> well done comrade of Moutse with your struggles. indeed this is two-nil > led > by the Party from Khutsong now there is real hope for Matatiel community > and > the District of the communist party there. this has been the real > assertion > of the party's sixth element of the site of power - the communists in the > community. well done comrades on your victory after the referendum! > > khaye Nkwanyana > YCL Deputy National Secretary. > > On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Dominic Tweedie > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I received this discussion document today from Malebo Mmako, with the >> message: >> >> "Hi Comrades.... Let us inform the nation and debate..." >> >> I have subscribed the comrade to the YCLSA Discussion Forum so that he >> can >> join in the debate. >> >> >> VC >> >> >> ** >> *In defence of Polokwane…Moutse to Mpumalanga* >> ** >> >> *1. **Background * >> >> The 2007 Polokwane national conference of the African National Congress >> that saw the victory of popular forces led by the working class and the >> poor >> together with the September 2008 presidential recall ushered in and laid >> a >> solid foundation for popular struggles in many communities to reclaim >> their >> space and provide strategic leadership to the popular discontent with >> government and or the state. >> >> The South African Communist Party branches in Moutse sought cease the >> moment and provide much needed strategic leadership to drive the agenda >> as >> espoused in the medium term vision of the party therefore to build >> working >> class hegemony on the terrain of the national democratic revolution. >> >> This took the form of heightening popular mobilization of our entire >> community behind the 12th National Congress resolution on the party and >> the communities which sought to campaign to ensure that decisions on >> demarcation are made democratically with key guiding principles being >> the >> objectives of our national democratic revolution and the will of the >> people. >> >> As a consequence of those popular struggles on the one hand and both >> Polokwane and our 12th congress resolution, the NEC of the AN C took a >> decision to take back Merafong to Gauteng while consulting with other >> affected areas of Moutse and Matatiele guided by both Polokwane and >> 12thparty congress resolutions. >> >> *2. **Stages in Consultations* >> >> 1. The Minister of Provincial and Local government and CEC member >> Cde >> Sicelo Shiceka constituted a team of officials in his office led by Cde >> Nhlakanipho Nkotwana which convened all stakeholders to voice their >> views on >> the 19th December 2008 in Dennilton Moutse and Not less than 50 >> stakeholders participated and presented their views in this process and >> overwhelmingly wanted to go back to Mpumalanga. >> 2. On the 5th and the 14th February 2009, the Secretary General of >> the ANC and our National Chairperson Cde Gwede Mantashe led a team of >> Cdes >> from Both provinces led ANC Provincial Secretaries in Joe Maswanganyi >> and >> Lucky Ndinisa with alliance patners Cde Solly Mapaila from SACP and Cde >> Ayanda from MKVA visited Groblersdal and Dennilto respectively to listen >> to >> the views of stakeholders in relation to demarcation issue. >> 3. In March, the same team visited Moutse in a follow-up to inspect >> all projects cited during presentations for and against Limpopo with a >> view >> to concretizing presentations and subsequent presentation of a report to >> the >> NEC. >> 4. Consequently, Cabinet took a decision in April shortly before >> elections confirming an earlier decision of the NEC that there must be a >> consultative village based process to test the views of our people in a >> scientific way to assist the ANC NEC to come to a determination. >> 5. On the 10th of October 2009, The ANC Secretary General / >> National >> Chairperson Cde Gwede Mantashe convened a meeting at Luthuli house >> attended >> by ANC Provincial Chairperson of limpopo and Sekhukhune Regional >> Chairperson >> Cde Cassel Mathale and David Magabe respectivey together Cde Malusi >> Gigaba >> (ANC Mpumalang NEC deployee) and Kgosi Piet Mathebe with >> representatives >> of Moutse SACP branches and other structures in Moutse. >> 6. The meeting was briefed and given documents entitled *process >> plan >> for consultations in Moutse and Matatiele* which provided a step by step >> guide to the consultations in this area’s leading up to the 28th to the >> 02 >> nd October 2009 views testing process. >> 7. On the 27th September 2009,Cde Sicelo Shiceka briefed all >> stakeholders who converged at Dennilton Philadelphia Hospital on the >> state >> of readiness of his department to kick start the process of testing the >> views and subsequently addressed community at the OR Tambo Stadium >> re-affirming the process of testing their views beginning the following >> morning. >> 8. This process took place within a climate and or an environment >> of >> peace and security as police were mobilized as well as the technical >> support >> that was given to the department by the IEC. The Departmental officials >> were >> properly trained and briefed of all eventualities and were able to deal >> with >> issues of disputes that arose from time to time. All people whose views >> were >> tested appeared on the voters roll for the 22nd April 2009 elections and >> were monitored by our Cdes and other structures that had an interest on >> the >> matter. >> 9. Although municipalities of Marble-hall and Elias Motsawledi >> invested public resources for people to vote for Limpopo, there were no >> serious incidences of corruption and crime. >> 10. In both Municipalities, around 37% of registered voters came out to >> vote and an overwhelming 74% voted in favor of Mpumalanga. Considering >> voter >> turnout of 44% in local government elections of the year 2000 and 48% in >> 2006 respectively, we have done very well collectively to ensure that as >> many people as possible participate in this process in defense of our >> 12th >> Congress resolution. >> >> *3. **Views testing and the new anti left tendencies* >> >> 1. As a consequence of the dismal performance by Limpopo in the >> views >> testing exercise due to the popular mobilization and organizational >> coherence of the SACP brances in Moutse in defense of both Polokwane and >> Party Congress resolutions, the ANC Sekhukhune region convened a Special >> General Council on the 04th October 2009 to assess their performance >> because of their earlier resolution to campaign for people of Moutse to >> remain and vote for Limpopo. >> 2. Although it was not surprising that a deep seated anger will be >> directed at the branches of the SACP and other popular forces/segments >> in >> Moutse, it became very worrying when the Special General Council called >> for >> the sacking of Cde Gwede Mantashe ,Cde Blade Nzimande and Cde Sicelo >> Shiceka from the NEC of the ANC as well as the sacking of 12 ANC >> councilors >> and 1 municipal official ( Cde Patrick Aphane) for taking a stand and >> defending the 12th congress resolution of the party on this issue. >> *3. *Our internal discussion document in preparation of the >> 2ndSpecial National Congress captures this attitude very well when it >> says that >> there is a new *elitist tendencies within our movement which does not >> seek >> to abolish the (class) instruments and power built by the 1996 class >> project >> in both our movement the state but seek to lay its hand on these >> instruments >> to advance its own factional class interest and the total demobilization >> of >> the ANC and the working class.* >> 4. Of particular concern is when tenderpreneurs masquerading as >> traditional leaders seek to lead the popular struggles to subjugate the >> views of the people and total demobilization of the SACP while on the >> other >> hand seeking to befriend those who has political leverage on power and >> resources of our state in a way that blurs the line between business >> interest and government service in a popular democracy like south >> Africa. >> 5. The SACP in Moutse branches resolved never to falter in this >> particularly challenging environment which seeks to demobilize and >> suppress >> popular mobilization of the working class and the poor in defense of the >> medium term vision to build working class hegemony on the terrain of the >> national democratic revolution. >> >> >> Communists to the front to build a better socialist world………. >> >> Patrick Aphane >> SACP Stompo Branch Secretary >> 082 934 5637 >> >> >> >> > >> > > > >
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