ANC YL and SASCO hold a highly successful bilateral
The African National Congress Youth League (ANC YL) and the South African Students Congress (SASCO) held a highly successful bilateral on 6 June to prepare for the ANC policy conference scheduled for the 26-29 June 2012 in Midrand. We had frank discussions on the many socio-economic and political challenges facing our country. We deliberated on the ANC discussion documents prepared for the policy conference and critically assessed their proposals in addressing these challenges. Amongst the strategic issues we agreed upon are:
Second Transition
As the ANC YL and SASCO we strongly disagree with the conceptualisation of the theory of our revolution as contained in the ANC discussion document titled ‘The Second Transition'. This document misguidedly claims that the past 18 years should be viewed as a period for democratisation (political transition) and that next 30 or 50 years should be dedicated to a thoroughgoing socio-economic transformation in the country. We reject the mechanical binary that the ‘Second Transition' draws between political and economic transformation.
As the ANC YL and SASCO we believe that political and socio economic transformation is not a two stage process. Our struggle has always been about the liberation of African people in particular and blacks in general from all forms of political and economic bondage. We call for a strategic shift in the characterisation of the ANC as a disciplined force of the left to be a radical force of the left committed to the meaningful implementation of the Freedom Charter. The ANC should further reaffirm white monopoly capital as a strategic enemy of the NDR until we make significant inroads in achieving the NDR objectives.
Free education for all in higher education