SACP Mpumalanga Provincial Council Declaration
22 June 2015
Taking the centre stage of workers mobilisation for Socialism!
The South African Communist Party (SACP) in Mpumalanga held a successful Provincial Council with 276 delegates in attendance, representing four districts and the Young Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA) in the province, graced by the presence of Central Committee member comrade Madala Masuku, our alliance partners the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and South African National Civic Organisation (SANCO), and the fraternal international formations the Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS), Swaziland Solidarity Network (SSN), Peoples United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO), BDS-SA and the Embassy of Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Sunday, 21 June 2015 at Waterval Boven TVET Campus, eMakhazeni sub-district.
The council received input from YCLSA, messages of support from the liberation alliance SANCO and COSATU, messages of International Solidarity from CPS, SSN, PUDEMO and the BDS-SA.
The council dealt with political development in the province, nationally and globally. As a standard practice, the council received political, financial and state of the organisation reports and further deal with discussion documents towards the Special National Congress to be held on 07 - 11 July 2015 in Gauteng.
June month: A historic month in the revolutionary calendar
The council paid tribute to the former provincial chairperson comrade Ephraim Eph Mogale who departed this world 12 years ago in a tragic and questionable car accident. We remain inspired by his contribution to the liberation struggle and struggle for socialism.
The council assembled just a week after the June 16 commemoration. This historic day changed the political environment in the country and made a clear political stance against the brutal apartheid regime which imbedded itself through education. The post democratic breakthrough youth generation must continue to make education fashionable and fight against patronage.
As we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the freedom charter, we reaffirm the National Democratic Revolution as a direct route to socialism.
The liberation alliance should not just celebrate the anniversary of freedom charter without meaningful implementation of the clauses inscribed in the document. The second radical phase of the national democratic revolution must fundamentally deal with the property clause and transfer of the means of production to the working class, as the motive force of the revolution.
Unite of the alliance is sacrosanct for total liberation of our people:
The council believes that there is a need to strengthen the alliance in the province as a revolutionary force of independent partners with a common programme of achieving the objectives of the National Democratic Revolution. We need a united and coherent liberation alliance which must continue to liberate our masses from the shackles of poverty, inequality and unemployment. This should never happen in the premise of undermining other alliance partners.
The council affirm the vanguard role of the Party within the components of the alliance and must continue to do so. We commit to unite the peoples camp, neutralise our detractors and isolate the enemy in cleansing the movement from wrong elements who infiltrated and now masquerading as revolutionaries whilst they are Trojan-horses to kill our beloved alliance.
SACP and State power
The council noted with concern the state of the alliance in the province with endless suppression of the Party in the province and a rising tendency of anti-communism across the country. The Party in the province will pursue other provinces in Special National Congress for the SACP to consider contesting state power through the ballot without breaking the alliance. This will not be pursued because of our view that the reconfigured alliance has totally failed in the province but, we believe the struggle for economic transformation is a class question and must be led by a class organisation; considering the responsibility of the Party in building elements, capacity and momentum for socialism.
Spy allegations: Political credentials do not need an inquiry
The council notes with concern the unresolved allegations labelled against the Provincial Chairperson of the ANC David Mabuza and the stance of the PEC, calling for inquiry. The council believes this matter dragged for too long without necessary attention from the national leadership to a point of creating lot of suspicions amongst comrades and society at large.
The ANC Provincial Chairperson must clear his name; those who were with him in trenches should affirm his political credentials for the period under scrutiny. We believe this matter does not need any commission of inquiry rather the movement be able to deal with it. The biggest question in our minds is that Is the revolution safe in his hands?
Release the Political killings and KaNyamazane hooliganism reports
The council notes with dismay the delay to release the report on vigilante-hooliganism which happened in KaNyamazane and left comrades hospitalised. Since then, the SACP had to intensify the security of its leaders due to continued threats.
We call on the swift actions against the perpetrators from both the ANC and the law enforcement itself. Being a communist in Mpumalanga province equals a treason charge and you face persecution till you succumb to those who seek to be worshipped. The SACP will never be liquidated by the Lumpen-Tenderpreneurs and like those who tried and fail, they too will collapse without succeeding.
We will never rest till such time political killers in the province are arrested and convicted. Communists too, have a right to life.
Towards the Special National Congress
The council dealt extensively with the discussion documents in preparation of the Special National Congress. The consolidated recommendations will be advanced in the congress as the provincial mandate for all our delegates.
Amongst key issues to be engaged upon:
- The SACP in relation to state power, giving proper context and analyzing the current political environment.
- Strengthening the vanguard role in the trade union movement.
- Giving a class context to the program of action towards a second radical phase of the transition.
- Assess the strength of our VD branches in dealing with day-to-day community struggles.
- Capacitate and consolidate our activism in the battle of ideas.
- The strengthening of the war room in fighting against the offensive by the Lumpen-Tenderpreneurs and agents of imperialism.
- The decentralization and bottom-top linkage of the membership administration.
COSATU 12th Provincial Congress
The council received message of support from COSATU in the province which included the state of the federation in the province and nationally. We acknowledge the strides to unify COSATU affiliates in the province. The Party will continue to play its vanguard role to the advanced detachment of the working class, COSATU. We noted dirty tricks and attempts by Lumpen-Tenderpreneurs who are in a political competition of enticing political structures and the trade union in the province. These attempts captured some leaders of affiliates especially from the public sector.
We call on all conscious workers to defend COSATU against possible capture by the Lumpen-Tenderpreneurs in the province. They worked tirelessly for the past 6 years to divide the Party and COSATU but failed. COSATU must be independent and advance struggle of the workers across all industries and sectors.
INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT
Swaziland:
The council notes with utter disgust the willingness of two South African soccer giants to participate in the so-called Kings cup in Swaziland. Knowing the historical struggle roles, the owners of the clubs played; we expect them to behave as patriotic citizens who respect human rights. Fame and populism should never be above human rights. We therefore, call on Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates to withdraw their participation and fantasy to please the monarchy at the expense of the working class.
Political prisoners are languishing without proper care in those jails. Working with progressive forces, we will intensify our struggle for the obliteration of tyrant monarchy and total isolation of Swaziland from the international community.
We still are calling on the South African government to grant comrades of Swaziland a permanent asylum status.
Cuba:
The council joins millions of South Africans to welcome three of the Cuban Five to the country. These comrades were wrongly arrested and convicted by the master of imperialism, U.S till they felt international pressure. We believe the decision of the Obama administration to release the Cuban Five was not a choice but the pressure exerted by the international community for solidarity and calling for their release.
Burundi:
Tribalism has and will always be an enemy of the revolution and development in a given society. Burundi is not immune from this demon entrenched by our colonizers in the continent. It is a country historically having an ethicized political contestation and ethnical civil war.
The tripartite alliance with the historical victory to unite Africans in general blacks in particular during our liberation struggle must intervene through political structure allied to us.
Strengthening of the liberation movements and progressive formations across the continent:
The SACP will work with progressive structures in the neighboring countries such as Mozambique to lay foundation for the establishment of the Communist Parties. The tripartite alliance must continue to strengthen liberation movements in the continent to fight against possible re-colonization and imperialists offensive.
Issued by SACP Mpumalanga
Contact:
Bonakele Majuba - Provincial Secretary
Mobile: 082 968 4877
Lesetja Dikgale - Provincial Spokesperson
Mobile: 076 869 4360
Tinyiko Ntini - Provincial Media Liaison
Mobile: 084 979 5999| 071 171 5984
Office: 013 656 2073
Email: sacpmp.media@gmail.com
