*Press Statement* August 17, 2011
*YCL Support BNF * * * The Young communist League of South Africa [uFasimba] notes the on going media uproar which was caused by the media interview between the National Secretary of the YCLSA Comrade Buti Manamela and Ukhozi FM, where the National Secretary supported the Botswana National Front, which is the opposition Party in Botswana. To avoid distortions of our position on Botswana, which should not be clouded by the current political moment, the YCL wants to firstly put it categorically clear that we are the Youth wing of the South African Communist Party. Our Party has long historic relations with BNF which are shaped by fraternal and mutual respect of each other’s views and political actions. On the 9th of August 2011 the SACP and BNF agreed that they ‘share common yet different political experiences in struggles aimed at overcoming the deep-seated social, political and economic challenges in their respective countries. In recognition of this fact, the parties reaffirmed their commitment to continuously exchange experiences on tackling the legacy of colonial past and to take up joint campaigns against contemporary challenges posed by the persistence of semi-colonial economic structures and the neo-liberal reorganisation of national economies, and to promote the culture of democracy and human rights, and to contribute to regional and international peace. In that Bilateral the South African Communist Party mandated the Young Communist League of South Africa to continue with programmatic relations with the Botswana National front Youth League, the forthcoming National Committee of YCLSA will develop a program in this regard. It was in this context that the National Secretary supported the BNF in the interview. To put it on record YCLSA will continue to work with various progressive organisations over the world namely; Botswana National Front Youth League, Mozambique Frelimo Youth, Zambia, Tanzania Chama Chama Mapinduza Youth League, Sweden Swedish Left Party (Youth) Portugal Young Communist League of Portugal (JCP), China Communist Youth League of China, France Movement of Young Communist (MJC), Italy Italian Communist Party (Youth League), Britain (UK) Young Communist League (Britain) Greece KNE, Western Sahara UJISARIO, Palestine, Cuba Union of Young Communists, Swaziland Swaziland Youth Congress and many other progressive forces in the world. As the YCL we shall continue to campaign for the release of the Cuban five, against the killing of people of Libya by NATO, for democracy in Zimbabwe and Swaziland. We shall continue to support all progressive forces throughout the world; we plead our solidarity with people of Somali. To us the crisis in any part of the world is a crisis almost everywhere. A better world is possible Issued by YCLSA For more information, please contact Mafika Mndebele (National Spokesperson) Landline: (011) 339 3621 Cellphone: 073 574 5953 Cellphone: 082 567 3557 Email: [email protected] -- Venceremos -- 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] .
