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On 5 April 2012 18:59, Chargein Mabaso <chargein...@gmail.com> wrote: > M-Afrika. You are raising a good question for comrades to respond. > > It is enough for me to say Pan Africanists are socialists, not capitalists. > We reject economic exploitation of the many for the benefit of the > few. We are for a planned economy as opposed to market economy > (capitalism). Sobukwe too talked of a Socialist Government and Kwame > Nkrumah referred to an All-African Socialist Government. Nkrumah went > to say we are for Scientific Socialism, not ''African Socialism''. In > his book 'African Socialism Revised' > > Izwe Lethu! > > Chargein Mabaso > 0710203554 > > > On 4/3/12, Mduduzi Sibeko <msib...@randwater.co.za> wrote: > > Cde's Xaba, Ndebele and Seroke > > > > I perceive that Africanists espouse communist sentiments, despite the > fact > > that we don't have such tags. Every time, we write about social > > inequalities, we argue that the current social milieu advances the > > interests of the minority. I have been wrestling about thinking of a > better > > panacea to address the social ills of society in modern times, or to put > it > > simple, ever since the capitalist system was inaugurated in the preceding > > centuries. The answer I get: is that wealth must be distributed equally. > > However, I find difficulties in finding a suitable solution, given that > the > > communist system experiment in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe > failed. > > Nikita Khrushchev after the death of Joseph Stalin was naïve, thinking > that > > communism was a better way of living once it has been de-Stalinized. But > > latter, his reforms fell short in addressing the problem between the rich > > and the poor. I believe that the capitalist system will thrive despite > our > > continued aversion to it. What is the Africanist-socialist democracy that > > Prof Sobukwe spoke about ?or may the question should be, if the PAC gets > > into the power, how will it address the socio-economic disparities > created > > by apartheid. Are we communist in disguise ? > > > > From: payco@googlegroups.com [mailto:payco@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of > > Nkrumah Raymond Kgagudi > > Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 12:28 PM > > To: payco@googlegroups.com > > Cc: Sbu Xaba; Jaki Seroke > > Subject: Re: RE: [PAYCO] SOBUKWE WILL NEVER DIE > > > > > > The functioning of democracy within the free market system which > inherently > > permits a few to control the means of production and distribution will > > logically result to democarcy serving few. Therefore social engineering > will > > be premised on the basis of an elitist system whereat the majority are > > subjugated to servants or modern days slavery, neo colonialism arises as > a > > tentacle which serves the interest of the dominant mode of production and > > distribution. In Azania the seventy percent of the national wealth is > > concentrated in less twenty percent of the population. Thus 1994 > democratic > > dispensation has been a reformist change whereat the base namely control > of > > the mode of production and distribution remains intact including the > state > > machinery remained untransformed however white faces were replaced by > Black > > faces, Amilcar Cabral on the Weapon of Theory Havana document has vividly > > elucidated this perspective. However Cabral goes further that African > > liberation organisations are not engaging on theoratical debates and > > discussions on the matters, it therefore follows that the prevalent > > political theoratical and ideological defiency within the movement > > demostrated by popular phrase mongering and sloganeering confirms Cabral > > analysis. > > > > Sekou Toure once argued that the African people need a movement that is > > organisation for with, within and through organisation, a crucial space > is > > exploited progressively to create a consciouss mass which will and can > act > > systematically with a defined sense of purpose and result. Structures are > > formed to systematically pursue organisational political programme. Weak > and > > poor organisation creates space for neocolonialism and exploitation of > the > > working masses to prevail. It is only in poorly organised and weak > > formations that self serving leadership prevails and the downtrodden & > > toiling masses used as a ladder for greener pastures consequently such > > organisations will continuosly breed such type of leadership. Blame less > > leaders for they are a product of organisation, to alter the cause of > events > > through proper reorganisation the necessary leadership with integrity and > > selfless character having embraced revolutionary discipline and willing > to > > subject oneself to the will and aspiration of people will emerge > > organically. > > > > Nkrumah Raymond Kgagudi > > Cellphone: 0749226361 > > Email: nrkgag...@gmail.com<mailto:nrkgag...@gmail.com> > > > > On 3 Apr 2012 11:57, "Sebenzile Mlaza" > > <sebenzi...@raf.co.za<mailto:sebenzi...@raf.co.za>> wrote: > > Revolutionary greetings sons and daughters of the soil, > > > > Here is a quiz: "What is better to lose both capital and the African > agenda > > or lose capital and have the African agenda or have capital and lose the > > African agenda." Without influencing your answers, bear in mind that > > policies such as GEAR, and even the South African constitution (property > > clause quickly comes to mind here) are all but designed to protect > minority > > interests - read this to mean settler interests. Remember politics is > about > > the seizure of state power (by any means necessary - hook or crook), and > > power is about money. The entire African Diaspora has ring-fenced itself > > 'round this winner takes all foreign ideology, they blow hot and cold, > take > > this European trash and turn it to African treasure. > > > > A Zulu monarch, king Cetshwayo once challenged this sh*tstym called > > democracy which he argued to be a system best at satisfying few people at > > the expense of the unsuspecting majority. It is basically a system of > > government by way of co-option. The army and the police are there only to > > serve one purpose - perpetuation and sustainability of the system. > > Dissenters are easily ridiculed and dubbed agent provocateurs and > enemies of > > the state. We only see demands made during electioneering met by brutal > > force (kraag) accompanied by baton beating, rubber bullets shooting and > > tear-gassing. In worst case scenarios by detention and even death. This > > simply validates a scientific assertion that human beings naturally > harbour > > autocratic and despotic tendencies which they have inherited from their > own > > primate ancestors, the Homo Sapiens. > > > > Now, how dare South Africa pride itself of having drafted the best > > constitution in the world when the vast majority of the African > population > > is permanently trapped in poverty in their partly tarred neighbourhoods. > > Problem is, persons we admired, correctly so, who are now taking > potshots at > > the compradores in the ANC government are all getting stipends from the > same > > government by virtue of being graduates from exile or Robben Island. > It's do > > or die, sink or swim Ma-Afrika! We need to be smart and not be too hard > on > > ourselves, we owe it to the PAC and the entire continent of Africa and > her > > children. When even monkeys could fall from trees which is a turf they > are > > familiar with, then Africanists who have swelled the ranks of the ruling > > party know that the eschatology of ruling 'till parousia making the > > centenary hullaballoo sempiternal is paralogistic. That's for sure. Heed > > this unsolicited advice and indeed one day Sobukwe's message will be > > resurrected, Izwe Lethu!!! > > > > > > ps: A deliberately haggard-looking Kwame Ture (formerly known as Stockley > > Carmichael) was once told by the late Mirriam Makeba on their wedding day > > that "we are not fighting to remain in the mud." > > > > Sebenzile Mlaza > > 011 223 0190 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: payco@googlegroups.com<mailto:payco@googlegroups.com> > > [mailto:payco@googlegroups.com<mailto:payco@googlegroups.com>] On > Behalf Of > > Jaki Seroke > > Sent: 03 April 2012 09:18 > > To: Sbu Xaba ; payco@googlegroups.com<mailto:payco@googlegroups.com> > > Subject: Re: [PAYCO] SOBUKWE WILL NEVER DIE > > > > In Manning Marable's "Malcom X - A Life of Reinvention" (2011) the > eminent > > academic compares Malcolm to Sobukwe. He deals with myth and falsehoods > in > > the media on the life of Malcom X. > > > > Relate this development to the silence on Malcolm X that dominated Black > > America for more than two decades after his death. The uprising of youth > in > > Atlanta and Los Angeles in the nineties - who identified with the > powerful > > message of Malcolm X that the US itself was a bigger prison and African > > Americans were inmates - was ignited by police brutality on an innocent > and > > defenseless young man. Subsequently, the image of X was in fashion, it > was > > commercialized and Spike Lee even produced a successful full length > movie. > > > > Sobukwe at the moment in South Africa will form a rallying point for a > > grassroots revolution. Snippets like the SABC documentary and concerted > > efforts to publicize the ideas of Prof will spark a prairie fire. Reuel > > Khoza uses Prof as a beacon of light in leadership principles in his > book, > > "Attuned Leadership - African Humanism as Compass" (2011). Khoza is today > > emboldened to openly express his misgivings on the government's lack of > > leadership. > > > > Our own internal tsotsi elements, who aim to steal the Party from its > > members, have their backs against the wall. They are blocking the free > flow > > and blossoming of the ideas of Sobukwe from reaching the masses, when > they > > selfishly hoard the PAC as their own. They stole NACTU from its members > (and > > stole R79m from the workers) and rendered it a toothless labor body (See > M&G > > March 30 - 4 April 2012, p12). They cannot be allowed to do the same > damage > > to the PAC. The reality is that PAC is the African people - as Chairman > > Pokela used to say. > > > > The democratic process of openness and consultancy with all the members, > > returning to constitutionality in the PAC and subjecting ourselves to > > scrutiny in a fair manner in a national conference, ahead of holding a > > congress - forms the bedrock principle of democratic centralism. The > tsotsis > > deny this process and want to smuggle themselves fraudulently as leaders. > > Take heed, sons and daughters of Afrika. > > > > Mangaliso Sobukwe will never die. > > > > Jaki > > > > Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sbu Xaba <sbusiso.x...@gmail.com<mailto:sbusiso.x...@gmail.com>> > > Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 06:11:32 > > To: <payco@googlegroups.com<mailto:payco@googlegroups.com>> > > Subject: Re: [PAYCO] > > > > Is legacy of Mandela & King sustain itself? Will it survive post current > > imperial era? 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