What opportunities and challenges does this instability in COPE present to our revolutionary movement? What does it mean especially for the ANC in the Western Cape?
Its fine to use this for 'political scoring' but more importantly it is our opporunity to reverse the accidental take-over of the Western Cape by the DA. Let us therefore genuinely open our doors to comrade Boesak and his constituency! The main challenge is to consolidate our membership in areas where the ANC has traditionally not sustained support and let the aspirations of the people of the WC find expression in our inclusive campaigns and programmes. Amndla! 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. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > South Africa's premier free email service - www.webmail.co.za > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > For super low premiums, click here http://home.webmail.co.za/dd.pwm > > > > > > -- Sibusiso Mimi Contact: +27(0)760211216 Fax: 0865489967 Email: [email protected] "I will think positively with my mind, speak positively with my mouth and act positively with my body I will think big and grow big I will think my way to success and prosperity!" Dr. John Tibane --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. 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