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NEHAWU Media Statement, 11 May, 2014
The People Have Spoken
Now, Let Us Do Things Better, Faster and Differently
NEHAWU congratulates the African National Congress {ANC} on winning the 2014
national general elections. The ANC has received an overwhelming 62%
majority victory, winning 249 out of 400 seats in the National Assembly and
276 out of 427 seats in the nine provincial legislatures. Thus, the movement
has silenced its detractors and debunked the manufactured and self-deceptive
narrative that dominates the public discourse. The ANC has once again proven
that it is a beacon of hope for the majority of our people. The immediate
responsibility now is to unite the people of South Africa across racial,
gender and class divides.
The movement should reflect on the outcomes of these elections and work hard
to renew its internal systems and processes. It must deploy people in
positions, whose integrity and passion to serve our country is
unquestionable. We all need to do things better, faster and differently.
The biggest challenges facing the country like poverty, inequality and
unemployment can only be resolved by committed, focused, selfless and
disciplined cadres. The ANC and government should provide political and
moral leadership to our society. They must act firm against corruption,
maladministration and inept leadership across all levels of government.
The work to implement the manifesto should begin as soon as the national and
provincial cabinets are established. The country does not have the luxury of
time because the mandate from the people is clear. This decisive mandate
ushers in the second phase of our democratic transition and the masses of
our people want to see and experience a fundamental transformation of the
economic and social structures of our society.
The people have endorsed the need for a radical second phase and are clear
that they want a flexible monetary policy regime, aligned with the
objectives of the second phase of transition and also a monetary policy that
takes into account other objectives such as employment creation and economic
growth.
The majority wants decent work and demand that the structures of production
and ownership should be transformed. The people have endorsed the re-opening
of the process of land restitution and the abolition of the "willing buyer
and willing seller principle".
There are also lessons to be learnt from these elections. The ANCYL should
be revived and the movement should deal decisively with ill-discipline and
factionalism in its ranks in order to reclaim its historical character and
traditions. It must restore its revolutionary and democratic principles such
as collective leadership, criticism and self-criticism, democratic
centralism, selflessness, humility, and revolutionary morality.
As well as steadily improving the lives of our people, the past 20 years
have provided important lessons for this more than hundred year old movement
and we are confident that it will not disappoint the millions of people, who
have entrusted it with the future of the nation.
NEHAWU shall remain vigilant and will monitor the implementation of the ANC
manifesto. We urge our members and public servants in general to roll up
their sleeves in order to improve service delivery and build a better
country for all.
Issued by NEHAWU Secretariat Office
For further information, please contact: Sizwe Pamla (NEHAWU Media Liaison
Officer) at 011 833 2902 - 082 558 5962 or email: [email protected]
Visit NEHAWU website: www.nehawu.org.za
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