I have always known sasco to provide sober leadership on matters of the PYA and the alliance in general, they have not disappointed in this matter.
Let those that have ears hear. Viva sasco On 12/16/09, Mzukisi Ronyuza <[email protected]> wrote: > *Since all this started SASCO is the first organisation to be frank and > confront this chaos with political maturity. Viva SASCO Viva.* > > On 12/16/09, Dominic Tweedie <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> SOUTH AFRICAN STUDENTS CONGRESS *54 Sauer Street* >> *Chief Albert Luthuli House* >> *Johannesburg* >> *2000* >> *E-mail: [email protected]* >> *www.sasco.org.za* >> >> [image: sasco logo- white] >> *P.O. Box 9939* >> *Johannesburg * >> *2000* >> *Tel: (011) 376 1108* >> *Fax: (011) 3761084* >> >> >> OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL >> >> * >> Contacts:* >> *Mbulelo Mandlana (SASCO President)*,** *076 934 9863, [email protected]* >> **** >> *****Or Lazola Ndamase (SASCO Secretary General)*,** *082 679 8718, ** >> [email protected] >> General: **[email protected]* <[email protected]> >> >> >> *SASCO Press Statement, 16 December 2009* >> * * >> >> *Recent contestations between the ANC YL, YCL & SACP* >> >> >> The South African Students Congress (SASCO) notes with contempt and >> disappointment the recent firing of insults back and forth between the ANC >> YL, YCL and the SACP. We remain shocked and ashamed that leaders within >> our >> MDM structures would stoop to this level and fail to resolve their >> differences in views and opinions in an orderly and organisational manner. >> >> As SASCO we support the call for the nationalization of mines, and seek to >> see it result in socialization of production and share of proceeds. We are >> shocked and dismayed by the lukewarm support for nationalization shown by >> the South African Communist Party (SACP). We raise this because we would >> have expected the Party of socialism-cum-communism to be over-enthusiastic >> to find that ultimately, its views have found resonance even in the ranks >> of >> the ANCYL. Rather than take advantage of this and enrich the debate, the >> SACP leadership has become dismissive and overly cautious. We equally >> reject >> the populist attempts by the ANCYL to opportunistically and factionally >> use >> support or lack of support for nationalization as a yardstick to elect >> leadership. Leadership cannot be elected on the basis of one issue. We >> therefore reject the Julius formula of electing leadership, either in the >> ANC or in the MDM as a whole. >> >> The booing of President Julius Malema in the SACP conference must be >> condemned and discouraged by all. Whether delegates agree with his conduct >> or not, they should not threat him, or anyone for that matter in the >> manner >> they did. It is the responsibility of all members to utilize >> organisational >> platforms to raise their disgruntlements and not howl. It is our >> collective >> responsibility to guard our organizations jealously and be examplenary in >> the manner we conduct ourselves. >> >> With that said it is wrong for the ANCYL without evidence and armed with >> nothing else but anger to insinuate that the Party leadership orchestrated >> the booing of comrade Julius in the SACP’s 2ND Special Congress. We >> therefore condemn the childish manner in which the ANCYL has responded to >> the booing of Julius Malema in the SACP Conference. Rather than request >> the >> Party leadership to act against those who booed at Malema, the ANCYL finds >> the Party leadership guilty of conspiring with delegates, and as a result >> declares war on the Party as an organization rather than on the >> ill-disciplined SACP delegates. If the approach by the ANCYL is correct >> would it then be correct to blame the previous leadership of the ANCYL for >> the throwing of chairs and even exposure of buttocks by ANCYL delegates in >> last years ANCYL National Congress? >> >> We condemn the opportunistic isolation of Comrade Gwede Mantashe by the >> leadership of the ANCYL. In fact, we believe that the recent criticism of >> comrade Mantashe for independent actions of SACP delegates is used to mask >> a >> well-calculated strategy to isolate comrade Mantashe and present him as an >> irresponsible Secretary General, whose capacity to lead must be left >> questionable. By raising the issue of conflict of interest, does the ANCYL >> really want to suggest that no leader of the ANC must hold positions both >> in >> the Party and the ANC? What then of many of its NEC members? If there is >> nothing wrong with its NEC members as stated in its press briefing, what >> makes it wrong in relation to comrade Mantashe? >> >> We thank the leadership of the ANCYL for raising issues sharply and >> ensuring the speedy realization of our Freedom Charter objectives. >> However, >> no amount of provocation justifies racist insults at comrades. No amount >> of >> disagreement turns comrade Jeremy Cronin (a veteran of our movement) into >> a >> mini-Tony Leon that needs to be dismissed at every point as a white >> chauvinist. The ANCYL needs to desist from making interventions that may >> leave a permanent scar that will last beyond the current debate such as >> they >> did when they called comrade Jeremy Cronin a “white messiah”. >> >> It is unacceptable that the ANCYL describes the leadership of the Party >> “yellow communists”. Read for what it is, this is calling for an internal >> revolt against the SACP leadership. Instead of fighting through the media, >> the SACP and ANCYL must hold an urgent bilateral meeting to compose their >> differences and chart a way forward. The problems that face South Africans >> are far-reaching, and need more than anger and egos to resolve. >> >> >> *For details Contact * >> *Mbulelo Mandlana (SASCO President)* >> * * >> *076 934 9863 * >> * * >> *Or* >> * * >> *Lazola Ndamase (SASCO Secretary General)* >> * * >> *082 679 8718* >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "CU News" group. >> For statement archives, web pages and file downloads, visit this group at >> http://groups-beta.google.com/group/CU-News >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] > > -- > You are subscribed. 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