I sympathise with and understand the uneasiness expressed by cde Ngoako Matsha in an earlier posting. I want to believe however that the SG, TG and the other leaders are not going to be hoodwinked into protecting privileges of those who benefited from apartheid.
There are those who are in denial about benefiting from apartheid and who want us to believe they got to their privileged position on merit. These are very people who block & frustrate all efforts and actions aimed at social transformation. The ANC's historic mission to unite the people of South Africa must not be abused! Mthimkulu Mashiya Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! -----Original Message----- From: VC <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Tue, 08 May 2012 18:10:16 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] ANC Afrikaans Dialogue Summit - Statement ANC *ANC Media Release, 8 March 2012* *ANC Afrikaans Dialogue Summit Statement* A successful summit was held today for the whole day at the Protea Balalaika Hotel in Sandton. It was a well-attended summit with positive outcomes. A senior NEC delegation of the African National Congress met today with leaders from a wide ranging group of Afrikaans organisations, including representatives of 19 organisations, academics, intellectuals, business, religious, cultural and other community leaders. The ANC was led by its Secretary General, Mr Gwede Mantashe, Treasurer General, Mathews Phosa, other NEC members, Ministers, Renier Schoeman and Daryl Swanepoel. The meeting was characterised by frank, open and direct discussion, and took place in an honest and constructive atmosphere. All parties expressed their appreciation for the platform and enthusiasm to be involved in the envisaged process. The process will also be expanded to include other organisations that were not present at today's summit. The meeting identified a number of priority areas dear to the Afrikaans speaking community which require discussion and debate leading to consensus. This included, amongst others, the question of education and training, land reform, economic empowerment, as well as language, linguistic & cultural rights. The Afrikaans Dialogue, organised under the auspices of the ANC programme for an inclusive South Africa, was called in order to take the discussion of nation-building, reconciliation and inclusiveness forward, which took place at the request of the NEC and in response to the progress made over the last two years in this regard. The ANC is strongly committed to building an inclusive South Africa and as such welcomes the interaction with the Afrikaans speaking and other communities. The need was expressed, and agreement reached on certain structural arrangements that will be put in place so as ensure that ongoing attention be given the issues raised; and in order to ensure that these issues remain high on the national agenda. A report is currently being developed on the meeting, the process and the proposed structural arrangements for tabling at the next National Executive Committee meeting of the ANC next weekend. *_Issued by_: Jackson Mthembu National Spokesperson _Enquiries_: Renier Schoeman, 083 251 4045 Daryl Swanepoel, 083 799 6058 Keith Khoza, 082 823 9672 *** -- 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. 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] .
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