Citizen4.png Communists reject call for female president Ngwako Modjadji, The Citizen, Johannesburg, 10 March 2016 The SA Communist Party (SACP) has rejected the call by the ANC Women's League (ANCWL) for a female president to replace President Jacob Zuma as ANC leader next year, labelling it a "church organisation of women". "How will electing a female president liberate the women of South Africa?" SACP central committee member Charles Setsubi asked, addressing Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) political school in Boksburg on Wednesday. Gossip "The current ANCWL had been transformed into something like a church organisation of women. In their tone they don't talk about women in rural areas, corporate sectors and women in every aspect of society." Setsubi accused the league of gossiping at its meetings. "They go and assemble there alone," he said. "Their audience is not there . to me that is tantamount to gossip. Otherwise when they meet, they should invite their husbands, boyfriends to address the issue of women emancipation." Without mentioning names, Setsubi suggested that the ANCWL had been hijacked by "other elements". "We do not know where they are coming from," Setsubi said. Even though the ANC tradition favours Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa to take over from Zuma, the ANCWL is believed to be in favour of African Union commission chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma taking over the reins. Decisiveness needed Earlier, Popcru president Zizamele Cebekhulu accused the ANC of not being "decisive" and "scoring own goals on the eve of elections". Cebekhulu said the union does not want people to lose faith in the ANC because of its "indecisiveness". "The ANC must start to govern and govern seriously," he said. "We have given you the majority, but you seem not to be sure if you are governing or not. We don't want the ANC that on the eve of elections introduces e-tolls." However, Cebekhulu said Popcru, which had thrown its weight behind suspended police commissioner Riah Phiyega, would back the ANC in the upcoming local government elections. Cebekhulu made startling claims that those who had been at the forefront of the failed agenda to divide trade union federation Cosatu were still working with external forces to weaken the federation. Although Cebekhulu didn't mention former Cosatu boss Zwelinzima Vavi and Numsa leaders by name, those close to him said the comment was clearly directed at them. Suggesting that the Democratic Alliance was manipulating the black vote while hell-bent on defending white privilege, Cebekhulu said the DA would permanently remain incapable of representing or advancing the interests and aspirations of black people. "We need to dispel the myth that the DA is an organisation aimed at serving the interests of all South Africans," he said. He also heaped praise on Zimbabwe's ageing President Robert Mugabe, 92, who has been in power for over 34 years. - [email protected] From: http://citizen.co.za/1027764/communists-reject-call-for-female-president/ -- -- 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.
