There is fundamental change in how the ANC approach developmental issues and engage broader stakeholders.
Going into government, the ANC structured the Cabinet in such a way as to emphasise a focused priority on poverty eradication, Health and Education. The concept of developmental state has been defined and captured as well in the structuring of the Cabinet. L On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Dominic Tweedie <[email protected]>wrote: > Cde Mduduzi and other comrades, > > In the light of what you have written, I wonder what you think of the > article that I posted today as "Red scare is a red herring", by Steven > Friedman? > > Friedman is saying that there is no strategic change in the two years since > Polokwane. Do you think he is right? > > If he is correct, then the demise of COPE is irrelevant. The ANC is > carrying on with business as usual, pre-Polokwane, according to Friedman. > What do you think? > > Yours in struggle, > > VC** > > > > > > Mduduzi H Vilakazi wrote: > > Cdes, > > It is not long that DA and COPE entered into a neo-liberal agreement to > oppose anything that the glorious movement comes up with. There may be an > opportunity that their in-fightings can affect DA and confuse its followers > thus leaving the ANC with an opportunity to receive these political > crosstitutes. Will this crosstitutes strengthen or weaken the ANC? > > What is happening in COPE today has always been correctly analyzed by > scholars of MARX and LENIN. We are not surprised by the resignations in > COPE, however we are worried that another plan may be in place to come and > disturb progressive programs of the ANC from within. > > The "in-fighters" will always be on stand-by to interrupt the democratic > progress. We should look at the situation and analyze the terrain because > some still harbours the interests of seeing the ANC having internal > conflicts. They are not happy with the united situation in the ANC and its > Alliance. One thing they need is to be able to speak within the ANC enroute > Mangaung 2012. > > Theirs is nothing else by a strategy meant to create woes within the ANC > and its alliance partners. It will be naive of us to believe that only > resignees from COPE will strengthen the ANC. Their in-fighting may be > fictitious now so that in future they stand as united while their messengers > divide the ANC and its alliance partners towards the historic centenary in > 2012. > > Let us not celebrate but analyse the terrain so that we guard against such > myopic tendencies as raised above. > > Aluta. > > > >>> Sibusiso Mimi <[email protected]> > >>> <[email protected]>04/11/2009 13:20 >>> > 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 >> >> >> >> >> "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 >> >> 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. 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