*Press Statement* August 30, 2011
*It is not Nzimande who is on fire, but ill-disciplined elements * The Young Communist League of South Africa [uFasimba] notes with disgust that a small group of uncultured hooligans out of ignorance decided to burn posters with the face of the General Secretary of the Party [SACP] comrade Blade Nzimande, in the so called ‘night vigil’ organized to support Julius Malema. We further note that some of the people involved in this act were wearing YCL T-shirts parading themselves as communists and subsequent to this counter-revolutionary act is that some of media houses reported that comrade Blade Nzimade is on fire. This to us is a joke for it is not Nzimande who is before the disciplinary committee; it is not Nzimande who is facing corruption allegations. It is also not Nzimade who is having a dark cloud hanging over his head, thus he can not be on fire. The General Secretary of the Party is not involved in the current developments as it relates to the disciplinary hearing of the ANCYL officials. He is not spending sleepless nights like others who are not sleeping trying to mobilize the ANC membership against the ANC itself. It was the ANC not the SACP which took disciplinary actions against these individuals. Our SACP must never be dragged into the mud. As YCLSA we refuse to believe that being militant means attacking the ANC and its leadership. We reject “radicalism” which is divorced from revolutionary discipline. The ANC in our view can only sustain its prestige dignity if it purges itself of counter-revolutionary elements and factionalism. The source of factionalism in the organization is ill-discipline and opportunism. The task faced by the ANC of leading transformation in our country desires a strong and united ANC. It needs the ANC that has moral authority in society, publicly challenging the ANC is counter-revolutionary, burning its flag is counter-revolutionary, burning the t-shit of its President and projecting individuals as super revolutionaries, above the ANC, limit its fighting strength. It will make our people lose confidence in the ANC, thus in our view this is the most reactionary conduct that requires the ANC to purge itself of wrong tendencies if it is to succeed in its historical mission. Those who penetrate the revolutionary movement and introduce onto it the spirit of hesitancy and opportunism, the spirit of demoralization and uncertainty are counter revolutionaries. It is they, principally, that constitute the source of factionalism and disintegration, the source of disorganization and disruption of the organisation from within. To fight for the radical transformation of our country with such elements amongst ourselves, is to fight a losing battle. Therefore, a ruthless struggle against such elements, their expulsion from the organisation, is a prerequisite for the successful National Democratic Revolution. The move taken by the ANC to instill discipline is necessary and a correct one. If we do not restore order in our movement now, the glorious movement of President OR Tambo will be paralysed by chronic infirmity and opportunism, leaving South Africans without a revolutionary organisation. The ANC can only succeed in achieving internal unity and unexampled cohesion on its ranks if it purges itself of the opportunist pollution. A Revolutionary movement becomes stronger by purging itself of ill-discipline elements. In line with this understanding we call upon the ANC leadership to take drastic action against those who burned the photos bearing the faces of the ANC President and the ANC NWC member and the Party General Secretary comrade Blade Nzimande. Already these individuals are on fire and think that by burning the face of our leaders they will escape organisational corrective measures. It is not comrade Blade Nzimande who is on fire but ill-disciplined elements. 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] -- *"I Khaya Xaba promise to live as the Great Lenin bade me"* -- 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] .
