[YCLSA Discussion] Re: Service Delivery Protests

[Mduduzi H Vilakazi]

Honestly Cde Castro,   The mistake was made when factionalism undermined the tasks ahead. most of the councillors were as a result of a factional support than gauging the political strength of the representatives with the challenges ahead. Before the last Local Government Elections we had similar spate of violent protests.  do not want to shy away from the possibility of a third force but these municipalities might have given the third force a reason to mobilise the communities.   The service delivery riots are caused by nothing but the failure of branches to hold the deployees accountable. In some areas, RDP houses are sold to the beneficiaries and nothing is done by the structures of mass democratic movement. Development in some areas is being personified to an extent that a change in a councillor causes a serious problem.   The other reason is that enroute to Polokwane, the hopes were given to people that their lives would change after Polokwane. Some of the perpetrators were either delegates or self imposed lobbyists who wanted nothing but personal glory and benefits. They created high expectations, mobilised and promised people things that they cant provide today.   In some areas, the perpetrators of these violent protests are former Mayors, Speakers, MMCs and councillors. They have seen these deployments as permanent and have not made peace with their redeployment (unemployment). All these are as a result of the weakness of our branches to rise above the situations, to hold councillors accountable and to organise briefing sessions with their respective communities.   The above were my observations of the Mpumalanga situation. Lets engage!!     Mduduzi Herman Vilakazi Internal Auditor Dept of P/Works, Roads and Transport Mpumalanga Province   Tel:  013 766 8280 Cell: 083 357 4849 Fax: 086 544 3205 >>> frank talk <tlkf...@yahoo.co.uk> 24/07/2009 09:53 >>> Revolutionary greetings   The recent spate of service delivery protest is leaving me restless. I wonder how conversant are we with the entire nature of these protests. Comrades I would like us to engage on this very pertinent matter before it elevates itself to another levels.   The ANCYL has made a call for ANC leaders in all govt spheres to visit affected communities in order to understand people's concerns - this needs to be applauded!   However, a question that is lingering is the one that says, as true revolutionaries how do should we respond?   Let's engage!   Talk Frank --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to yclsa-eom-forum@googlegroups.com 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 yclsa-eom-forum-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . 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): yclsa-eom-forum-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- This message and any attachments relating to official business of the Mpumalanga Provincial Government (MPG) is proprietary to the MPG and intended for the original addressee only. The message may contain information that is confidential and subject to legal privilege. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender. If you receive this message in error, please notify the original sender immediately and destroy the original message. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you are hereby notified that you must not disseminate, copy, use, distribute, or take any action in connection therewith. The MPG cannot insure that the integrity of this communication has been maintained, nor that it is free of errors, viruses, interception and / or interference. The MPG is not liable whatsoever for loss or damage resulting from the opening of this message and / or attachments and / or the use of the information contained in this message and / or attachments.