Thank you for the insight and birthday wishes!!!! I think i should ask , what is the one thing i wish to do before 30
On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 7:37 AM, Dominic Tweedie <[email protected]>wrote: > > A beautiful age, Cde Gugu. Enjoy it! > > Cde Gugu, yesterday I was talking to a struggle veteran and SACP member, > Percy Cohen, who is over 90, i.e. a lot more than three times your age. > > Cde Percy was born in the same year as the SACP was founded. He joined the > party in 1948 following the National Party election victory of that year, > when he was 27 (and when the Party was also 27). After many arrests, > house-arrest and imprisonments he left the country on a exit-permit in 1961 > and he still lives in London. > > He is a follower of the CU. > > > VC > > > > On 3 April 2012 07:25, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 28 >> Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: "linda schalk" <[email protected]> >> Sender: [email protected] >> Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 05:18:28 >> To: [email protected]<[email protected]> >> Reply-To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: [YCLSA Discussion] feeling old >> >> Waiting to be Chowed,Okey Dokey hope i knew wat that meant nevertheless i >> almost promoted 2my age grouping kanti iminyaka yakho mntanam mingaki? >> >> Sent from my iPad >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> Sent: 03/04/2012 07:10:36 >> Subject: Re: [YCLSA Discussion] feeling old >> >> No not yet... She is still a pikinini this one...LOL... *waiting to be >> chowed*... >> Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: "linda schalk" <[email protected]> >> Sender: [email protected] >> Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 05:09:13 >> To: [email protected]<[email protected]> >> Reply-To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: [YCLSA Discussion] feeling old >> >> Hello Gugs >> So u've finally hit the BIG 30,u'll now be rubbing shoulders with the Big >> Guns abo-linda,Congratulations r in order n Happppppppppppppppppppppppppy >> >> Sent from my iPad >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> Sent: 03/04/2012 06:33:50 >> Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] Re: feeling old >> >> Hello Comrades! >> >> Its my birthday today- 30 feels closer each year! >> Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: VC <[email protected]> >> Sender: [email protected] >> Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:17:46 >> To: <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: [email protected] >> Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] SACP Eastern Cape PEC - Press Statement >> >> * >> SACP >> >> SACP Eastern Cape PEC Press Statement*, *2 April* *2012* >> >> >> *SACP Eastern Cape PEC Press Statement* >> ** >> >> The South African Communist Party (SACP) in the Eastern Cape Province >> held a successful ordinary Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) meeting >> over the past weekend 31^st March -- 1^st April 2012 and considered a >> range of issues at the international, national and the provincial level >> extensively applying Marxist Leninism that remain valid and its >> teachings confirmed by the structural crisis of capitalism today. >> >> The PEC was graced by the presence of Central Committee members, >> comrades Charles Sestubi and Mandla Makupula. The CC input served as a >> preliminary induction to ground members of the PEC to key principles for >> all authentic communist revolutionaries whose main objective is of >> service to humanity with great loyalty and trust to our people over the >> power of money. >> >> *The crisis of capitalism is structural* >> ** >> The PEC asserted its firm belief that the capitalist crisis underway in >> the world today has began to move away from that which has been cyclic, >> of booms and bursts of parts of the capitalist system but has affected >> the entirety of the structure of capitalism itself. This is because the >> two sharply contrasting types of crisis is that the periodic or >> conjuntural crisis unfold and are more or less successfully resolved >> within the established framework, whereas the fundamental crisis affects >> that framework itself in its entirety. >> >> The meeting added that it was out of realising this reality that 25 of >> the 27 countries of the Euro Zone have established a "permanent bailout >> fund" admitting to the permanence of the crisis. Capitalism cannot find >> solution from its framework any longer, they throw Dollars and Euros but >> the crisis persist, they are implementing severe cuts on social spending >> but the crisis persists, they are announcing labour reforms but the >> crisis persists, they sponsor regime change in many parts of the world >> but the crisis *further deepens*! >> >> It is in this context that PEC called for the intensification of the >> struggle of building Brazil, Russia, India China and South Africa >> (BRICS) as a counter balance to imperialism as part of building on the >> foundation for an alternative world order and deepen the structural >> crisis of imperialism. The PEC further welcomed the decision to >> establish an alternative bank for the BRICS which will take the >> countries in the South away from the IMF and World Bank which have >> always served the interests of rich at the expense of the developing >> countries. >> >> The meeting also saluted consideration of the above countries to move >> away from the Dollar and the Euro as trading currencies. The PEC is of >> the firm view that the need to strengthen party to party relations can >> only be the only basis of taking forward this important work to build >> and cement solidaristic political and economic relations between these >> countries as part of defending their foreign policies against the >> negative influence of US led imperialism. >> >> *National situation* >> >> The PEC noted that the contestation of the direction of the National >> Democratic Revolution (NDR) is intensifying as we approach the coming >> congresses of our formations (SACP, COSATU and ANC). At the heart of >> this contestation are the twin dangers represented by the liberal >> offensive (white) and tenderprenuers. >> The PEC further committed to expose and defeat the agenda of the >> tenderprenuers to high jack the people's revolution and their >> organizations in order to derail South African revolution for >> self-enrichment. >> >> As the SACP, we consider the tenderprenuers as constituting the >> immediate danger to our democracy as we have seen in some countries >> states captured by drug-lords resulting is having a narcotics' state >> with narcotics bourgeoisie. Here at home, the tenderprenuers want to >> capture the South African State and reduce it into a Tender State with >> its own Tender Bourgeoisie. The PEC is convinced that this agenda is not >> separate from the broad agenda of imperialism to re-colonization Africa >> via South Africa. >> >> The PEC has welcomed the commencement of the National Health Insurance >> (NHI) as an important foundation for the struggle to bring about an >> accessible quality public health system in our country for the benefit >> of workers and the poor. As the SACP, we commit ourselves to support >> this progressive initiative and will work with all progressive forces to >> defend the NHI and defeat the agenda of the elite to highjack it for its >> narrow interests. >> ** >> *Provincial situation * >> >> The PEC has welcomed the announcement by the President in the recent >> State of the Nation Address to have dedicated mega projects allocated to >> the province as this will contribute in cushioning the province from the >> current levels of poverty and unemployment. We remain convinced that not >> much is being done to level the playing field in the allocation of >> resources in between provinces as some of the provinces like our own >> constitute a collection of infrastructure bag logs from the former >> homelands of Ciskei and Transkei. We call upon the national government >> to review the current revenue allocation model to be driven by >> developmental needs of provinces not the population size as the current >> main consideration. >> >> The meeting also saluted the ANC in the province for the convening of a >> successful Provincial General Council in (PGC) December 2011 and a >> centenary rally in January 2012 as part of the indication for a province >> that is geared towards political stability. The PEC has urged both the >> Department of Education and South African Democratic Teachers Union >> (SADTU) to make more effort in working together to resolve challenges >> facing education in the interests of children of workers and the poor >> who are at the receiving end of any instability in this area. On our >> part as the SACP, we will continue to work to support all efforts to >> achieve the above and reject any attempts to use education challenges in >> the province in order to destabilize the province for reasons linked to >> the coming ANC Mangaung conference. >> >> The PEC views the pursuance of the Superintendent General for Health, Dr >> Siva Pillay on the alleged misrepresentation of facts towards the >> determination of his current salary as more like chasing lizards when >> the crocodiles are against the provincial administration. We see this as >> a deliberate attempt to divert the efforts of the province and >> government officials like Dr Siva Pillay from its fight against wild >> scale corruption that has exposed many who are accused to have robbed >> the province of millions of rands. >> ** >> *On the 13^th Congress of the our party* >> >> The PEC started to position the party in the province for the >> preparation for the 13^th Congress to be held on the 11^th -- 15 July >> 2012 and committed to work for its success. The meeting agreed on the >> validity of the broad trust of our SARS and MTV, as result it was >> further agreed that the Party need to elaborate and evaluate the two as >> we approach congress. To this end the province will convene special >> district councils and a provincial council immediately after the release >> of the congress documents. >> ** >> *Chris Hani Month* >> >> The PEC adopted a program to mark the 19^th anniversary of our late >> General Secretary comrade Chris Hani in the context of celebrating the >> ANC centenary and the imperative of building a strong alliance from >> below. Activities will include lectures in our 8 districts culminating >> with a provincial anti- corruption march as part taking forward Chris >> Hani's revolutionary values of anti-corruption and selflessness. >> >> The PEC ended on a high note with a commitment to build a strong SACP >> and alliance as the precondition for defending and deepening the NDR >> towards a socialist South Africa. The PEC wished comrades Nelson >> Mandela, Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez good health and commit to redouble >> our efforts to ensure the realization of a humane world order in their >> name. >> >> *Issued by the SACP EC PEC* >> >> *_Contact_:* >> *Xolile Nqatha* >> *Eastern Cape Province Provincial Secretary - 073 034 7923 * ** >> >> >> >> -- >> 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] . >> >> -- >> You are subscribed. 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