SACP Mpumalanga statement of the Provincial Council
8 June 2010
The South African Communist Party met in its provincial council to review its programme since the 7th provincial congress on September 2009, to further consolidate its mandate and ensure that the Party in the province is able to continue to become a vanguard of the working class through programmes and campaigns.
The provincial council was attended by all alliance partners as part of consolidating forces within Mpumalanga province and this shows the importance and the centrality of the alliance within the province. Key issues that the council discussed were highlighted as urgent and very important.
The launching of the red card against corruption was conducted. The council highlighted corruption and tenderpreneurship as the biggest threat towards achieving our strategic objective which is the National Democratic Revolution. The council further noted that corruption and patronage in the province has reached a level in which the society is becoming an accumulation to fight for tenderpreneurs and corrupt individuals. Our movement in the province is being used as a spring board towards achieving the opportunity of influencing tenders, to be used for patronizing comrades within the movement for personal gains. We call upon all the people of Mpumalanga province to join our campaign against corruption and corrupt individuals, as the Party we are committed to fight corruption even within our own ranks.
Alliance
The alliance in our province is facing some challenges according to its effort on transformation and developments. We call upon alliance partners to recommit themselves on continuing to work towards unity and cohesion of our liberation movement as we believe it is still an important vehicle for the total emancicipation for our people. The council further call on the leadership in the province to meet and be able to deal with challenges which are engulfing our province such as low Matric pass rates, the assassination of our comrades in the province, the lack of quality service delivery on local government and lack of political cohesion which is weakening strength of the alliance.
Local Government
The council noted the importance of the forth coming local elections and further noted the challenges facing local government in the province due to lack of quality service delivery. We call upon all alliance leaders to ensure that local government is prioritized as an important service delivery tool of our people. The provincial council called on National and Provincial government to ensure that sufficient material and financial resources are deployed at local government for a successful turn around strategy.
We congratulate comrade Lucky Mbuyane for his election as a deputy secretary in the province. We believe his election will further invigorate the Party due to his commitment to the working class struggle. We also congratulate comrade Lemius Mashile, Flora Maboa-Boltman and comrade Solly Ndlovu for their co-option to the Provincial Executive Committee of the SACP in the province.
We also want to send our heartfelt message of condolences to the Mapailas family for having lost a mother on Saturday morning. We lost a mother who has been able to give birth to a revolutionary who is always committed to the struggle of the working class. May her soul rest in peace.
We red card corruption and tenderpreneurs in the province !!!
Contact:
Jonas Dikgale
SACP Mpumalanga Spokesperson 076 869 4360
