SACP NORTH WEST SPECIAL PEC MEETING PRESS STATEMENT Saturday, 21 August 2010
The South African Communist Party (SACP) in the North West province held a special Provincial Executive Committee meeting on Friday, 20 August 2010 – at the Matlosana council chambers. The special PEC meeting discussed a range of issues amongst which was the issue of the removal of the MEC of Sports, Arts and culture, Comrade Grace Bothman Pampiri, and the issue of the ongoing public sector struggle. The SACP PEC resolved to re-affirm its total and unwavering rejection of the removal of Comrade Grace Bothman Pampiri, it consistently mentioned that it does not do this because of the fact that Comrade Grace is a leader in the SACP but precisely because it is clear that she was removed due to personal relations with the premier and the acting HOD in her department. The premier presented to us and the public the question of her prerogatives as the premier of the province and based on that she thinks there are no good relations between her and the MEC thus she removed the MEC. Based on the information presented to us, it is therefore accurate to call for the immediate re-deployment of Comrade Grace and the immediate removal of the premier as it is clear that she is too personal than being a leader. The premier has even in the media confirmed her friendship with for instance the acting HOD in the Sports, Arts and culture department – which again provide a clear picture of the kind of a person the premier is. It will be noted that sometimes ago the MEC wrote a letter to the premier providing her reasons to suspend Sam Mokaila, the acting HOD – and the premier as it is publicly known, reversed the MEC’s decision without even reasons for that but after the HOD wrote a letter to the premier regarding issues pertaining to the MEC the premier acted within a clap of a hand , hence our concern with the manner in which the premier is leading the province. Accordingly the MEC report was based on the manner in which the acting HOD dealt with issues regarding the world cup, amongst others – in which tenders were given to individuals who are related to some tenderpreneurs in our movement. For instance the tenders for the Public Viewing Areas (PVA’s) are still one of the main issues causing divisions in the province and as such we are calling for thorough investigations into this issue of the removal of the MEC and immediate investigations into the entire department and other departments including the office of the premier. As the SACP we have openly declared a war on corruption and as such who ever are standing on the way to a corruption free South Africa will be removed by all means necessary. In the final analysis on this matter, as the SACP in the North West we have resolved to mobilise our cadres and commissars including those who are sympathetic to the poor and the working class to reject corruption and refuse to be used by some tenderpreneurs to whom we are certain without a doubt that Ruth First is crying a dam full of tears for they are masquerading as revolutionaries while at night are partaking in the continuous abuse of power for their personal interests. The SACP in this province is calling for the re-calling of Maureen Modiselle and the removal of Sakie Mofokeng from being the Chief co-ordinator of the Provincial Task Team but ironically who is acting as the Chief of political pawns to destabilise and further divide this province – for instance again in the Matlosana local municipality, the ANC Chief whip Bunga Ntshangani physically attacked the Mayor and instead Saki Mofokeng promoted the Chief Whip to the District municipality, the question was then, why? As the SACP we shall use all possible avenues to engage Comradely so the ANC around issues including the abovementioned but what we will never do is to be bullied by a group of the 2012 tenderpreneurs project led by some leading cadres in the movement including the drumajorettes of the corrupt elite, manifesting themselves as a legacy of the 1996 class project. THE PUBLIC SECTOR STRUGGLE As the SACP in the North West, we regard the ongoing public sector struggle as part of a broader working class struggle against capitalist exploitation and therefore we without any hesitation or doubt support 100% the struggle. We further call on all our cadres, Commissars and leaders including those in government to use every means possible to ensure that we practically support the struggle. We need to see the Red flag representing the vanguard of the working class and the poor to be providing leadership not only in theory and media statement but practically marching, singing and struggling with the workers. We further call on our leaders in all our Alliance structures to desist from making public statements which are in the main demonstrating their defiance of the strategy and tactics decisions of the 2007 national conference – which states consistently that the working class and the poor are the main motive forces of the National Democratic Revolution (NDR). We find embarrassing for leaders to say the issue of the struggle is being politicised, we think whoever is politicising it, it them by refusing to ensure a speedy resolving of this matter. Again we call on the students and unions to support the struggle so that it is resolved and the future of our country is not compromised. COSAS as the leading learners organisation should be out mobilising its members to support SADTU and reject the politically mislead structures which are opposing the struggle because the parents who are being exploited and expected to re-elect their exploiters are their very parents. For more information CONTACT: Kaizer Mohau SACP NW provincial Spokesperson Tel: 018 462 5675 Mobile: 072 080 2824/0727315818 Or Madoda Sambatha SACP NW provincial Secretary Mobile: 082 800 5336 -- 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] .
