Attack on any leader or member of the Alliance is undermining our revolution, it is very painful when it is done by our own comrades e.g, when a comrades was convicted for stabbing a provincial (Western Cape), when a former Mayor and bodyguard were convicted for killing a fellow comrade, and ANC Councillor (NW) etc.
These are just some of the happening that COSATU said have a propensity to take our country towards a "predator state". If it is true that some YCL Provincial leaders' lives are in danger, then we have a serious problem. What might really be the cause of this? On the Gauteng reshuffling; I went through an article from the Mail and Guardian of this week (July 20-26 2012), Page 34. The heading of the article reads as follows; CHANGES COULD BE GOOD FOR GAUTENG. I was to see class rivals acknowledging the strength of appointed comrades. If it is true that our SACP has not been consulted what might have been the reasons? Apart from not consulting by the ANC (Gauteng), what positive strides can we exploit from these appointments? The fact that the ANC did not consult does not automatically make the appointed comrades bad for the job at hand or lesser communists that others. I tried to think deep of who might be the favourite who was not appointed but could not thing of any. But I am also aware that some of the comrades who haboured ambitions of being MEC's are not in the Gauteng Legislature therefore they lose. I am of the view that if they were in the Legislature they would have been appointed. I am glad that credentials of people appointed are not questioned but the process is questioned. I thefore implore that, as communists and members of the SACP, while questioning the process we should support the appointments of these comrades. WE CANNOT DONATE OUR COMMUNISTS TO CLASS RIVALS, WHAT WE NEED NOW ARE MESSAGES OF SUPPORT FOR THESE COMRADE RATHER THAN DISCOURAGING THEM IN THE SINGLE OFA LONG, TEDIOUS BUT HONOURABLE TASKS IN FRONT OF THEM. Mzukisi On 7/21/12, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > YCLSA Gauteng Province > > Provincial Working Committee Statement > > Saturday, 21 July 2012 > > The YCLSA [uFasimba] in the province of Gauteng met in an ordinary but > urgently convened Provincial Working Committee (PWC) plenary session. The > PWC reflected on organisational and political issues, in particular the > security of our PEC members who are facing death threats. > > An urgent matter for the PWC concerns the security of our PEC members. > > It has come to our attention that there are manoeuvres including the use of > money to kill our Provincial Secretary, comrade Alex Mashilo. This is driven > by elements who are bitter against the YCLSA for successfully contributing > in building and defending the SACP. The Provincial Secretary is also > targeted for allegedly leading a resistance by a certain grouping to replace > targeted leaders in the forthcoming COSATU congress, ANC conference and > further deal with some of them brutally after the ANC conference. > > Since this exposure more members of our PEC started to face death threats: > Head of Organising and Secretariat Maria Mochaka, Provincial Deputy > Secretary Takalani Mmbengeni, Head of Political Education and Ideological > Training Donald Mothoa and Tshwane District Chairperson Brian Mashile. This > week Maria Mochaka was kidnapped for ten hours with all the data from her > cell phone deleted. The matter is presently handled by police. > > Further appropriate measures shall be taken to deal with this matter > together with the SACP and to defend the YCLSA and its leadership. We shall > not be deterred whatever the threats we face in our programme of taking > responsibility for the national democratic revolution and advance the > struggle for socialism. We remain resolute against all the elements > including the New Tendency that want to use money, patronage and other forms > of the devil’s acts to hijack any of our organisations in pursuit of private > capital accumulation. > > As the YCLSA we do not welcome the process that was followed to reshuffle > and appoint the new executive council of Gauteng government as announced > this week. > > What is more problematic in particular is that the alliance and the > relationship between its two political formations, the ANC and the SACP, > have been and are undermined whenever critical decisions such as > constituting and reshuffling the executive council are made. We are an > integral part of the SACP, certain that the Party was not involved and > neither have its views been sought on the reshuffling and the appointments. > > We would also like to correct the wrong perceptions in the media that > Communists are being asserted through some of the appointments. On the > contrary if anything such appointments only seek to wittingly or unwittingly > undermine the SACP and its internal unity. > > We are convinced that something radically different is required to build the > unity, coherence and functioning of the alliance in Gauteng. The alliance at > the national level under the leadership of ANC NEC with Comrades Jacob Zuma > and Gwede Mantashe as President and Secretary General respectively > represents the best model from which we must take cue and not what is > happening in Gauteng. > > The YCLSA in Gauteng congratulates the South African Communist Party for > holding a successful 13th National Congress held from 11-15 July 2012 at the > University of Zululand in the province of Moses Mabida. > > The Party demonstrated that it has both analytical and growing > organisational capacity to lead the working class. > > The Party congress was highly united, debates robust, adopted resolutions > and a programme to radicalise the national democratic revolution and > intensify the struggle for socialism. The National Office Bearers as led by > General Secretary Comrade Blade Nzimande and the entire Central Committee > were elected unanimously. > > We congratulate the entire elected leadership including our National > Secretary Comrade Buti Manamela who was directly elected as Central > Committee Member. > > For more information Contact: > Matankana Mothapo > Provincial Spokesperson > Cell: 082 7590 900 > Sent from my BlackBerry® > > -- > 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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