EFFSC District 6 Was Not Allowed to Contest Elections That Before Due to Not Being Affiliated, the EFFSC Bellville Branch Was the Only Branch That Contested That Year
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EFFSC CPUT DISTRICT SIX BACKGROUND HISTORY Rundown Who We Are History The Inception The Foundation Rundown The Transformation The Wrath The Government History of Assemblies History of Chairpersons Get To Know Us ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS STUDENTS Who We Are COMMAND is a radical and militant student Economic Emancipation Movement which brings together revolutionary students, fearless, radical, and militant Activists, under the need to pursue the struggle for economic emancipation which is intertwined with free education. The EFFSC derives its existence from the constitution of EFF, it is governed by and adheres to the policies and programmes of the EFF. The EFFSC takes lessons from the notation that “political power, without economic emancipation is meaningless”. The Movement is inspired by ideals promoted and practiced through organic forms of political leadership. The EFFSC draws inspiration from Marxist-Leninist and Fanonian schools of thought on its analysis of colonialism, the education system, imperialism, race and class contradictions in every society. The EFFSC draws inspiration programmatically from Heterodox economics, whose conception of development in post-World War II is the most possible, coherent and cogent form of developmental path. Logo & Colours The Logo of the EFFSC shall be the map of the Continent of Africa representing a commitment to Who We Are its people, resources and humanity; The Continent will be coloured in green to signify the Land that must be restored to its people; from within the Southern tip of the Continent will be a black clinched fist signifying the unity in strength of the oppressed of the continent; The fist will carry a red pen signifying the new weapon to fight a modern struggle, mired in the blood of generations of fallen students who fought for freedom; At the bottom of the fist, shall be books; representing the significance of education, which can be used as a form of means of production to liberate the African people; Finally, at the northern tip of the continent shall be a gold star, representing the progressive internationalist character of our African Revolution, international solidarity and the pursuit of total emancipation of the oppressed peoples of the world. Rundown Who? The How & When? The Formation Inception FeesMustFall THE INCEPTION T H E C H R O N I C L E S O F K A T E K A N I N A M A N E W H O ? Katekani Namane was the chief founder of the branch. He was a dedicated revolutionary that joined the EFF in its inception in 2013 when it was not fashionable. He was a very ideologically polished cadre, a disciplined revolutionary that could articulate the ideas and principles of the movement at any given time and platform. His love and passion for the EFF and its objective of achieving Economic Freedom made him understand that for such to be achieved it was imperative for the organisation to find expression in the institutions of higher learning starting with the one he was registered in. He then dedicated his time in trying mobilise students to the ultimate call of Economic Freedom and fighting against the class enemy. His efforts shall forever be appreciated and remembered, history has no blank pages, the branch is where it is today because of his patience and dedication to the struggle. Salute and Respect to The Interceptor. H O W & W H E N ? The inception of the movement begun in the year 2014. Comrade Katekani Namane was the chief founder, he was later joined by another comrade who was passionate about the EFF comrade Bantu Kobese who was a Masters candidate at that time. The two met at District 6 Hostels where comrade Bantu was doing door-to-door for the mother-body, they then exchanged contacts and later met at the CPUT District Six Student Centre where they discussed the future of the EFFSC and what was to be done. Bantu came with another comrade called Lulo Makaluza and together they shaped and paved a way forward on what was to be done. As they progressed and managed to convince a few students to join they got in contact with progressive comrades from Mowbray Campus who had the same objective as them. Those comrades were Mthuthuzeli Zinganto and Lungisa Tshonyane. At that time all Students Command Branches in Higher Learning institutions were recognized as EFF mother body branches and Regional, Provincial and National Assemblies were around the corner therefore Mowbray and District 6 Lungisa Tshonyane, Mthuthuzeli Zinganto and Katekani Namane campus merged to form one EFF Branch and then ( Parliament 4 March 2015) Leadership was elected. C O N T I N U E S . Moving to the year 2015 Bantu Kobese was a victim of The inter squabbles continued and the branch financial exclusion and therefore had to leave the revolutionaries maintained discipline and isolated and Western Cape and go back to the Eastern Cape. After dismissed Lulo for trying to destabilize the movement the NPA which resolved that the Students' Command as he was the center of all squabbles. went on to must be established a resolution was taken that Lulo all campuses had to be independent and be join SASCO. The EFFSC revolutionaries who remained separated from the IEC demarcated wards that then behind soldiered on with the principle in mind that led to the District 6 and Mowbray combined EFF NO ONE IS ABOVE THE ORGANISATION and that branch to be disbanded. The District 6 campus then the organisation MUST ALWAYS BE PROTECTED had to formulate a task team and Lulo as was elected FROM REACTIONARIES AND AGENTS. the Branch Convener and Katekani the Branch coordinator. The NPA came with many internal squabbles and disagreements, the Andile Mngxithama faction caused many divisions in all branches, Katekani and Lulo were not getting along very well . After the EFF Rally held in Kwa Langa on the 21st of March 2015 Katekani met a dedicated cadre who happened to be a staunch fighter just like him and studied at the District 6 campus also, his name was Songeze Phahlindlela. The two met at the E-learning building on the 24th of March 2015 and Katekani invited to an meeting that was held at Songeze EFFSC CPUT Songeze Phahlindlela and Katekani Namane the District 6 Student Centre. (EFF Rally at Gugulethu Sports Complex, 15 May 2016) F O R M A T I O N A second meeting was held after the dismissal of Lulo where a decision was taken to elect a new task team. Task Team was as follows: Convenor: Songeze Phahlindlela Deputy Convenor: Sinazo Mgoqi Coordinator: Katekani Namane Deputy Coordinator: Siphatho Malotana Treasurer: Neo Mongale Few weeks later we removed Neo for disobedience and counter revolutionary behavior and replaced him with District Six Task Team (District 6 Student Centre, 5 June 2015) Sbongile Nyoni. After that the task team operated, working the ground tirelessly. The founding National Student Assembly (NSA) of the EFFSC was set to sit from the 14th to 16th of June 2015 at the University of Limpopo the branch delegated Katekani, Zikhona, Songeze and Sbongile (absent). Coming back from NSA the task team worked on recruiting more fighters for affiliation, but were clobbered with processes by the sitting SRC led by PASMA. That meant the EFFSC District 6 was not allowed to contest elections that before due to not being affiliated, the EFFSC Bellville branch was the only branch that contested that year. EFFSC CPUT Central (EFF Provincial Offices , 8 February 2016) F E E S M U S T F A L L Weeks shortly after the elections came the biggest As the movement was unfolding the President of the youth movement post the 1976 movement . Students country announced zero increment and all institutions across the country mobilized themselves towards the sold out including SASCO of CPUT. As a result District call of Free and Decolonised Education. The call was of Six pulled out and opted to go to back class since it course instigated by the call to increase fees by the was led by SASCO after they had won the 2015 SRC government. Student activism across the country was elections. Bellville on the other hand remained at its peak during this time, the existence of the EFF in resolute and continued with the struggle, forces the parliament also played its role in motivating young understood that the struggle was never about fee people to revolt against the system. The EFFSC NSA increment but about free education after dynamics resolved that EFFSC must mobilise at all institutions of had changed the struggle was then made institutional higher learning where it exist and shutdown in demand for free education and insourcing of and Clearing of Debts and insourcing were the workersNo organisation though can claim the ultimate call, District Six forces who were resolute had movement of FeesMustFall, it was a collective effort to go to Bellville in order to participate the struggle. although some used it as a rostrum for fame. Many The struggle was intensifying and the VC of that time populists used it as an instrument to enhance their Prins Nevhutalu forcefully evicted all residence political CVs. The EFFSC CPUT at that time was still students in his quest to try and dismantle the ground. trying to find its feet. and leaders PASMA SASCO The EFFSC came up with the solution of approaching dominated the space and ultimately controlled the the High Court to challenge the unlawful evictions, narrative, in District Six the EFFSC had deployed Songeze brought Adv Thwalo who was a well Katekani, Songeze and a revolutionary called Sam known EFF Lawyer.