileged > complacency because it prioritises an inappropriate ideology over genuine > engagement with the real world. > > ** ** > > UCT’s proposals seek to undermine policies that are meant to address the > imbalances of the past in favour of a status quo based on mediocrity and > complacency. The direction proposed by the university’s management will not > only be a victory for a conservative, unrepresentative, historically > privileged minority, but will tragically defeat the aspirations of at least > the present generation of South Africa’s young people as well as future > generations. On that history will judge UCT and find it to be, not a > world-class university in Africa, but an increasingly irrelevant legacy > that the continent’s colonisers failed to experiment with racial > engineering. > > ** ** > > *The SACP in the Western Cape is calling on the Department of Higher > Education and Training to speedily introduce the Central Application System > in order to reduce the barriers of access to institutions of higher learning > *. We also call on the department to ensure that universities, as > institutions funded by public money, should report annually to Parliament’s > Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training. > > ** ** > > As the SACP we will join UCT students led by the Progressive Youth > Alliance - SASCO, YCLSA and the ANCYL – on their protest march scheduled to > take place on *Friday, 18 October 2013, starting 9:00AM from Liesbeek > gardens Students Residence in Mowbray*. We call on the people of > the Western Cape to support this demonstration which aims to prevent an > attempt to replace redress with a regressive policy designed to defend the > privileged few. > > > *Issued by:* > > *SACP Western Cape* > > * * > > *Contact:*** > > *Khaya Magaxa, Western Cape Provincial Secretary, 083 721 0221* > > *or:* > > *Masonwabe Sokoyi, Western Cape Media Liaison, 076 524 3242* > > * * > > * * > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature database 8922 (20131015) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > -- > -- > You are subscribed. 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