Comrades, this is a powerful statement. More so that it is able to divorce personality cult issues from organisational matters and also avoid insults whereas sending a statement that the YCL and the SACP are not the subcommittees of the ANC and ANCYL as these detractors suggest. Lastly I understand it as expressing as well that WE do not fear any Non-Communists who declares a war against us.
I commend KZN YCL for such a bold and constructive statement! On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Gugu Ndima <[email protected]> wrote: > *Media Statement presented by the Provincial Executive Committee of the > Young Communist League in KwaZulu-Natal* > * (2009 December 15)* > > In the spirit of preserving the integrity and revolutionary values of the > Tripartite Alliance and the Progressive Youth Alliance, the Provincial > Executive Committee of the Young Communist League in KwaZulu-Natal prefers > to relay its condemnation of the manner in which the ANCYL in various > provinces have treated the nature of the SACP’s Special National Congress as > it successfully unfolded in the past week in Polokwane. We find media > statements by these comrades very unbecoming and politically paranoid based > on the following:- > > 1. They seek to narrowly portray the South African Communist Party as > the sub-committee within the ANC without its own autonomy and its > independent revolutionary platform, > > 2. While expectedly enjoying their democratic right to freedom of > expression, these comrades are at the same time ignorant of what really > transpired at the august Special National Congress of the SACP. They seem to > be obsessed with what has been reported by the media and thereby loosely > attacking congress delegates and senior leadership of both, the SACP and the > ANC, > > 3. Despite the fact that the SACP has clear programs and advanced > revolutionary theory, some of these comrades chose to ignore all of this > and succumbed to insults of all sorts, > > 4. It is our belief that the Mid-Term Vision (MTV) of the South > African Communist Party which fundamentally calls for building working class > hegemony in all key sites of power has been superfluously confused with > the campaign to oust non-communists from the ANC and the taking over of the > ANC by the SACP. Clearly, we find this confusion very unfortunate, > > 5. The attempted crusade of political character assassination as > generally dedicated to branch leaders of the SACP collaborated in some of > these media statements has tried without fail to expose the challenge faced > by the PYA on rendering basic teachings on mutual respect among alliance > partners. This unfortunate conduct also undermines constructive engagement > on challenges facing our movement, > > 6. We are to learn from these media pronouncements a very nearsighted > re-emerging tendency of praising and promotion of an individual cult at the > expense of our historical revolutionary traditions of collectivism within > our beloved movement. As defeated in Polokwane (2007) this tendency should > be unapologetically squashed from all angles regardless of who is > spearheading and benefiting from it. > > * * > > *What should be done, therefore? * > > As YCL in this province (KZN) we wish to precisely point out that the > working class and the poor of our country and beyond are not in any way > interested in this unprecedented and opportunistic media jostling. They have > nothing to lose except their chains of poverty, unemployment, disease and > destitution. > > Our clarion call is dedicated to all the structures of the mass democratic > movement to continue dedicating themselves towards the social emancipation > of our people (the working class and the poor). > > Programs of our organizations should always continue to guide and bind us > together. Ours as YCL is indeed to focus on ensuring that the resolutions of > the recent august Special National Congress of the SACP are implemented. We > will do so without underestimating nor elevating challenges within and > outside our movement and within the PYA in particular. As YCL in the > Province of Kwa-Zulu/Natal we call all PYA components including our Branches > and District to heed the call by the ANC President Jacob Zuma who provided > leadership by urging us not to be hoodwinked by irritants. > > *Putting a point across* > > YCL in the Province of KwaZulu Natal unlike Malema and others we are not > going to open a dictionary of political insults, instead we shall as > expected from the Marxist-Leninist organ, tell the truth as it is, that, the > booing of Malema was not of our choosing, it was as a result of the > spontaneous anger from delegates and the provocative signals made by Billy > Masetla. Our General Secretary Dr. Blade Nzimande and the National > Chairperson Gwede Mantashe immediately reprimanded delegates about their > behavior. > > It is therefore surprising and confusing to learn of the insult against the > two gallant leaders of our movement. This had opportunistically been linked > to the 2012 succession debates. As YCL in the Province of KZN, we support > the Top Six Official of the ANC as it is, and there is no need to open a > succession debate prematurely. > > Another disappointing factor is the involvement of our Floyd Shivhambu in > his capacity as ANCYL spokesperson in drafting all the so-called Provincial > statements, projecting them as the views of the Provinces. > > Nonetheless we have good relations with ANCYL Provinces, and we believe > that Youth League members will not share the view that SACP members are > dogs, hooligans and are like COPE. > > *As part of the way forward, we shall * > > 1. Call for a three days Provincial political school between the > ANCYL and the YCL, with a day delegated on Nationalization* vis a > vis*Socialization. > > 2. A joint PWC meeting shall be held, where we will tabulate our > Vision 2010 Programme to the ANCYL, and develop a common programme of > action, as our relations must be based on programmes, not on feelings and > personal cult of some (irritant) individuals. > > 3. And finally we call for the development of a guiding document on > the rules of engagement amongst PYA components. > > We hope the YL in the Province shall heed to this call as we seek to > champion the interest of Young people in our land. > > > > *Issued by the KZN Provincial Executive Committee.* > *For more details* > *contact Mafika Mndebele,* > *The Provincial Secretary in Deputy at 0735745953(YCL)* > > * * > > > -- > Gugu Ndima > +27 76 783 1516 > > -- > You are subscribed. This footer can help you. > Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to > this message. > You can visit the group WEB SITE at > http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery > options, pages, files and membership. > To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected]. > You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to > put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to > this address (repeat): [email protected] . > -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] .
