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On 11/3/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear Thabo Mbeki, please shut up > Justice Malala: Monday Morning Matters Published:Nov 03, 2008 > > > The letter Jacob Zuma should write in reply to Thabo Mbeki > > > ANC president Jacob Zuma seems unable or unwilling to respond to former > president Thabo Mbeki's letter to him. > > > > The letter the ANC didn't want you to see > > > > DOCUMENT: Read Mbeki's full letter > > > This is what he should write back: > > > Dear Comrade Thabo, > > Thank you for your commiserations about the burden of leading our noble > movement and the challenges that we now face. As I said in my closing > speech in Polokwane, "leaders lead through the will and graciousness of > the people". > > I draw strength from the fact that I was democratically elected by our > cadres, in a free and fair contest whose legitimacy no one in our noble > organisation has contested. This knowledge of the democracy of our > movement — and particularly the responsibilities it places on all of us, > winners and losers — helps me weather the storms we are facing. > > I intend to draw, throughout this letter, on a quotation that our late > leader and your mentor, Comrade Oliver Reginald Tambo, loved. It is > familiar to you, for you love it too. It is Amilcar Cabral: "Tell no lies, > claim no easy victories". > > Let me first deal with the matter of whether or not you are involved with > the splinter grouping led by Comrade Terror Lekota and others. I accept > your explanation that you were not consulted on the matter. I do, however, > need to make the point that Comrade Mbhazima Shilowa resigned his position > as Gauteng premier on Monday September 29 and went on to spend the whole > evening with you until 3am the next day. > > Then he spent all of the morning of September 30 with you until he left to > appear on the Jenny Crwys-Williams show on 702 Talk Radio that day. He was > with you until noon. > > I will not make so bold as to speculate on your friendship. However, I > find it strange that you spent so much time together without once > discussing so pressing a matter as Comrade Mbhazima's contemplating > launching a new party. > > That said, I understand that you have in the past suffered from > inexplicable memory loss. You, after all, told the parliament of the > Republic of South Africa that you do not "recall" the meeting you held in > Paris with the arms manufacturer Thint. I merely hope that Comrade > Mbhazima will soon "recall" that you might have discussed so pressing a > matter. Another close friend of yours, Comrade Essop Pahad, did after all > "recall" that he met Thint after being "reminded" by his office. > > I shall not dwell on your acceptance of ANC resolutions to recall you from > the presidency of the country. As a disciplined cadre of our movement, > this is what is expected of you. When you removed me from my position in > both the cabinet and the deputy presidency of the ANC in 2005, I submitted > in as humble a manner as you did this September. I did not shout from the > rooftops about how "democratic" I am by this. I do not wish to indulge in > a contest of "I am more democratic than thou" at the present moment. > > I am impressed by the heroes and heroines that you have, over your 52 > years in your movement, interacted with. You mention these heroes when > making the point that the "cult of personality" is alien to our people and > our noble movement. You are right. But let us tell no lies, comrade. > > You invented the personality cult in the ANC. You stood by and did not say > a word when your acolytes, such as Christine Qunta, took out full-page > advertisements in the Sunday Times singing your praises and pledging their > loyalty to you. > > It was your office in the state presidency that twisted the arm of Absa to > pay the controversial Ronald Suresh Roberts, to write what is arguably the > most sycophantic, outrageous book ever written about an ANC member or > leader. Indeed, the cartoonist Zapiro was correct to depict Roberts > embedded up your behind. It is what you demanded of all ANC members. > Thankfully, you never got it. > > You harp on about the 52 years that you have spent in the ANC. It is worth > remembering why many of us join the ANC. We join to pursue the noble goal > of establishing a united, non-racial, non-sexist and democratic South > Africa where our children can live without fear. > > In this regard I was shocked that you mention the name of Comrade Winnie > Nomzamo Madikizela-Mandela as a heroine of yours. Is it not this very > person who you once struck down violently? Does your understanding of > "non-sexist" in our lexicon not include the abuse of women, let alone our > "mothers"? > > I note that you accuse "analysts" and commentators of lying about you. You > proffer no names, no evidence, to back up your claims. This is cowardly. I > refer to Comrade OR again: 'Tell no lies, claim no easy victories." > > So name the analyst who has accumulated this fantastic wealth you talk > about. Put your evidence on the table. I am shocked and surprised that you > still think you can get away with innuendo and fabrications; that you can > continue to peddle these discredited conspiracy theories about patriotic > South Africans allegedly working for shadowy forces. > > "You claimed the same on HIV/Aids. You claimed the same against comrades > Tokyo, Cyril and Mathews. You claimed the same conspiracies on Zimbabwe. > Yet to this day you proffer no evidence except this conspiracy twaddle. > The truth shall set you free, Comrade Thabo. Tell it — if you have it. > > Otherwise do us all in this noble movement a favour. Shut up. > > You bemoan the utterances of the president of the ANC Youth League. Yes, > he has outraged the country. But it is worth noting that when Archbishop > Desmond Tutu took you on about the culture of intolerance that you > established in the ANC, you put him down with the injunction that he has > never been a member of the ANC. It is notable that in all your time in the > ANC you have never been a member of the ANC Youth League or Youth Section > in exile. > > If you had, perhaps you would understand that the rhetoric of the current > president of the ANCYL is in the traditions of Mda, Lembede, Mandela and > Mokaba. It is noteworthy, comrade, that it was Mokaba, who used to chant > "Kill the farmer, kill the Boer", who elevated you to the presidency of > the ANC in 1997. > > You did not say a word then about a culture of violence in the ANC. > > I am quite frankly taken aback by your new-found "rejection of the > emergence of a black compradore bourgeoisie which, in the context of > BBBEE, is ready to front both for the domestic white and international > capitalists". > > Are you referring to the immoral Telkom deal in which you essentially > handed over our state resources to your personal friends Smuts Ngonyama > and Gloria Serobe? Are you referring to your friend Ngonyama's infamous > quotation with regards to this looting of our people's wealth: "I did not > join the struggle to be poor?" > > This is but one example of how, during your term in office, you encouraged > the fronting by blacks for the same people you refer to today as > capitalists. Tell no lies … > > You say that history will judge your presidency. The rough draft is > looking appalling: 300 000 people died for lack of antiretroviral > medication because you intimidated all of us into a despicable silence on > HIV/Aids. I can only hope, comrade, that you sleep easy at night with such > a statistic hanging over you. For myself, I can only say: never, never > again should such moral dereliction sit at the head of our noble movement! > > It is interesting that you end your letter with the words "Amandla! Matla!" > > This is a long-standing salutation in our movement. In English, the call > and response goes: "All power! To the people!" > > That has been our guiding slogan for decades. Power to the people, not to > the individual: you, me or anyone else. That is why we are Congress. It is > a slogan that should have guided you as the people comprehensively voted > you out of the presidency of our movement in Polokwane. > > Our movement needs renewal. It is at a crossroads. Barney Pityana is > correct that our country lacks commitment to "virtue in politics". An > acknowledgement from you that the rot set in when you were the ANC's > president, and that you are prepared to work with me to go back to the > tenets of Mandela, Tambo and Pixley ka Seme, would begin this tough — yet > necessary — journey back to the essence of the African National Congress. > > > Power to our people, > > Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma > > President > > ANC > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > South Africas premier free email service - www.webmail.co.za > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > For super low premiums, click here http://www.webmail.co.za/dd.pwm > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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. 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