Dear Comrades; The painful truth is that in 2009 real GDP dropped by 1.8%. The worst outcome since real GDP contracted by 2.1% in 1992. The sectors which had the biggest declines in economic activity in 2009 were in manufacturing (-7.2%), agriculture, forestry anf fishing (-3.2%) and trade (-2.9%).
Is there anyone who can suggest how we can reverse this situation which is the bedrock of employment ASAP? What should we do? This is the concrete reality out there. ST On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 10:48 AM, zakhele sibiya <[email protected]>wrote: > I think the disclosure of the truth around the issue of GEAR exhumed by > Cde Floyd gives us a challenge of answering critical questions like, who > vanguard the vanguard of the working class?, who should be the vanguard of > the working class between the Party and the workers themselves together with > poor or the have-nots? > > I think Cde Floyd wanted to respond to some of the questions I raised > above. > > > > > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Ndlazilwana, Lazola > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Cdes it is the fact that we were still young but that doesn't mean we >> cannot critique decisions taken then.It is clear Cde Ntokozo that documents >> of this nature are not discussed in branch meeting of the SACP,YCL,ANC and >> ANCYL because those meetings are only focusing on leadership, I wonder how >> many SACP branches which have a program of plitical school, those who are in >> JHB can attend Marxists classes in Germiston conducted by NUMSA >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Ntokozo Lwandle [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 15, 2011 9:08 AM >> *To:* [email protected]; Lazola" <[email protected]> >> *Cc:* Chiliwe, Misumzi >> *Subject:* Re: [YCLSA Discussion] Fw: [CU] Floyd Shivambu >> >> Cdes >> >> but then does it really mean if GEAR was adopted in 1996 (most of us were >> still very young)then SACP should just adopt new economic growth path? No, I >> totally disagree but sadly I have not heard much at branches in terms of >> engaging with this document, am not sure, it might be my ignorance or what. >> >> Amandla!!! >> >> On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:23:16 +0200 "Ndlazilwana, Lazola" wrote >> >> Cdes this is a public forum where every person in particular young >> communists share their views and opinions, this comrades must be done >> without fear of being purged on structures of the movement but comrades must >> engage on what has been raised by a certain comrade. What Cde Floyd has >> raised seems to me to be a fact that the SACP did welcome and support Gear >> in 1996 then I was not a member of the party I was a member of the ANCYL and >> Cosas, but the same SACP potrayed Gear as a Class Project which doesn't >> address fundamental challenges of the working class in particular the >> poorest of the poor, Cdes we were made to believe that analysis is correct >> however who should be the vanguard of the working class if our SACP did >> accept and welcome GEAR thanks to archives. Even today many comrades of the >> movement are witch-hunted because they are ass ociated with this Project. >> Comrades on the 4th Feb 2011 when I was listening to the presentation of the >> New Growth Path I wrote on my facebook status that I sse no difference with >> Gear. So it is not suprising if we as communists have welcomed uGear in 1996 >> why can't adopt Growth Path? I then today plead to comrades to analyse this >> as our beloved GS has said in Mafikeng " It is a good habit.........". As of >> neo liberal tendencies comrades must not just say the Cde was not suppose to >> say that, it is his view and if one differs he or she must engage and prove >> to Floyd why he/she disagree of this tendency within SACP. To me comrades >> this is a contradiction of what the communist party should it be. >> >> >> >> Lazola Ndlazilwana >> VWSA NUMSA Deputy Sec >> Cell:0835103686 >> Tel: 041 994 5543 >> Socialism in our lifetime >> ------------------------------ >> From: [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] >> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 6:02 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] Fw: [CU] Floyd Shivambu >> >> Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device >> ------------------------------ >> From: [email protected] >> Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:59:52 +0000 >> To: <[email protected]> >> ReplyTo: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [CU] Floyd Shivambu >> But cde Floyd, why go as far as saying that the SACP has neo-liberal >> tendencies >> >> Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device >> ------------------------------ >> From: Nyiko Floyd Shivambu <[email protected]> >> Sender: [email protected] >> Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:41:17 +0200 >> To: <[email protected]> >> ReplyTo: [email protected] >> Cc: <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [CU] Floyd Shivambu >> Yes. SACP Stattement accessible on >> http://www.sacp.org.za/main.php?include=docs/pr/1996/pr1406.html >> <http://www.sacp.org.za/main.php?include=docs/pr/1996/pr1406.html> SACP >> STATEMENT ON THE Growth, Employment and Redistribution Marco-Economic Policy >> >> 14 June 1996 >> >> The South African Communist Party welcomes the government's Growth, >> Employment and Redistribution Macro-Economic Policy. We fully back the >> objectives of this macro-economic strategy and note, in particular, the >> following key features: >> >> Contrary to certain attempts to use the macro-economic debate to shift >> government away from its electoral mandate, the strategy announced today >> firmly and explicitly situates itself as a framework for the RDP. >> >> Resisting free market dogmatism, the strategy envisages a key economic >> role for the public sector, including in productive investment. >> >> On the restructuring of state assets, the strategy reaffirms and >> reinforces the bilateral (between government and unions) National Framework >> Agreement process. >> >> On labour markets, the new marco-economic-strategy envisages the extension >> of a regulated market and it introduces an innovative approach to >> flexibility. It rejects laisser-faire market-driven flexibility and instead >> call for negotiated regional and sectoral flexibility. >> >> The most important contribution of the strategy is its consistent >> endeavour to integrate different element of policy and, in particular, it >> provides a clear frame work within which monetary and interest rate policy >> must work. >> >> The SACP, in the context of our tripartite alliance with the ANC and >> COSATU, intends to take forward discussions, elaboration and debate on this >> path-breaking macro-economic strategy. All the questions of detail and of >> implementation require ongoing scrutiny. We have every intention of making >> an ongoing and constructive contribution to this process. >> >> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 5:38 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> http://m.facebook.com/floydn?refid=46&ref=pymk >>> >>> "The SACP welcomed GEAR in 1996. So it should not be a shock it is >>> welcoming NGP. Neo-liberal tendencies should be exposed at all times" (Floyd >>> Shivambu). 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