Conference can create hope or doom
Ramaphosa’s tardy rape remarks
POWER in the hands of someone who does not see the value of moral obligation in using it, is a dangerous thing.
There are various reasons why the Nasrec-bound delegates of the ANC, the governing party, should have no business in ignoring this clarion call.
After all, it was the political and economic disfranchisement of the vast majority of our people in South Africa that inspired Dr John Langalibalele Dube and Dr Pixley ka Isaka Seme to make a compelling call for unity among the oppressed masses.
Suffice it to say when those pioneering delegates, among them teachers, church ministers, lawyers and doctors, went in their hundreds to that historic meeting at the Wesleyan school in Bloemfontein,they had their dream South Africa in mind.
In that watershed meeting, the titanic movement of the African masses, the ANC was born.
When founding president “Mfukuzela” Dube made a resounding call that “the hour is come when we, the native races of South Africa, must be up and doing”, he impressed upon members their responsibilities and the moral obligation they had to their people.
The ANC was I’M INSINUATING that Cyril Ramaphosa is a hypocrite and an opportunist because of his remarks and comments regarding Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo’s rape allegations.
Why was Cyril Ramaphosa so quiet all along about this saga, especially with him being a lawyer? Why didn’t he refuse to serve under Jacob Zuma as the deputy president?
Why is he saying that Zuma is a rapist even though he was acquitted by Judge Willem van der Merwe? a vehicle to transform the “union” of South Africa into an inclusive non-racial and democratic country.
Unlike President Jacob Zuma, our forebearers put the country first even before the ANC. Going to this 54th watershed conference – no one doubts the amount of power which delegates wield – the moral obligation with which this power must be exercised must entail among other things:
The election of leaders with high moral capacity for the task
Isn’t that statement of his defamation and character assassination? Respecting and acknowledging court verdicts is the beginning of wisdom, because the rule of law is the cornerstone of of our constitutional democracy, “finish en klaar”.
Why is he only speaking about it now, when he knows very well that Kuzwayo is dead?
In a recent two-hour radio interview, Ramaphosa had a chance to convince us about his “economic vision”, espe- at hand and a political will to root out corruption .
Taking economically and socially viable resolutions from all our policy documents.
Working out a clear road map towards our country’s economic recovery, social justice and nonracialism.
Spelling out clear programmes to deal with poverty, unemployment and inequality.
There is a sense in which this conference gives hope to the masses of our people and potential investors. Equally true is the fact that it could cially his “10 point plan”, of creating 1 million jobs per annum, but he failed to do so.
I thought he would talk about the crucial P’s of marketing, such as; productivity (product and production), predictions, procedures (processes), procurement, performance, principles, policies, politics, power, people, peace, prosperity, participation, possibilities, professionalism, perfection and privatisation. Mekoa Sereme spell doom our people.
South Africans from all walks of life, are hoping the ANC delegates will use their immense power and privilege at this critical point in our history, to restore the battered image of this colossal movement and our beautiful country’s bruised moral, social, and economic global standing.
This is the moral obligation with which delegates must exercise their voting powers in December at Nasrec.
In the spirit of thankfulness that guided the founding of our movement, go and put your cross on the ballot paper in a way that will give the ANC and our country a breath of fresh air and a new beginning.
Watering down your moral standards to protect and entrench the whims and aspirations of compromised interest groups and a frightened and corrupt cabal will mark the beginning of the end of the ANC because in 2019, South Africans will unceremoniously eject the ANC from the chambers of power.
At the time of judgment, those who had laid down their lives for a non-racial and non-sexist equal and democratic society like Hector Pieterson, Solomon Mahlangu, Chris Hani, Ruth First, Steve Biko, and Arnold Timol will rise and condemn this generation of leaders as the ultimate architects of our demise.
Individual delegates who are privileged to attend this decisive conference unfortunately also run the risk of going down in history as the people who missed an opportunity to self-correct and in the process effectively rendered the national democratic society a stillborn.
Choose to use your power to give our movement and our country a future. George Mukhwa-RandimaWa Vhandalamo