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17 February 2014 SACP Eastern Cape PEC statement The South African Communist Party (SACP) in the Eastern Cape convened its 5th session of the 6th Congress Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) meeting on the 15-16 February 2014 at the Gonubie Council Chambers, East London. The PEC meeting being our first PEC meeting post the successful SACP Provincial Council held late last year; dealt with the state of the organization and also dealt with the political situation prevailing here at home and abroad. The PEC meeting also dealt with and adopted the SACP Eastern Cape program of action for the year 2014, which is the year of our 7th Provincial Congress. This year is also the year of the 5th general elections in our country which we have no doubt that the elections to be held on the 07 May 2014 will be highly contested. We will also be marking the 20 years of our historic democratic breakthrough and the defeat of the apartheid regime and elitist government serving the minority and ushering in of the government of all the people of South Africa, inclusive, responsive, responsible and accountable to the people at large. The PEC meetings has in this context affirmed the need to ensure the overwhelming victory of the African National Congress (ANC) in the coming general elections by being active the election campaign as ANC members in our own right and independently as the SACP. National The meeting has noted with disgust the failed provocation march by the Democratic Alliance to the ANC Headquarters, Chief Albert Luthuli House disguised as the genuine concern for real jobs in appearance but in essence it is a provocation and high-jacking of the plight of our people for desperation of black votes for white power. The PEC asserted that a wolf in a sheep skin will always be a wolf! It is in this context that we affirm the right of our ally the ANC to defend its headquarters when under attack from the DA and other agent provocateurs; as the DA leader is on record having said "we are taking war to Luthuli House". We believe that the DA should be held responsible for any violence if there was any during the march which is the culmination of their declared war during peace time. The challenges that have emerged during the registration processes in the institutions of higher learning throughout our country are glaring and require all of us to work together in assisting the Department of Higher Education and Training in arresting such challenges. We are concerned by the fact that there is less said about the learners who failed matric on the year 2013 as some maybe roaming the streets. We are of the view that the concept of finishing schools should be re-introduced with a tighter policy framework. We should also ensure the de-stigmatization of the FET Colleges as they play an imperative role in skills development which our country desire. Provincial The SACP, Eastern Cape is gravely concerned with the high numbers of deaths of the initiates in each initiation season. The situation has now reached alarming proportions and therefore requires more hands on approach from the people's organs in the province working with and for the people. The situation ought to be arrested to ensure there is no more lives are lost during this passage to manhood. We welcome the relative stability in the Department of Health under the MEC Sicelo Gqobana as the past few months has been marked by a more hands on approach from his side as the MEC and the Head of the Department. We also appreciate the notable improvement of the Department of Education with a record pass rate since 1994, whilst the we might be ranking last in the pass rate but the province has not only improved quantity as represented by the passing rate but we have also improved in terms of quality as we have produced more students qualifying to study degrees and diplomas. The PEC meeting registered its concern on the continuous existence of corruption network in our provincial government departments. It is important that corruption is defeated as it represents a stumbling block on government delivering on its core mandate. We should as the ANC led alliance collectively ensure that there is no political protection of corrupt elements within government whether intentionally or unintentionally. The state of the local government in our province remains a cause for concern as some municipalities are struggling to focus on the provision of service delivery owing to the political infighting, maladministration and corrupt elements on the tendering processes. It is in this context that we are calling for de-tenderization of the state in favour of increasing state capacity for it to deliver to our people. We should as an ANC led alliance rescue the local state from the deep seated crisis it is in. We have noted the reported use of the millions of rands by both the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality and the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality during the passing of our late former President Nelson Mandela. We are calling upon the Department of Local Government and Traditional Affairs to get to the bottom of what has transpired in relation to the matter and ensure that anybody who might have misused money is brought to book. Impasse between workers and the BCMM The dispute between the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality in particular and workers in general has proven that with the alliance shared approach, we are capable of resolving what may appear as high mountain to climb. Out of what happened in Buffalo City many lessons should be drawn, amongst those is that whenever workers or people in general are raising their genuine demands we need to engage them in finding a solution and avoid being ignorant and thus making people or workers feel less important. This has also vindicated our party on what we have long said that SALGA is incapable of resolving disputes between workers and municipalities as they have failed to give benefits to their employees for more than a decade now. We are calling upon organized labour in particular and people in general to be vigilant and guard against those who highjack their genuine protests and vandalize property and other services. Be vigilant against agent provocateurs who seek to delegitimize genuine demands through violence and public disorder. As the SACP we commit to work with our allies in particular and the workers and the poor in particular in finding solutions to the challenges faced by the people. We commit ourselves in deepening, defending and advancing the National Democratic Revolution as a direct and uninterrupted route to socialist South Africa. Issued by SACP Eastern Cape: Contact: Siyabonga Mdodi, SACP Provincial Spokesperson Cell: 083 3588 070 Email: <mailto:[email protected]> [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. 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