Remember your home, Mdladlana tells Boesak
2009/11/03
NOT even two hours after Cope’s Allan Boesak announced his
resignation from the party today (November 3), Labour Minister Membathisi
Mdladlana issued a statement inviting him back to the ANC.
“Mdladlana says he wishes to remind Boesak about his home, the organisation
with ideology and vision, the ANC,” said a statement released by Mdladlana’s
office.
The minister, who is also leader of the African National Congress Western
Cape task team, “welcomed Boesak’s move to disassociate himself [from] an
ailing party”.
“Cope is vague, lost and confused,” said Mdladlana.
“Cope is just a party of silly desperados that’s just playing on people’s
sentiments and working and operating outside the consciousness of the people
of South Africa.”
Boesak quit the Congress of the People today, saying its structures were in
disarray.
“From the very beginning the party structures, such as they were, were
characterised by faction fighting, strife, pitched battles for political
supremacy and duplicity...
“At this point the party structures continue to be in disarray.”
Boesak “expressly” said he did not want a leadership position in Cope when
he joined it in December last year.
“It was only after the severest pressures that I conceded to assist the
party in the elections.”
Deep resentment was caused within the party “by the irregularities with the
list process and the interim leadership situation persisted and made normal
work almost impossible,” Boesak said in a statement.
This is an apparent reference to reports of in-fighting between Mvume
Dandala – elected as Cope’s presidential candidate – and party leader Terror
Lekota.
Boesak said many “good, hard workers” in the party had been suspended
because they dared to criticise the leadership.
“It seems the mud is rising. I have no desire to subject my family, myself
or my calling to serve our people to these sorts of indignities and
destructive politicking.”
Cope spokesman Phillip Dexter brushed aside Boesak’s criticism, saying it
was never going to be easy to launch a new political party.
“We’ve received his resignation with regret. He joined the party when we
launched... so obviously people had high hopes for his involvement.
“The kind of challenges he pointed out... are ordinary challenges when you
are dealing with a new organisation.
“We wish him the best in his future endeavours,” Dexter said
Boesak’s resignation is not the first to hit the party that saw the light
late last year under the leadership of ex-African National Congress veterans
Lekota, Mluleki George and Mbhazima Shilowa.
The trio were all vocal supporters of ex-president Thabo Mbeki, who was
ousted by the ruling party’s national executive committee.
Two senior Cope leaders, Simon Grindrod and Lynda Odendaal, resigned in
recent months, expressing disappointment with the way the party was being
managed.
Cope is the third-biggest party in Parliament and has been increasingly
working with the official opposition, the Democratic Alliance.
Boesak promised to “continue with my work in the civil society, in the
church and as extraordinary professor at the University of Stellenbosch”.
He said “working for the integrity of this democracy of the people of South
Africa is what I have always been called to do”, adding that he would return
to work for the “globalisation project” with churches in South Africa and
Germany.
“Here, as before, I can work with dignity and purpose.”
In the meantime, he would continue to pray for Cope.
“My prayer is that Cope will find that hope and vision again and so fulfil
the promise it had made to the people of South Africa now almost one year
ago.”
Boesak, who was convicted of fraud in 1999 but later pardoned, recently
released his autobiography, “Running with Horses: Reflections of an
Accidental Politician”, in which he maintains his innocence in the fraud
case.
The fraud and theft conviction related to more than R1,5-million of foreign
donor funds in the apartheid era.
Boesak was forced to delay the launch of the book when it emerged he would
name some ANC members who allegedly received the money for which he went to
jail.
National Planning Minister Trevor Manuel demanded that some references to
his family be removed and Boesak had to re-write a chapter of the book. –
Sapa
http://www.weekendpost.co.za/article.aspx?id=493312
On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 5:25 PM, mj mafahla <[email protected]> wrote:
> truly speaking, i find it hard not to laugh at these people. i have
> always said COPE is full of "in-fighters" that do not want to be ruled by
> other people. their entire relationship was started on a fight and they have
> been fighting ever since. i guess its hard to say i told u so to a group of
> people u held so close to your heart at some point cde. but i guess thats
> how the cookie crumbles. and believe you me cde, this cookie is crumbling.
> me personally, i dont blame Boesak for doing what he did...........fighting
> that is....... after all, when in Rome, you do what the Romans do, until you
> can't take it any more
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Sent:* Tue, November 3, 2009 4:09:13 PM
> *Subject:* [YCLSA Discussion] Re: Allan Boesak resigns from Cope
>
>
> Comrades, Please do not laugh at this person or this organisation. we
> recall all their statements when they were excited about forming the new
> "Tuck Shop" refered to as COPE. It is very sad when the history of reality
> prove to people that there is nothing better than the movement led by the
> ANC. My advice to Allan Boesak is that he must concentrate on the church
> building and preaching the word of God and never part
> participate directly in politics (it is not his calling neither sports nor
> hobby) The ANC is the only political home for the people of South Africa.
> This afford us more opportunity to build strong ANC in Western Cape.
>
> I have today informed the leadership of Cope that I am ending my
> membership of the party and that I have tendered my resignation as a
> member of the provincial legislature with immediate effect," Boesak said
> in a statement. His letter of resignation was sent to the speaker of the
> house today, said Boesak. From the very beginning the party structures,
> such as they were, were characterised by faction fighting, strife, pitched
> battles for political supremacy and duplicity...At this point the party
> structures continue to be in disarray.Boesak "expressly" said he did not
> want a leadership position in Cope when he joined it in December 2008. "It
> was only after the severest pressures that I conceded to assist the party
> in the elections. Deep resentment was caused within the party "by the
> irregularities with the list process and the interim leadership situation
> persisted and made normal work almost impossible," said Boesak. This is an
> apparent reference to reports of in-fighting between Mvume Dandala -
> elected as Cope's presidential candidate -and party leader Terror Lekota.
> Boesak said many "good, hard workers" in the party had been suspended
> because they dared to criticise the leadership. "It seems that the mud is
> rising. I have no desire to subject my family, myself or my calling to
> serve our people to these sorts of indignities and destructive
> politicking. Cope spokesman Phillip Dexter brushed aside Boesak's
> criticism, saying it was never going to be easy to launch a new political
> party. We've received his resignation with regret. He joined the party
> when we launched... so obviously people had high hopes for his
> involvement. The kind of challenges he pointed out... are ordinary
> challenges when you are dealing with a new organisation. We wish him the
> best in his future endeavours," Dexter told Boesak's resignation is not
> the first to hit the party that saw the light late last year under the
> leadership of ex-African National Congress veterans Lekota, Mluleki George
> and Mbhazima Shilowa. The trio were all vocal supporters of ex-president
> Thabo Mbeki, who was ousted by the ruling party's national executive
> committee. Two senior Cope leaders, Simon Grindrod and Lynda Odendaal,
> resigned in recent months,expressing disappointment with the way the party
> was being managed. Cope is the third-biggest party in Parliament and has
> been increasingly working together with the official opposition, the
> Democratic Alliance. Boesak promised to "continue with my work in the
> civil society, in the church and as extraordinary professor at the
> Univesirty of Stellenbotch. He said working for the integrity of this
> democracy of the people of South Africa is what I have always been called
> to do, adding that he would return to work for the "globalisation project"
> with churches in South Africa and Germany. Here, as before, I can work
> with dignity and purpose." In the meantime, he would continue to pray for
> Cope. My prayer is that Cope will find that hope and vision again and so
> fulfill the promise it had made to the people of South Africa now almost
> one year ago. Boesak, who was convicted of fraud in 1999 but later
> pardoned, recently released his autobiography, "Running with Horses:
> Reflections of an Accidental Politician", in which he maintains his
> innocence in the fraud case.
>
>
>
>
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