[email protected] On Dec 1, 2014 11:55 AM, "VC" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > [image: Star2.jpg] > > > > > > *SACP urges action against corruption* > > > > > > *Lebogang Seale, The Star, Johannesburg, 1 December 2014* > > > > SACP leader Blade Nzimande has warned that the ANC could be flirting with > danger if it failed to deal decisively with corruption. > > > > Nzimande sounded this warning on Sunday as the party reaffirmed its stance > that capitalism and disinvestment were at the heart of the country’s > economic problems. > > > > Simultaneously, Nzimande admitted that the ANC-led government was beset by > “weaknesses and failures”. > > > > “They (opposition) are abetted in this endeavour precisely by weaknesses > and failures on our side. > > > > “In particular, as a movement we need to implement more decisively key > anti-corruption resolutions like those adopted at the ANC’s 2012 Mangaung > national conference,” Nzimande said. > > > > He was addressing journalists at the SACP’s end-of-year central committee > meeting in Joburg. > > > > Media reports have suggested that the ANC was backtracking on its > commitment to sanction its senior members facing criminal or corruption > charges. > > > > Nzimande called on the ANC to take tough action against its corrupt > members. > > > > “This included the resolution that those in our ranks facing criminal > charges… should stand down from their party political and government > positions. It is costing us publicly as a movement that we are not moving > decisively.” > > > > Nzimande emphasised the corrosive dangers of gatekeeping and money in > politics. > > > > “There are also widespread indications of money politics at play and even > of business people having a direct hand into appointments into positions > within the state,” he said. > > > > Nzimande warned of dire consequences if the government did not act > decisively. > > > > “Unless corruption and corporate-capture are dealt with severely and > decisively, these problems risk becoming systemic and difficult to reverse. > We are saying the integrity committee must be involved. We think that we > need more willpower and (decisiveness).” > > > > He called for criminal prosecution of those implicated in acts of > corruption. He also labelled the DA “neo-liberals” and the EFF “pseudo-left > populists”. > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > *From: > http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/sacp-urges-action-against-corruption-1.1788673#.VHwk9jGUeD8 > <http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/sacp-urges-action-against-corruption-1.1788673#.VHwk9jGUeD8>* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 10806 (20141201) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > -- > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- -- 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/d/optout.
