SASCO.. MY SACO.. a perfect statement under the circumstances.. well done Sasco for providing a voice of reason...
> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Lazola Ndamase > *Sent:* Monday, October 24, 2011 4:10 PM > *To:* [email protected]; yclsa-eom-forum > *Subject:* [CU] SASCO NWC Statement on Jobs for Youth**** > > ** ** > > [image: www.zulasafety.co.za] <http://www.zulasafety.co.za/>**** > > ** ** > > *SASCO NWC Statement***** > > * ***** > > *25 October 2011***** > > **** > > The NWC of SASCO convened at a special NWC meeting at 7th Floor Luthuli > House (October 22) to discuss our 17th National Congress Credentials. We > also debated our invitation to participate at programs of the YCL and the > ANCYL all of which are convened to take place on the same days.**** > > **** > > *Clash of YCL and ANCYL Programs***** > > **** > > We note the fact that the ANCYL has organized economic freedom marches on > the same day the YCL has organized its Jobs for Youth Summit. We believe > both the ANCYL and YCL are at fault in this regard. We are disappointed by > the negligent actions of both the ANCYL and the YCL in this regard. We will > as a result send separate delegations to participate in the YCL Jobs for > Youth Summit and the ANCYL march.**** > > *The ANCYL March***** > > The South African Students’ Congress supports the countrywide marches that > will be organized by the African National Youth League (ANC YL) to the > Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), Chamber of Mines and Union Building > scheduled for the 27th and 28th October 2011. **** > > SASCO supports these marches as they seek to propel young people into > action and to make young working class people the main drivers of their > destiny. The bulk of the youth in this country are condemned to living a > life of squalor and destitution in our townships, informal settlements and > the rural areas. **** > > SASCO appeals to all the other formations of the Alliance to support these > marches. The ANC has a rich history of mass struggle and fully appreciates > that the will of the people must be expressed not only through voting but > also through popular protest. **** > > The same mass struggle that crippled apartheid collaborating mining capital > and land barons is the same mass struggle that is required to buttress the > ANC in implementing the Freedom Charter.**** > > Many progressive governments around the world owe their radicalism to mass > mobilisation and mass power. SASCO therefore believes that a mobilised > society can actually serve as a source of power for the ANC to adopt radical > policy shifts necessary to help our people out of poverty.**** > > We call on working class youth not only to direct their anger at the state > but to turn their eye also towards both domestic (especially Tenderpreneurs) > and international capital that is responsible for their exploitation and > usurping super profits.**** > > We are well aware that some in the YL leadership may use this march to > engage in a most petty battle against some in the movement. By joining this > march we are not endorsing such behaviour but to us the benign or malicious > intentions of the organizers do not diminish the importance of the demands > nor the fact that mass struggle remains important.**** > > *YCL Jobs for Youth Summit***** > > **** > > SASCO supports the YCL Jobs for Youth Summit which is the second one to be > convened by the Young Communist League. We believe that this is an important > program for the youth across the political spectrum to sit together and plan > what ought to be done to confront the problem of unemployment that besets > our society. We are of the firm view that the YCL is in the correct path in > ensuring that working class youth action is planned and co-ordinated.**** > > **** > > We are delighted by the fact that the Summit will be attended by high > profile and senior members of the Cabinet. This will allow participants to > interface with the executive on what are plans to reverse unemployment in > the country. We call on all participants to continue this dialogue and > ensure that it does not serve factional reasons as that risk exists in the > current political climate. **** > > Working class youth must take the battle against The New Tendency to new > heights, but also must wake up and realize the threat of Convenient > Communism that has held sway within the left in the past few years. Both > these are a threat to our struggle.**** > > **** > > *For details Contact:***** > > *Mbulelo Mandlana (President)***** > > *071 879 3408***** > > *Or***** > > *Lazola Ndamase (Secretary General)***** > > *082 679 8718***** NB: This email and its contents are subject to the Eskom Holdings Limited EMAIL LEGAL NOTICE which can be viewed at http://www.eskom.co.za/email_legalnotice -- 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] .
