ANC Youth League, National Executive Committee, Press Statement, 26 April 2016 Post-NEC Statement The National Executive Committee held its ordinary N.E.C Meeting from the 21st to the 23rd of April 2016. The National Executive Committee has noted the progress made in the Economy the South African Economy which has seen a growth in GDP from 0.80% in 1994 to 1.30% in 2015. The JSE Market Capitalization is now standing at R 12.9 Trillion in 2015 from R 0.92 Trillion in 1994. The Gross Gold and foreign reserves have risen from US$3.1Billion to US$45.1 Billion. This good story to tell is however is meaningless to the majority of our people as economic growth continues to benefit white monopoly capital. We note that it is only in South Africa where there was a revolution and the land continues to be in control of the hands of the minority oppressors. The Third Revolution calls for the return of land to the people. The growth in the economy is not equitable to the poor and previously marginalised. The ANC Youth League hereby calls for the Third Revolution. The Third revolution is about the pursuit of equality in the economy by reducing the share of white monopoly capital in the Economy of the country. All mining rights that must be issued from 2018 onward must only be to Majority Black Owned Companies. The majority of our raw materials need to leave the country being processed into semi processed or fully processed products. The third revolution calls for less trading with the bullies of the west and more trade with our Eastern counterparts who have always been friends of the revolution. The third revolution requires for set aside of majority of government procurement for the benefit of black youth businesses. We are clearly aware that the third revolution requires that the movement of the people be led by Young People. In the quest for implementing the Third Revolution the Youth League will ensure that the National Executive Committee that is elected in 2017 has a strong contingent of young people. This contingent will breathe new life and ideas to the organization. The third revolution requires that the resolutions of the ANC must be implemented mainly the establishment of the State Bank. The Youth League calls for the Nationalisation of the Reserve Bank and take it away from foreign white monopoly capital. This is more so because it is the people like Thabo Mbeki who today ride a high horse of morality whilst they did nothing about the change of the ownership of the economy and yet they today grand stand as custodians of all that is correct. The ANC Youth League can no longer be patient with the deployees who fail to implement the resolutions of the ANC. It is incorrect for Blade Nzimande to say we cannot afford Free Education. This is mostly so after the revelation that the Youth of this country is less literate and skilled then their parents. This is a serious cause for concern for the Youth of this country. In as much as we encourage the Youth of this country to take charge of their own personal development but it remains our firm belief that barriers to education must be limited. The ANCYL is studying the report by STATS SA and will engage the ANC and Government about the measures to address the issues identified in the report. Sports The ANC Youth League notes that transformation is not only being resisted in the economic front but even in sports. The ANC Youth League supports the measures taken by the Sports Minister in forcing sporting codes to transform. We can no longer speak transformation but transformation must now be forced. Those who are opposing transformation can make all the noise they want but the time has come for sporting codes to reflect the demographics of this country. Arms deal report welcomed The ANC Youth League notes and welcomes the report of the arms deal commissions which was headed by Judge L.W Seriti. This commission puts to rest the long held view by the ANCYL that there was no corruption with reference to the purchasing of Arms by government. The Youth League is disgusted by baseless dismissal of the commission by opposition parties in South Africa. The baseless and illogical dismissal proves the level of desperation by the South African opposition who want to have selective respect for decisions reached at by judges. If the opposition is raising credibility of judges, it must be a blanket approach that is not selective to a few. The view should be that it is time that people with so much responsibility in our country should publicly declare every mid year on their financial interests and how they make their money inclusive of foreign accounts they hold. SASCO congratulated The ANC Youth League will like to congratulate SASCO on their clean sweep in the S.R.C Elections in the University of Johannesburg. The South African Students Congress has once again proved to be a Gigantic Student Movement by registering a historic victory in the University of Fort Hare defeating the neo liberal agenda. The ANC Youth League is proud of its decision taken at its 25th National Congress which is never to contest SASCO in the institutions of higher learning but to provide support for SASCO. These historical wins indeed prove that the movement of the people through the Progressive Youth Alliance is entrenched and continues to lead the Young people of this country. The win by the progressive forces in Fort Hare provides space for a proper centenary celebration in that institution. EFF blood-thirsty hooligans and warlords The ANC Youth League pledges that it will never allow hooligans and war lords to bring this country into violence. The ANC Youth League will fight tirelessly to block any attempts that seek to brew civil war to this country of peace and democracy. It is amazing that those who yesterday paraded the constitution and the rule of law are now mobilizing for violence and senseless killing of people in the country. We are fully aware that the EFF is heavily funded to run renegade and to bring civil war in this country on instruction by imperialist business that they visited in London. These imperialist forces no longer want to pay tax and seek mining rights they want to bring violence and whilst we fight amongst ourselves they will continue to loot the resources of this country under the barrel of a gun. We call on all responsible citizens to distance themselves from the blood-thirsty hooligans of the EFF. Defending BRICS We note that the imperialist forces that attacked Iraq and brought it war and poverty are now tirelessly fighting BRICS countries. We note that they are relentless in their quest to continue to be the world's super power and they will stop at nothing. These are the imperialist forces that killed Gaddafi because of his attempts to create the United Nations of Africa. Their agenda is simple to maintain their international standing as the world's super power. They are hard at work trying to destabilise our country; they must be exposed and the security services must now act on these forces as a matter of urgency. The ANC Youth League amidst all these security threats that our country is faced with is deeply worried about the foreign ownership of Security Companies in the Country. These security companies employ more personnel than the South African Police Services and often more armed than the SAPS. These majority foreign owned security companies like G4S with offices in central London are heavily contracted to government and its parastatals. The government must now shut down these contracts and employ more young people in the South African Police Services. This will assist in absorbing the same security personnel which are employed and underpaid by these private security services. The ANC Youth League is heavily worried by the appetite of the private sector especially the hospitality industry to employ foreign internationals. This undermines our young brothers and sisters who are on the townships and unemployed whilst the private sector in their greedy crusades employ foreign nationals in order to run away from the minimum wage that has been put in place by the government of the people. Whilst it is important to integrate migrants in society and give the opportunities to make a living. The employers seem to abuse this to avoid complying with labour laws. The private sector in South Africa is not patriotic. They do not subscribe to the development Agenda of the country. The majority white monopoly private sector institutions trade amongst themselves they do not even have appetite to grow local black business. Voter suppression The ANC Youth League believes that the only true measure of the people's will is through elections. Elections provide for the masses of the country to decide who should lead them. Elections provide a platform for the citizens of the country to choose where the safety of their dreams and aspirations lay. The ANC Youth League calls on all citizens of this country to rally behind the ANC as the only politically sound organization with a clear track record in the improvement of the lives of our people. We are however worried about the judgment which implies that people whose physical addresses cannot be verified cannot vote. This is a serious problem that primarily affects the poor rural dwellers who may be deprived of the right to vote on the basis of social and economic standing in society. The ANC Youth League would like to welcome the court judgment that confirms that Waluz Janusz must rot in jail. Today our forebears celebrate that their murderers must never be set free. Issued by ANC Youth League For more information contact: Mlondi Mkhize, ANCYL National Spokesperson, 073 011 4676 -- -- 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. 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