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bomenemene ditjheleteng tsa setjhaba. bothata bo boholo le mokgatlo wa ANC ka Ho thwe bopaki bo tla hlahella bo mora’ hore a hane ho amohela qeto ya ho mo bontshang hantle kamoo Magashule le ba fanyeha mosebetsing hobane a ile a hana ho bang, ho kenyeletswa le Majoro wa emella ka thoko, ka mora’ hore mokgatlo o mehleng wa Phethahatso Masepaleng o laele jwalo; hore ditho tsohle tse qoseditsweng moholo wa Mangaung, Olly Mlaleli, ba diketso tse tlhokolotsi tse kenyeletsang lohileng maqheka le mano ka teng ka manyofonyofo le bobodu di fuwe matsatsi a 30 makgetlo ho utswa dimilione-milione tsa ho emella ka thoko ho tloha mohla qeto. Ha a tjhelete ya mmuso ka bolotsana, ka tlasa dumellane le qeto e nkilweng, mme o hana ho moritaoke wa ho ntsha marulelo a e amohela. Bakeng sa ho ikobela tao eo le ho asbestos dibakeng tse ngata Foreisetata. ikamahanya le dipeelo tsa yona, ke ha a Diqoso di re Makgashule o ile a itjhebisa buisana le mekgatlo ya ditaba, a hlalosa kwana ha manyofonyofo le boshodu di boemo ba hae; hore e ntse e le Mongodi e etswa ka ditjhelete tsa setjhaba. O boetse Moholo wa ANC, mme o tla nne a tswelle pele o qoswa ka ho thola tu, empa a tseba ka ka boikarabelo ba hae le ho etsa mesebetsi ya manyofonyofo, bolotsana le boshodu bo hae. Ho etsa tjena e tla be e le ho nyedisa ntseng bo etsahala ba tjhelete ya taelo ya mokgatlo ya ho mo behella ka thoko. setjhaba. O boetse etsa se seng se makatsang hape: a PHOTO: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters Kajeno mathata a Monghadi Magashule a ntsha lengolo leo ka lona a reng o behella ka ntse a eketseha. Taba ya bohlokwa ke thoko Monghadi Ramaphosa boemong ba hae kutlwisiso ya mathata ao a tobaneng le jwaloka ka Mopresidente wa ANC! Ena ke “Ha ho setho sa ANC se se holo ho feta ANC.” Kajeno dintho di fetohile, ba bangata ba re ona ntle le ho tswakatswakanya ditaba: ketso e makatsang haholo e so kang e bonwa mantswe ana a lokela ho shebiswa ho yena ka hara mokgatlo wa ANC, mme le yona e ka Ana ke mantswe a sebediswang ka hara kajeno. Ho bonahala matla a mo phonyoha Bothata ba pele boo a tobaneng le bona nna ya bonwa e le nyediso ya lebitso la mokgatlo ha ho eletswa kapa ho kgalengwa jwaloka metsi a monyelang ka potlako ke case ya bobodu le manyofonyofo eo a mokgatlo. Hara dipeelo tse ding tsa ho ditho tse ngangisanang le mokgatlo. Ke lehlabatheng. Kgwedi e apohelwa ke maru! lokelang ho e lwantsha court. Bothata ba behellwa ka thoko mosebetsing, ke pehelo ya mantswe a lebisitsweng ho ba iponeng e le bobedi ke twantshano ya hae le mokgatlo hore Magashule a se bue ditaba tsa mokgatlo diphofu tsa sepolitiki esita le ba ba hlalosang Ditaba di mosenekeng ho Magashule. wa ANC, oo e leng ramosebetsi wa hae. O le lebitsong la mokgatlo kapa ho nka karolo ba hlokofaditswe ka hara puso nakong ya Mathata a hae a ntse a eketseha ho latela ho beheletswe ka thoko mosebetsing. Taba e matsholong le mesebetsing ya mokgatlo. boetapele ba Monghadi ‘Ace’ Magashule tshwarwa ha hae nakong e fetileng. kekelang ke ya bolatedi ba hae jwaloka Foreisetata, mmoho le moraorao tjena e se e Magashule o qositswe ka diqoso tse 21 tse radipolotiki – hore na bolatedi ba hae ka Le ha a entse boipiletso ho mo behella ka ntse e le Mongodi e Moholo wa ANC. akgang bobodu, manyofonyo le hara mokgatlo le setjhabeng ka kakaretso thoko mosebetsing, mokgatlo o lebeletse ho bo tla tshwaetswa ke taba tse pedi tsena yena ho sebetsa ditaba ka boikokobetso le jwang? tlhompho jwaloka ha ba ba ngata ba nile ba etsa le nakong e fetileng. Ha a sa etse hona Ditaba tsena di fapane, mme di lokelwa ho ho bonahala hore ntwa ya hae le mokgatlo e shejwa ka ho fapana. Ho ke ke ha thusa tla ba boima haholo, yona ya ‘Moitwantshi ya Parliament Oversight ho di tswakatswakanya hobane di na le lekang ho ntsha borikgwe ka hloohong’. tsamaiso le sephetho se fapaneng boraro ba tsona. Court, botjhotjhisi bo tla beha Ho se fumanwe molato court le ho atleha at Botshabelo Industrial Park bopaki boo Magashule a tlang ho bo boipiletsong ba hae ba ho behellwa ka thoko lwantsha le ho fana ka lehlakore la hae la ho ka mo matlafatsa, empa ho fumanwa a le ditaba le tlang ho bontsha ka moo a seng molato ho enngwe ya dintlha kapa kaofela ha a worthwhile exercise molato ka teng. Moahlodi o tla etsa qeto tsona, ho ka e tsa hore e be ‘tshomo ka hodima bopaki ba dipaki tsa botjhotjhisi le matheto’ bophelong ba hae jwaloka ka ba Magashule le bao a qositsweng le radipolitiki. Ho tla bonahala ha mmila o ntse o Parliament’s Joint Oversight Committee paid the Department of Trade, Industry and bona. puta! Jwale o se a lebisitse ntwa ya hae a two day visit to Botshabelo Industrial Park Competition’s Revitalization of Industrial Parks makgotleng a dinyewe ho tsekisana le ANC. recently. The parliament delegation was Programme which is implemented throughout Ha ho ka moo nyewe ena e tlang ho made up of Deputy Speaker of the National the country to renovate state-owned industrial tshwaetswa ke ‘taba tsa hae le ANC. Ditho tsohle tsa ANC di lokela ho sebetsa ka Assembly, Hon Lechesa Tsenoli, National parks that are located in historically Empa qeto ya court e ka tshwaetsa ho thata, ka boikokobetso le boitelo ho bopa Council of Provinces (NCOP), Chief Whip, disadvantaged areas. behellwa ka thoko ha hae mosebetsing kopano ka hara mokgatlo hobane mosebetsi Hon Seiso Mohai and Deputy Minister of esita le botho ba hae mokgatlong. Qeto ya wa tokoloho e phethahetseng le diphethoho Department of Trade, Industry and The 1st phase of the upgrade was completed lekgotla e tla tshwaetsa le boemo ba hae setjhabeng ho bonahala o sa le mo ngata. Competition’s, Hon Nomalungelo Gina and in 2016 and entailed the security infrastructure dipolotiking. Jwale o boetse o tobane “Inde lendlela esiyihambayo”. other NCOP members. upgrade, fencing, street lighting and critical electricity requirements at a cost of R24 Hosting the delegation was the Free State million. team lead by, Mangaung Chief Whip, Cllr Zolile Mangcotywa and officials from The Revitalization of the Industrial Parks Mangaung Metro, Free State Development Programme is part of the Industrial Policy Mandela condemns Israel Corporation (FDC ) and Department of Action Plan (IPAP) aimed at promoting Economic, SmallBusiness Development, industrialization in the country and boosting We call for an unwavering support for ANC MP and grandson of Nelson Mandela, Tourism and Environmental Affairs the country’s manufacturing capacity to Palestinian people. South Africans and Zwelivelile "Mandla" Mandela, said during a (DESTEA). This visit is part of the National increase the production of exportable goods. global community must support the cause march for support of Palestinian citizens under Council of Provinces (NCOP) initiated The programme is also in line with the of Palestinians. All must stand united unjustified attacks from the racist Israeli annual programme of ‘Taking Parliament to department’s economic transformation behind the people of Palestine. regime. “Today we make a call to the the People’ (TPTTP) Programme, to conduct initiatives aimed at ensuring that all regions of international community – rally behind oversight and to facilitate public participation the country and enterprises based there Like it happened with us during the Palestine, rally behind the innocent children, in Parliamentary processes. The delegation participate meaningfully in the mainstream struggle against apartheid where women, who are on daily basis exposed to came to assess the Free State Regional economy. international community rallied behind extreme methods of brutality, Renounce the Industrialization Policy which benefits from Continues on page 2 South Africans to defeat apartheid, so atrocities meted out against defenseless must we support the Palestinian cause. Palestinians. Continues on page 3 Foloing up o or comitments to the peole 2 may 2021 issue no.18

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The 2nd phase started in September 2019 and is valued at R40.5 million. This entails electrical works (heavy current), builders and electrical work to factories, sewer and roof repairs.

The Botshabelo Industrial Park has a manufacturing sector which employs more than 10 000 people in textiles, plastics and other sectors. The sector makes up 9% of the Free State’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and this comprises 4% of South Africa’s total GDP.

The joint Parliamentary oversight visit at Botshabelo Industrial Park also visited Botshabelo Digital Hub, Supreme Chicken and Manhood Clothing Factory. The delegation engaged with management and staff at these facilities as well as beneficiaries of the Digital Hub. The digital hub’s front desk - characterised by elegant and futuristic display will be home to many IoT enthusiasts Addressing management and staff, Deputy Speaker Hon. Lechesa Tsenoli thanked both beneficiaries for the first three years of by the work being done here. In the midst of and the MAP SEZ (M aluti-a-Phofung staff and management for their open and frank incubation. the COVID-19, employers seem to have made Special Economic Zone). As part of this engagement with the delegation. “This was a efforts to ensure that workers are safe. The industrialization programme, he visited very successful exercise and I would like to The delegation learnt that hundred waste management processes are of high Maseru Industrial Park in the Kingdom of thank all stakeholders for their support. As participants were trained in coding and standard making sure that the health of Lesotho, with flourishing textile industry. public representatives we have the gaming. The hub will be equipped with high- workers is indeed a priority. It is important for MEC Mohale is looking for collaboration with responsibility to monitor the use of public tech equipment to introduce these young workers to feel comfortable and taken care of industrialists in Lesotho who are looking to resources as well as the conditions our people people to the world of technology and at the work place”. expand their business. Botshabelo is the face: said Tsenoli. internet of things. natural location for the investment from the MEC for the DESTEA, Makalo Mohale has put neighbouring country. For the envisaged Digital Hub, training has In his closing remarks the NCOP Chief Whip great emphasis on attracting investments both been conducted to identify potential Hon Seiso Mohai said, “We are encouraged in Phuthaditjhaba, Botshabelo industrial parks SOURCE: DESTEA, BLOEMFONTEIN

Na mosadi a ka nyala Cabinet reconfirms Phase 2 of

Cabinet has reconfirmed the Vaccine Roll-Out sethepu? commencement of Phase 2 of Vaccine Roll-Out programme on Monday, 17 May 2021. This phase will commence by dialing smartphone can register and supported the decision to donate with the vaccination of persons 60 through SMS by dialing ID ventilators to India as part of South Ntlha e tsejwang le ho bueha setjhabeng le ha e etsa ditabataba number#. If you do not have an ID Africa’s commitment that the fight mehleng ya kajeno, ke ya sethepu sa monna ya nyalang basadi ba years of age and older and the national and provincial departments of Health number, dial *134*832#. Registration against Covid-19 across the globe babedi kapa ho feta. Ona ke mofuta wa lenyalo o neng o atile can also be done through the requires collective effort. kgalekgale. Kajeno Afrika Borwa mona ke methwaela feela ya will communicate the information about the location of more than three COVID-19 WhatsApp number by Cabinet is also aware of the concerns banna ba theputsang. Ho na le dinaha tse ding Afrika mona tseo sending “REGISTER” to 0600 123 ho ntseng ho bonahala banna ba nyalang basadi ba ba ngata. thousand (3000) the vaccination amongst South Africans about the centres. 456. Citizens must ensure they enter Covid-19 situation in India, and wish to their correct cellphone number and Le ha ho tsejwa banna e le bona ba theputsang, na basadi Afrika assure South Africans that the The commencement of Phase 2 will run residential address to be able to Department of Health and our scientist Borwa moo ba ka nyala banna ba babedi kapa ho feta? Ena ke receive information on the taba e ka qetwang ke baahi ba Afrika Borwa ka bo bona. Qeto e simultaneously with the continuing continue to monitor developments in vaccination of health care workers vaccination programme, when that country and that necessary and jwalo baahi ba ka e etsa ho ya ka tsamaiso ya ketso ya melao ya necessary. Those with no access to Palamente. Ena e se e ntse e le taba e lahletsweng Palamenteng (HCWs)whose vaccination was affected appropriate precautions and protocols by the regulatory issues that beset the technology, can also register at their are implemented to protect South ho tshohlwa. Ke karolo ya mohopolo wa ho lokisa Molao wa nearest vaccination site or with the Manyalo naheng ena. Hona le sehlopha kapa dihlopha tsa batho Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the USA Africans. and Europe. The Sisonke vaccination community health workers who will tse tlisitseng mohopolo ona wa ho lokisa Molao wa Manyalo ka ho visit various communities. In addition, Cabinet was briefed about o etsa hore o se be leeme mme o amohelehe le ho kenyeletsa plan which was expanded to 95 sites the slight increase in COVID-19 batho bohle, meetlo le ditumelo tse fapafapaneng naheng ena. across the country has vaccinated to The registration is essential for infections in the country and the date 434,980 healthcare workers people to participate in the application of necessary response Molao wa Manyalo wa Afrika Borwa o fetofetohileng le ho (HCWs) and will end on the 14 May vaccination programme and allow measures to curb the spread. ntlafatswa ho tloha nakong eo mmuso wa kgethollo o fediswang. E 2021. Cabinet is pleased that the traceability for purposes of medical ne e le molao o tletseng kgethollo le ho tima batho ditokelo tsa remainder of the HCWs will be follow-up should such be required in Cabinet reminds all South Africans to lenyalo ho ya ka moetlo, setso, tumelo kapa tlwaelo. Taba ena e vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccine until the future. continue adhering to non- hlahela Palamenteng jwalo ka hore puso ena ya demokerasi e further notice. pharmaceuticals health protocols to You do not need data or airtime to prevent the spread of COVID-19 of thehilwe hodima ditokelo tsa mantlha, mme motho e mong le e access the zero-rated SMS and mong o na le tokelo. Molao wa Manyalo o lokela ka tsela e jwalo ho Cabinet called on people who are 60 continuing to wear masks when in WhatsApp registration services. public; maintaining social distance of nehelana ka tokelo ya ho nyala ka tsela e bontshang kamohelo ya years and older to register on the Those who encounter challenges tokelo le boikgethelo ba motho mofuteng wa lenyalo leo a batlang COVID-19 Electronic Vaccination Data at least 1.5 metres; always wash whilst registering can call the hands with water and soap or use a ho kena ho lona. System https:// COVID-19 hotline: 0800 029 999. vaccine.enroll.health.gov.za. Those 70% alcohol-based hand sanitiser; and Karolo ya tsamaiso ya ho etsa molao naheng ena ke hore without online access or a smartphone Cabinet was briefed on the avoiding unnecessary travel and stay mohopolo o lohothwang ho etswa molao ka mabaka a utlwahalang; can register through SMS by dialing prevailing situation relating to home. a tsamaelanang le Molaotheo wa Naha esita le tsona Ditokelo tsa smartphone can register through SMS Covid-19 infections in India Mantlha tsa Botho, mohopolo oo, o ka hlahiswa Palamenteng kapa Lekgotleng la Ketso ya Molao ha eba molao oo o ama Porofensi.

Mohato o mong hara e mengata ya tsamaiso, e ba mohopolo o Ingodisetse kentelo ya - COVID-19 iswang setjhabeng ho se nonya maikutlo. Maikutlo ohle a ahelwa lesaka le ho ngangisana ka ona ka hara Palamente ke ditho tsa mekgatlo e fapaneng ya dipolitiki. Mohopolo o ka qhelelwa ka O ka ingodisa ka tsela tse latelang: thoko kapa ho amohelwa. Kamohelong ya ona mohopolo o tla sejetswa ka mekgwa ya tsamaiso ho fihlela o etswa molao. * Ingodise ka nomoro ya Covid WhatsApp ka ho romela molaetsa o reng “Register” Ka tsela e jwalo ke setjhaba ka bo-sona le dingangisano tsa baemedi ba bona Palamenteng tse tlang ho etsa qeto ya hore na ho 0600 123 456. mosadi a ka nyala banna ba babedi kapa ho feta. Letona la Naha * Ingodise ka ho romela SMS nomorong ena: *134*832*, e be o kenya nomoro ya lefapahang la Ditaba tsa Selehae,, Ngaka Aaron Motsoaledi o se a hao ya ID. ntshitse tokomane ya sethato ya ho tshohla taba ena. Eba karolo * Ha o le moahi wa Afrika Borwa ya senang ID o ka letsetsa nomorong ena ho batla ya diqeto tse etsang diphetoho tsa molao, nka karolo matsholong a Palamente moo e buisanang le setjhaba. thuso *134*832# O ka etela le ditsing tsa bophelo bo botle tsa mmuso ho fumana lesedi ka kentelo. Foloing up o or comitments to the peole 3 may 2021 issue no.18 Re a leboha Cuba, re a leboha!

Naha ya Cuba ke enngwe ya Cuba e rometse dingaka le dinaha tse tlasa puso ya bahlanka ba tsa bongaka dinaheng bokomonisi lefatsheng. Sena tse ngata tsa lefatshe ho thusa ho se ne se etsahale ka morao tshireletsa lefatshe koduweng ena. hore Basta a ketolwe Ke dinaha tse fetang 60 tse setulong ka 1959. Naha eo e thusitsweng ke Cuba ho lwantsha ile ya ba pusong ya Covid-19. Hara tseo ho bokomonisi tlasa Moetapele kenyeleditse: Afrika Borwa, Fidel Castro, mme ho tloha Venezuela, Nicaragua, Italy, 1965 ha e sa le naha eo e Mozambique le tse ding tse ngata. buswa ke Mokgatlo wa Makomonisi wa Cuba, Ke dingaka tse fetang 200 tseo Communist Party of Cuba. Cuba e ileng ya di romela Afrika Borwa ho thusa setjhaba Ka tlasa puso ya bokomonisi twantshong ya sewa sa COVID-19. naha ya Cuba ke e nngwe e Dingaka tsena di ile tsa phatlalla le itlhommeng pele ka thuto le dibaka tsohle naheng ya rona ho Monghadi. Faiezel Jacobs ditaba tsa bophelo bo botle le fana ka ditshebeletso. Ho o saena mangolo a thuto ya mahlale. Naha ena e bonahetse kamoo ba neng ba teboho lebitsong la ANC na le tlwahelo e ntle ya ho sebetsa ka boitelo le katamelo e phallela dinaha tse ding ka mofuthu bakuding. dithuso ka ntle le ho Dr. Pedro Perez Armes o amohela kgetholla. Ho bile ho utlwahetse kamoo lengolo la teboho ho tswa ho father Michael Lapsey, ya apereng botsho dingaka tsena di sa fellang feela Ho utlwahala ha meketjana Sena se pakahatswa ke tshebetsong ya bakudi, empa le ho e meng e ka nna ya Monghadi Lechesa Tsenoli le e tshwarwa diprofensing tse mong wa dingaka ba bontsha ditshebeletso tsa naha eo tsa thusa ka ho lokisa tse ding tsa ntle tse bileng teng ‘pakeng tsa ding. lengolo la teboho. bongaka tseo lefatshe lohle le disebediswa tsa bongaka tseo di Nelson Mandela le Fidel Castro di boneng ka makgetlo neng di se di sa sebediswe hobane Ha a bua moketjaneng ona, Setho tsa tshebedisanommoho nakong e feleng le kajeno. di ne di robehile mme ho se ya ka sa Komi e Bohareng sa SACP, ditabeng tsa bophelo bo botle.” E mong wa sehlopha sena, Dr Naha ya Cuba e ile ya thusa di lokisang. Monghadi Lechesa Tsenoli, o itse: Tsenoli o re boholo ba setjhaba Pedro Perez Armes,ha a bua o dinaha tsa Afrika ka sewa sa “Cuba e re lwanetse molamu wa le boholo ba Ditho tsa itse ba leboha haholo ka ebola esita le dinaha tse ding Matsatsinyaneng a tswa feta hlooho, hobane ketso ena e Palamente di amohetse le ho monyetla oo ba o nehilweng ho ka dikoduwa tse ileng tsa nna mokgatlo o bitswang FOCUS, bolokile maphelo a mangata. Ena thabela seabo sa sehlopha sena thusa: “Re lebohile haholo, tsa hlaha. Kajeno boitelo le Friends of Cuba Society, o ile wa ke thuso e ka tshwantshwang le sa dingaka ka mosebetsi o mme re ithule tse ngata mona botho ba naha ya Cuba di tshwara moketjana wa ho leboha thuso ya Cuba ya sesole Ntweng tswileng matsoho. Afrika Borwa. Ho tla ha rona bonahetse twantshong ya le ho dumedisa dingaka tsa Cuba ya Cuito Cuanavale e ileng ya eba mona ho re butse mahlo - ka ho sewa sa COVID-19.. ka mosebetsi o kgabane oo ba o le tshwaetso e kgolo Afrikeng e ka O lebohile boitelo ba sehlopha ithuta ka batho ba naha ena ba entseng naheng ya Afrika Borwa. Borwa, le seabo se se holo mme a ba lakaletsa leeto le tletseng botho le setswalle. Re Cuba e rometse dingaka le ntweng ya boitseko le tokolohong bolokehileng ho kgutlela hae. O a leboha ka tshwaro e ntle. Re bahlanka ba tsa bongaka Moketjana ona o ne o tshwaretswe ya rona. itse ba lebohele baahi ba Afrika lokela ho tshwarana ka dinaheng tse ngata tsa Salt River, Cape Town, ho leboha Borwa ho setjhaba sa ma-Cuba matsoho ho lwantsha sewa lefatshe ho thusa koduweng dingaka tse 67 tse neng di sebetsa Re hopola hore ketso ena ke ka bo-petswamajweng bana ba sena.” O rialo karabelong ya ena. profensing ya Kapa Bophirima. ntshetsopele ya dikamahano tse entse mosebetsi wa bohlokwa. bona jwaloka sehlopha.

From page 1 In South Africa, when the fury of the security He said the South African government forces was at its fiercest, Regina Mundi Catholic should shut down the Israeli embassy in Church in Soweto, and many other Pretoria. To this end Mandela urges South similar places elsewhere in South Africa, would Africans to march to Israeli embassy to force become places of refugee and safety for the its shutdown. “On International Nelson fugitives of police and military brutality. Mandela Day, we must convene in Pretoria Mosques are not safe anymore in Palestinian in front of the apartheid Israeli embassy – to territories. say to our government on the 18th July: We will see the apartheid Israeli embassy shut The Israel police and military’s wanton acts of down and removed out of South Africa.” He violence desecrate with impunity the sanctity of went on further addressing the crowd that in these places of worship. Al Aqsa and Sheikh Allahu Jarrah mosques are today focal points of Israeli“ ال أكبر :response chanted in unison akbar!” violence. These historic and revered Islamic symbols that When apartheid regime attacked unarmed have buoyed the Islamic faith for centuries, citizens in South Africa and neighbouring have now become Israeli police and military’s countries, it claimed that it was fighting excursions and playgrounds. terrorism. The world watched with Mandela, calling on South African Government to close down the Israeli embassy and appealing to South Africans and international community to support Palestinian people. indifference. When the apartheid government Their jaunts in these holy places have replaced did forced removals around the country, religious practices of many, including the salat removing people from their ancestral land, it st (the daily prayers), for those who use these justified its actions. The owners of the land’s Today it is the 21 century. It is unimaginable It tramples on Palestinian people’s rights mosques. Israeli government use pleas fell on deaf ears. When they resisted that a heinous system of apartheid still finds a without restraint; with forced removals, disproportionate force on unarmed civilians. they were met with brutal force of the place elsewhere in the world, and the world, displacement, arrests, killing and unleashing Worshippers, including elderly women are apartheid police, military and security particularly big and powerful nations of the assortment of terror against ordinary attacked indiscriminately in these places of elements. world, who purport to observe human rights Palestinians. worship. and advocate justice, equality and world To this day stories of forced removal, peace, are quiet, dead quiet. Unfortunately, it Lately, even the right of worship in some More and more voices, including Israeli citizens, displacement, maiming and killing remain is still happening! Israel government goes on public areas has been taken away from the are now condemning these cruel and senseless some of shameful and poignant part of our unabatedly with atrocious apartheid policies Palestinian people. The Israel barbarism has acts on Palestinian people by the apartheid th history. It was then, in the 20 century. against Palestinian people. outdone the South Africa’s apartheid cruelty. government of Israel. Foloing up o or comitments to the peole 4 may 2021 issue no.18

South Africa hosts international space conference

The South African Naonal and technical interchange on all Space Agency (SANSA) hosted aspects of space mission the Internaonal Space operaons, including areas such Operaons Convenon or as robocs, human, earth- SpaceOps2021 at the start of orbing, and deep space May. For the first me in the aspects of space operaons. 31years of the conference, it has interchange on all aspects of been hosted by an African space mission operaons, naon and endorses the including areas such as confidence the world has seen robocs, human, earth- with the excellence of space orbing, and deep space services coming from the aspects of space operaons. connent The three-day programme Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, included over 250 Technical the conference was held presentaons, four plenaries, a Standing in front of the giant antenna at Hartebeeshoek site, Krugersdorp, the Space Conference Organisation Committee from (L to R): Eugene Avenant (Chief Engineer), Gladys Magagula (Project Manager), Elsa de Beer (PA virtually, another first for this virtual exhibion, and much to MD), Dikeledi Mogorosi (Communication Practitioner), Raoul Hodges (Managing Director: Space Operations), convenon since its incepon in more. The Plenary Programme Sharon Petrus (Group Assistant) and Tiaan Strydom (Business Development Manager) 1990. hosted experts from all over the world to discuss “Space easy and leading to a record Val Munsami, says the first and how we contribute to the This internaonal forum Operaons during COVID-19 number of aendees. ever online SpaceOps2021 was global space value chain, now and focusses on space operaons pandemic”, “Commercial “Human spaceflight a resounding success. “Over 2 in the future, such as the experts, offering discussions on Ground staons: New Space operaons: Space Staons 500 delegates registered, and development of a new Deep Space state-of-the-art operaons and Tradional Space”. the Moon and MARS” and conversaons focused on staon in the Western Cape to principles, methods, and tools. “Space situaonal space operaons in a COVID- support deep space missions.” In addion, delegates in the The virtual conference was awareness: Protecng our constrained world. SANSA used space industry are also given an free of charge, making access assets in space”. SANSA this plaorm to demonstrate CREDITS: opportunity to foster managerial and parcipaon for delegates Chief Execuve Officer, our South African capabilies

ANC PCO e thusa Tool to fight state and corporate basebetsi ba jeweng tsuo capture and corruption

Ke makgetlo a managata moo basebetsi ba CAPE TOWN: COSATU welcomes President and its invesgang and disciplinary commiees to tsielehileng ba batla thuso Ofising ya ANC ya Ramaphosa’s signing of the Auding Profession avoid conflicts of interest; Boemedi ba Palamente, ANC Parliamentary Amendment Act into law. The Auding Profession *Capacitang IRBA to conduct search and seizures Constituency Office, ya monghadi Lechesa Tsenoli, e Amendment Bill will be a crical tool in the fight of auditors as needed; Botshabelo. Mme boholo ba nako ofisi e thusa ho against state and corporate capture and Despite aempts to block this by some dubious rarolla ditaba kapa ho lebisa ditaba tsa basebetsi corrupon. The Federaon elements in the auding fraternity, this is mafapheng a amehang kapa a ka thusang. supports the speedy crical to ensure IRBA is fully capacitated to implementaon of this progressive hold implicated auditors accountable. Criminals don’t need diplomacy. Ofisi e boetse ya kena dipakeng ho thusa basebetsi Amendment Act by government. *Empowering IRBA to instute disciplinary ba tsielehileng ka morao hore ba se fumane moputso Auditors have a legal and fiduciary procedures and impose sancons, including wa dikgwedikgwedi ba sebetsa. duty to ensure good governance in deregistering offending auditors. both the public and private Basebetsi bana ba babedi ka palo ba neng ba sebetsa sectors. It has been extensively COSATU is however worried that the konterakeng ya ho hula matlwana Botshabelo. Ba ile shown at the many Commissions of Amendment Act does not go far enough. ba hlalosa ha ramosebetsi a ba tlodisa kgati ha a Enquiry into state capture, that Despite the Federaon raising it repeatedly during the course of public tshwanela ho ba lefa, mme e ne e se e bile e le countless auditors were not Mathew Parks, Matthew Parks, only complicit, but in many COSATU Parliamentary Coordinator. hearings at Parliament and with dikgwedi tse nne ba sa fumane moputso wa letho. PHOTO: BUSINESLIVE.CO.ZA cases helped to facilitate the government in 2019, 2020 and 2021, Kamorao hore ba etse diteko tsa ho fumana tjhelete industrial loong of state and Treasury has refused to entrench into law ya bona ka ntle ho katleho, ba ile ba qetella ba lebile private sector companies. the exisng IRBA rule requiring the mandatory rotaon of auditors. This must be elevated to a ofising e tshweu ho ya kopa thuso. Monghadi legal obligaon, not merely an informal rule that Makoloane, mosebeletsi wa ofisi o re basebeletsi Workers are now paying the price in the collapse of key SOEs and municipalies, the disintegraon can easily be abandoned if corrupt persons return bana ba ile ba tla ho yena ofising ho batla thuso. O of badly needed public services, and in many to power. This is against the background of re hoba a utlwe sello sa bona o ile a ikopanya le cases lost wages and retrenchments. Workers in worrying governance noises recently at IRBA. This is ramosebetsi, mme ka mora dipuisano le ena the private sector have not emerged unscathed as extremely dangerous and reckless. ramosebetsi o ile a tshepisa ho lefa basebetsi. supposedly clean publicly listed companies were fleeced. Here too workers have lost wages and Government must be bold in dealing with Ha morao basebetsi ba ile ba lefshwa tjhelete yohle jobs. Public and private sector workers’ hard corrupon and the failures of auding firms to eo ramosebetsi a neng a ba kolota yona. Makoloane earned pensions too were pickpocketed when uphold their legal dues. The midity government o re ba basebetsi ba lebohile ofisi ka ho kena they were invested in such companies. has shown in dealing with corrupt elements will not dipakeng. O hlalositse hore ke mosebetsi le enable us to clean up the state. Parliament and boikarabelo ba ofisi tsa Boemedi ba Palamente ho The Auding Profession Amendment Act includes Treasury need to address this concerning weakness thusa le ho sebetsa mmoho le setjhaba e le ho tebisa many progressive provisions, such as: in the Amendment Act as a maer of urgency. ______demokerasi le ntshetsopele setjhabeng. *Prohibing pracsing auditors from serving on the Independent Regulatory Board of Auditors ISSUED BY COSATU (IRBA) Foloing up o or comitments to the peole 5 may 2021 issue no.18

NEWS FROM COMMENT PARLIAMENT

Refugees and asylum seekers reintegrated into society

The Portfolio Committee on Home Importantly, the committee appreciates education. “The committee is of the view Affairs welcomes the reintegration into the spirit of ubuntu personified by the that everything humanly possible has society of 414 refugees and asylum people of South Africa who have been done to assist the group of seekers, who were residing at the welcomed back the 414 people into protesters and their continued defiance Wingfield and Paint City temporary communities. This dispels the wrong is unjustified and irresponsible,” Mr site. The committee also welcomes the impression created that refugees and Chabane said. Lechesa Tsenoli voluntary repatriation of 305 refugees asylum-seekers are not welcome in and asylum-seekers from South Africa. South Africa. “The reintegration proves The committee welcomes the initiative by Progress in the matter is welcomed the long-held view that protests were the Department of Home Affairs and call and is a step in the right direction premised on misinformation and the Department of Social Services to towards resolving the issue. nefarious reasons outside of those that assist, especially in relation to school- were presented,” Mr Chabane said. going children. “We are even more The NEC of the African National Congress “Despite a number of challenges concerned by the suggestions that is acting decisively to arrest internal encountered since the start of the Meanwhile, the committee has called on children and women will be used as problematic behaviour, to restore people’s matter, the committee appreciates the the Department of Home Affairs to human shields when the removals are confidence in our leadership. work put in by all stakeholders to conclude the verification and implemented. This is inexcusable, conclude the matter. We further documentation of the remaining 43 especially in the context of generous welcome the visible collaboration people to ensure that the UNHCR offers made,” Mr Chabane emphasised. The Secretary General of the organisation, between the UNHCR [United Nations process is concluded. chooe to go to court rather than apologise Refugee Agency], the City of Cape As a way forward, the committee has for writing to the President, asking him to Town, the Western Cape Provincial Nonetheless, the committee is urged the department to develop a step aside because he said there were Government, the SAHRC [South concerned that some 350 people framework on how to deal with any African Human Rights Commission] remain defiant and have resolved not to similar future cases, to ensure speedy allegations against him as well. The NEC and the Department of Home Affairs to take advantage of the generous offers resolution guided by policy. concluded that the SG had no authority conclude the matter,” said Mr Mosa made by the UNHCR. Furthermore, the from any structure of the organisation to do Chabane, the Acting-Chairperson of committee is concerned that children An edited version issued by Parliamentary so and therefore had to apologise publicly. the committee. continue to be robbed of the right to Communication Servicesdited

This action by the SG is a costly exercise politically. He has set himself up on a slippery path. E ka o hatile … a namane! The SACP has fully supported the NEC’s actions to reign in its members and restore Remembering Denis Goldberg the confidence of the people. The SACP confirmed it will take similar actions should any of its members be charged with similar It is just over a year since Denis serious crimes including that of corruption. never wavered Goldberg passed on. His in his ideals, Denis was a Friends of Cuba Society (FOCUS) hosted a memory lives on, and many always speaking feisty, modest farewell function to 28 Cuban people remember him - what truth to power. professionals in Salt River Cape Town, who courageous he meant to them and what he He was down to were deployed in the Western Cape. character. stood for. We present some of earth and You could We expressed our deep revolutionary these thoughts about him as gratitude to them for continuing the legacy produced by #lifeiswonderful not commit of Nelson Mandela and Fidel Castro’s acts of solidarity health cooperation between our Denis died shortly before sabotage countries. They came to South Africa at the honest, choosing midnight on 29 April 2020, one against the invitation of our government to support our a simple life instead of material year ago today. In apartheid government in the campaign against the Covid 19 pandemic. riches which he could have remembering and missing early 1960s without a healthy come easily to him. We took of our hats proudly to the Cuban him, we share with you three of dose of courage and a bit of Henry Reeve Medical Brigade. Re itse ho the many tributes we received madness. That courage and bona, bathibile wa hloho molamu. We always admired the way in after Denis died last year. The touch of madness landed him which he coped with his long We are one out about 67 countries in which tributes come from different in the dock at the Rivonia Trial, struggle with lung cancer with the 11 million population Cuba sent their periods of Denis’s life. the youngest and the only kind of support. They fully, on behalf of their great fortitude, always The first tribute comes from white trialist to be sentenced country, deserve the Nobel Peace Prize. deflecting attention from Max Sisulu and the Sisulu along with Mandela, Sisulu, We are joining the growing campaign to himself, focusing instead on the persuade the Nobel Peace Prize committee family – to a relationship that Mbeki, Kathrada, Mlangeni and marginalised and voiceless. about them. dates back to before Denis and Motsoaledi. His incarceration in his comrades were sentenced a whites-only prison in Pretoria He was young at heart right to life imprisonment: for 22 years did not break his bonds with his comrades. until the end and we are so thankful and blessed to have We feel as if a member of our had him with us for this time. own family has passed away Our father Walter commented He is one of the last of a because Denis was much loved that when they reunited remarkable generation. by our parents, Walter and decades later, it was as if they Albertina Sisulu. Denis and my had never been apart. ke e: /xarra //ke father were great friends who We loved Denis for his We will cherish his Patria o Muerte, generosity, his keen sense of Venceremos! enjoyed a mutual love and memory always. humour and the fact that he admiration. Continues in the next issue Foloing up o or comitments to the peole 6 may 2021 issue no.18

Transcending boundaries of imagination XOLISWA KAKANA, CEO of ICT-WORKS, Board chairperson of SANSA FOCAL Point

Very often people think scientists are mainly concerned with scientific researches conducted through scientific methods and also involved in the academia. Not many scientists become entrepreneurs.Very few however have broken the mould and become successful in the business world. These people that may be considered to be given beyond average.

Xoliswa Kakana, is one of the few scientists that has just not managed to grow the third arm, but may be considered Land dispossession gifted beyond average. She has a brilliant business acumen and oratorship par excellence that would stir many consciousnesses. Her address to the 2018 graduating students indicates the level of her passion, respect and An injustice to an African Child knowledge for science, also her insight and zest for entrepreneurship - both transcend boundaries of imagination in By Jane Mufamadi seeking scientific explanation and dealing with societal issues confronting us today. It (address) stands out as a tool for motivation and guidance.

As a nation, we understand that land dispossession remains the Here are some extracts of her address to the students: bedrock of the oppression of the African community in their motherland. Not only Perhaps you are: . This is a true challenge to all of us, from in the African continent has land * first generation graduates in your whatever ideology: that the freedom of dispossession been a phenomenon that families, and you now are presented SA is not completed. has left millions of people deprived of with their property and resources. This an opportunity to break the cycle of I therefore come here knowing that, unfortunate practice has manifested itself poverty. whatever I am going to say to you about in other parts of the world such as the * from neighbouring countries in the world, and how I have experienced it, Latin Americas, and Asia. The incessant our continent, and had to, whilst is incomplete, and that is what underpins imposition of this heinous practice adjusting to my belief, that the best place to live remains an intractable problem that university, deal with a completely new is in imagination because in continues to pose a threat to people’s environment, and I have no doubt that imagination, we are never challenges. We must not forget that livelihoods, peace and security. Fortunately, and this has become a it satisfied with the status quo, we he builds on what has been common norm in the whole world, communities remain steadfast in doesn’t help when Dj Khaled keeps are always looking for new produced by the scientific demonstrating their resilience to this unforgivable practice. As a telling you all “No new friends”. possibilities. community over years of community, we are adamant that restoration of land that was illegally *from South Africa’s public and research. Imagination is beyond taken away from its rightful owners cannot be impervious to our private schools, where your parents Speaking of finding new possibilities guts, beyond boldness, and courage. It collective commitment to its reversal. had to sacrifice and pay a lot of money, through imagination, I am reminded actually brings them forth. of the story of our own rocket scientist, In circumventing the political and economic conditions that were as a Today you are graduating from an array Siyabulela Xuza, who grew up in Imagination opens up new result of land dispossession, South Africans had no alternative but to of scientific study fields. To you all, I Umthatha, Northcrest (had York Road possibilities. Combined-with- navigate their way to freedom through a number of fronts. have to bow my head, and say to you as his main street). Siya built a rocket knowledge, it is powerful, because Underground struggle spearheaded both internally and out of the that you are a sign of what is which achieved a height of over a Km. knowledge is what is already known, country, armed struggle led by liberation movements, mass struggle possible in our country. You are the This earned him the junior SA amateur what a person or society understands propagated inside the country, and international anti-apartheid epitome of what we need to do. If our high-powered altitude record in his of their current world, right now - no solidarity remained the cog within which the struggle against leaders and politicians could be as teens. In his quest for panacea, he more, no less. oppression and for land restoration was pegged. We also need to be dedicated as you are, if we business almost set his mother, Zanele’s kitchen reminded that the apartheid regime used several nefarious activities people could be as dedicated as you are, on fire while experimenting with My own inspiration to pursue the to silence those who were at the forefront of the struggle against land I have no doubt that Africa would be home-made rocket fuel. This young sciences, came when, I, at a rural dispossession. For instance, many South Africans who opposed the occupying its rightful place in the world man, did not allow a lack of resources, school in KwaZulu Natal, called Inanda apartheid regime’s horrendous antics on illegal land occupation were nor fear, to stand in the way of his Seminary, read about the first woman subjected to banishment as a means of extricating them from their I graduated at a time when we had big curious mind. Astraunaut, a Russian woman called communities. AmaKhosi were not absolved from this odious act. hopes about our country and world. Valentina Tereshkova, and of-course, Apartheid was at its peak, however we He also went on to snatch Intel’s top Mae Carol Jemison the first African Visiting Freedom Park today, one is met with a glaring reminder that had big hopes that education and award at the International Science and American, an electrical engineer, later while we remain proud that liberation movements were at the knowledge, would arm us to overcome Engineering Fair, including a sealed it for me. Despite then, not fully forefront on the struggle against apartheid and land dispossession, it and liberate us; That our leaders scholarship to Harvard. As Madiba, one understanding what an electrical the same accolades should be accorded to the gallant role of would return from jail and exile, to lead of his inspirations once said, “a winner engineer would do daily, my AmaKhosi in the same struggle. For this reason, Inkosi Hintsa; Kgosi us into this Utopia. We were part of this is a dreamer who never gives up.” imagination had been set alight by Sekhukhune; queen Manthatisi are some of the many AmaKhosi that big hope and excitement, .....the truth these two women. have been honoured at Freedom Park for their sterling and and reconciliation; our rainbow nation, Today, a Harvard University graduate, unrelenting role against those that sought to dislodge the African you name it. he is the youngest member of the Here you are, graduating from one of people of their status in their motherland. I am at the same time, consciously African Union’s energy advisory panel Africa’s prestigious Universities, with aware that, part of what is happening and fellow of the Kairos Society, a the motto “ where leaders learn” in the Perhaps the critical question is: Whether this intractable problem that now, is that there is a prevailing sense global network of global leaders using science faculty, where world-class has for centuries plagued our country will ever be rested? It cannot be of disillusionment and disappointment entrepreneurship and innovation to research in diverse scientific fields is denied that since 1994 milestones regarding the land question have amongst your generation; A feeling that solve the world’s greatest challenges. being produced. I have no doubt been attained. However, as a nation we also have to be true to what has been given by our generation His decision to pursue his passion for about the knowledge and leadership ourselves in being categorical in our pronouncements on the is a false dawn, a false promise. solving problems of energy for the lessons that you have amassed. shortcomings pertaining to the land question in our motherland. emerging world, has seen him make a Surely, these shortcomings are not insurmountable. It would I acknowledge your engaging in breakthrough in nanotechnology Actually, your being here proves therefore be remiss of ourselves if we abdicate our right to ensure that struggles that we need to hear, energy solutions that will change the beyond doubt that you are highly we, once and for all, deal with the land question that seems so far to struggles premised on the fact that, global mobile market forever capable of helping build a great future be an unbearable albatross on our necks. Let us constantly remind whatever our generation thought was for our country and our world. Science ourselves that dealing with the land question in our country cannot great freedom, to you, there are still This I find a very profound story, as it Education and research is in the heart be illusionary, rather this is a nascent commitment we all have other freedoms that need to be highlights for me, how imagination of all the innovation towards creating allegiance to. As we continue to honour the fallen struggle stalwarts engaged. For example, the fight for a transcends fear and helps us to see that a better world. The big question is: we should be equally reminded that these patriots have passed on dignified, de-colonized, free and which is not obvious, but possible, how far are you willing to the baton to us… let us not dare drop it. accessible quality education despite many obstacles, failures and. develop and stretch your own Ms Jane Mufamadi is the Chief Executive Officer at Freedom Park imagination? (Continues next ed.) Foloing up o or comitments to the peole 7 may 2021 issue no.18

These events and many others have gone The trade union movement must strengthen its SACP Centenary Series down as an inspiration record of working shop-floor mobilization. It must fight all forms of 30 July - 1 August casualization. One of the consequences of 1921 class solidarity and militant struggle. The South African Communist Party, SACP will be one hundred increasing casualization has been an ever- years old this year, 2021. We produce this special series leading On 26 June 1950, the ANC called for a growing army of vulnerable workers, thus leading to the centenary in which we continue with exclusive and intersting stories of courage and to the weakening of a number of COSATU one-day general strike in protest against affiliates. sacrifice, inspired by the desire to attain freedom and pursuit of social justice embedded in the the brutal murder of 18 unarmed workers founding statement and the noble ideals of the National Democratic Revolution. by the trigger- happy apartheid police and The current challenge facing the labour Learning from the Past, Active in the Present, Building the Future, Building Socialism Now! the Suppression of Communism Act. A movement is to focus on the organisation of ______Day of Mourning and Protest was highly vulnerable workers. In strengthening trade union successful and was the beginning of the organisation an effort must be made to intensify TH commemoration of 26 June as the “South the struggle against corruption. This includes 135 ANNIVERSARY OF MAY DAY African Freedom Day”, the Freedom intensifying the struggle against business By: Dr Lehlohonolo Kennedy Mahlatsi Charter was later adopted on this day in unionism – the use of one’s position in the trade 1955. union movement to advance private business interests. The workers must fight against job th losses. The living wage campaign must be This year marks 135 anniversary of May Day. The first May Day demonstration in South Africa The formation of COSATU in December intensified. More importantly the hazardous Millions of workers commemorated 135 years was held in 1895. It was organised by the 1985 gave impetus to this. Trade unions conditions faced by workers at the factory floor of May Day to celebrate their achievements Johannesburg Trades Council and gradually and community organisations fought for because of profit maximising must be dealt with. and pave the way forward in pursuit of their spread to other centres. In Cape Town, it was held the recognition of May Day as public struggle. They also honoured those who have for the first time in 1906. Since then the history of holiday. May Day 1986 turned out to be The Marxist argument that it is the labour of paid the ultimate price for the just course of the May Day in South Africa became entrenched as remarkable. Over 2 million workers stayed workers, and not the supposed intelligence and working class. part of the overall struggle against national away from work. They were joined by entrepreneurial spirit of bosses, that keeps oppression and class exploitation and became millions of youth, students and other society running, has long been ridiculed by May Day started 135 years ago with the militant part of our tradition. sectors in the communities. About 200 defenders of capitalism. In the conditions created struggles in North America and Europe for an by the COVID-19 pandemic, however, the truth of 000 people attended rallies all over the Marx’s claim has been brought into sharp relief. 8-hour working day, and it remains the day on In 1910, the May Day demonstration was led by country. which the workers express their solidarity with Tom Mann, the British Dockers’ leader and The people we depend on in this crisis are those their working brothers and sisters all over the international labour figure. He marched at the The alliance between the ANC-SACP- whose labour we depend on in everyday life: world. Workers at that time worked 12, 14 and head of the procession with Bill Andrews, one of COSATU is premised on a far-reaching nurses, teachers, those who grow our food and 16 hours a day under appalling conditions and the doyens of the labour movement who later national democratic revolutionary struggle those who transport it to the supermarket for very low wages. On 1 May 1886 factories, became the first General Secretary of the based on the pro-worker and pro-poor shelves, and the people who, despite the health all over the United States were brought to a Communist Party of South Africa in 1921. They ideals of the Freedom Charter. Among the risks, continue to serve us in the supermarkets standstill as 350 000 workers went on strike for were calling for the working- class most critical challenges facing the trade and chemists. The COVID-19 crisis has torn this an 8-hour working day. Chicago was the centre internationalism and solidarity. union movement today are casualization argument to shreds. The global economy is of the strike with 40 000 workers marching grinding to a halt because many workers have to and outsourcing. The struggle against stay home. The Bosses’ self-isolating in their through the streets. Many employers were The 1950 May Day celebrations was perhaps one informal labour practices and other forms mansions can do nothing to save the situation. All compelled to introduce an 8-hour day. of the most significant events in South Africa. The of modern day slavery must be intensified their supposed creativity and intelligence is African National Congress (ANC), Natal Indian as part of daily struggle in our various useless without the labour force that their wealth Lucy Gonzalez Parsons, an original founder Congress (NIC), Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC), workplaces. Workers in their various was built on. when May Day launched in 1886, was born into African People’s Congress (APC) and South workplaces know who is hired through slavery in the early 1850s on a Virginia African Communist Party (SACP) called for a labour brokers. It is ultimately in these Working class solidarity, democracy and plantation. She, her mother and others were mass stay away and demonstrations in support of workplace struggles that we will defeat the collectivism are building blocks of socialism. able to escape and move to Texas. There she better wages and working conditions. modern-day slave owners. We must forge Socialism is a society in which workers can met her future spouse, Albert Parsons, a former links with other fraternal left formations in democratically decide, using all our skills and Confederate soldier who helped register newly Despite enormous opposition from the state and creativity, what kind of world we want to live in, the world to co-ordinate struggle around rather than allowing a wealthy minority of freed people to vote during Reconstruction. employers, there was a huge stay away. At least key issues like environmental justice in capitalists to run society in the interests of profit. 10 000 people in Durban and 6000 in Cape Town the face of a destructive capitalist Lucy and Albert were forced to leave Texas due took part in marches. There were severe accumulation process, for world peace ______to the miscegenation laws that legally outlawed confrontations between the police and the people. against imperialist militarism, solidarity DR LEHLOHONOLO KENNEDY MAHLATSI mixed race marriages. They eventually moved Eighteen people were killed and 30 seriously with the people of Palestine and economic SACP Free State PEC Member to Chicago in 1873 where great labor struggles wounded. May Day took on a new meaning. sanctions against Apartheid Israel. He writes in his personal capacity. were taking place in the factories to demand an eight-hour day. Without union protection, the industrial workers, many of them poor immigrants Community Legal Resources Advise Center from Europe, were forced to toil 10- to 16-hour PERSPECTIVE:_ (CLRAC) worked very hard to restore days under horrendous working conditions. Both Mokhafisi Jacob Kena democracy in Lesotho and organized very Lucy and Albert became not only union “I have worked my whole life fighting against inhumane treatment of workers, successful stayaways. In collaboration with organizers but also developed radical anarchist Arch Bishop Tutu as mediator, the LCN and anti-capitalist ideas. After Albert lost his peasants, the poor unemployed in the so-called capitalist democracies advocated for the inclusion of a National printing job due to his political beliefs, Lucy around the world, particularly in South Africa and Lesotho” Dialogue clause into the “Restoration of opened a dress shop in her home to support him Prepaed by Cde Kena Legacy Colective in comemoatio of the life of Mokhafisi Jacob Kena: 1925 – 2016 Democracy in Lesotho Agreement, Sept, and their two children and hosted meetings for 1994. the International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union (ILGWU). Lesotho’s tragedy today is partly explicable The blurry future of Lesotho is what Based on the above 1994 experience, the by the failure of its transition of the early challenged Comrade K over the years to Lesotho Council of Non-Governmental The government hit back at the workers. The Organisations (LCN) convened the National police fired at the workers in Chicago and killed 1990s to develop and implement a robust redefine its future among the peoples of the transitional justice framework including world. dialogue on 17-22 September 1995 on six. On May 4, 1886, in a peaceful protest march “Democracy, Stability and Development”. at Hay Market Square in Chicago, a bomb was national healing following protracted violent conflict, reconciliation, truth-telling, justice, When the BCP won the 1993 general The national Dialogue was co-facilitated by thrown at the police. Police used this as an Dr. Malefetsane Michael Sefali, former excuse to attack the workers. reparation for human rights violations, election, the popular narrative among its accountability, combating impunity, etc. supporters was that the outcome Economics lecturer at the National University Transitional justice was supposed to have represented a poetic justice of righting the of Lesotho (NUL) and Dr. LBBJ Machobane, Leaders were jailed and union offices smashed. History Professor at NUL. In its 13-point Albert Parsons, August Spies, Adolph Fischer and been institutionalized in combination with BNP wrongs of 1970. Transition to establishment of strong, effective and multiparty democracy brought about declaration, the national dialogue, among George Engel were sentenced to death. In his other things (a) renounced violence as a address to the court, Spies said: “If you think that resilient democracy and peace institutions. enormous amount of optimism to many. We This is how post-apartheid South Africa has all smelled the Promised Land. But that land means of resolving disputes; (b) by hanging us you can stamp out the labour recommended a Reconciliation Commission; movement... the movement from which the healed the wounds of apartheid including proved a distant mirage. Although the through the Truth and Reconciliation military withdrew from state house and (c) advocated the review of Lesotho’s downtrodden millions, the millions who toil in electoral model; and (d) recommended the misery and want, expect salvation - if this is your Commission which was led by Archbishop retired back to the barracks, it did not retire Desmond Tutu. South Africa also put in from politics. This is how we are able to establishment of the independent electoral opinion, then hang us! Here you will tread on a commission. Of these recommendations, the spark, but there and there, behind you - and in place strong institutions for democracy and explain (a) the 1994 mutiny; (b) the palace peace building, which Lesotho lacks. coup of the same year and (c) SADC first two have not yet been implemented 25 front of you, and everywhere, flames blaze up. It years down the road. The last two have is a subterranean fire. You cannot put it out”. intervention that reversed the coup; and (d) Lesotho has failed to heal its own historical South Africa’s Nelson Mandela, Zimbabwe’s been implemented with the establishment of the IEC in 1997 and the introduction of the This subterranean fire has been a powerful wounds. We are a wounded society, but in Robert Mugabe, Botswana’s Ketumile denial; we continuously leak our historical Masire and Mozambique’s Joachim Mixed Member Proportional Representation weapon of the workers to crush the demons of (MMP) electoral model in 2001. capitalism under the under the banner- Workers wounds, hoping they will heal on their own. Chissano became guarantors of Lesotho’s We have been led by wounded leaders, democracy further whittling the country’s of the World Unite. In 1890 May Day was Even the adoption of the MMP followed celebrated internationally for the first time. with historical baggage for ages. They have already enfeebled national sovereignty. That led the nation promising an undefined was not the end of the problems for the new intense intellectual debate which showed the Solidarity meetings were held by workers in merits and demerits of various models Austria, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Spain, future; an unidentifiable promised land. BCP government. Instead of healing the historical wounds, facilitating the adoption of an appropriate Italy, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Britain and one which addresses our peculiar Poland. the trend points to pouring of salt into the During the 1994 August/ September Royal wounds fueling more conflicts hence the Coup Crisis – the LCN and affiliated civil circumstances. persistent instability of the country. society organisations (CSOs) such as the Continues Foloing up o or comitments to the peole 8 may 2021 issue no.18

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ARC uses technology to assist farmers

As an effort to ensure a successful and sustainable agricultural engineering as well as animal and Knowledge Brokers to access not only agriculture sector through efficient and effective production. information at the tip of thefingers, but to also extension and advisory services, the Agricultural access and interact with experts for technical Research Council (ARC) has developed the ARC Hub The app also provides information on training advice and support. The app effectively mobile application. The ARC Hub is an advisory programmes provided by the ARC for which provides a virtual platform for researchers, services application to support and enhance on-farm farmers and others canparticipate as well as advisory services practitioners and farmers to decision-making processes. books that can be purchased in the ARC. interact and learn from one another. Through the app farmers and experts can Accurate and timely information is required at every share early warning information for improved All users should register themselves to allow the stage of the agricultural value chain involving risk management in the sector. The ARC Hub ARC to improve support by sharing relevant numerous aspects of agribusiness management such tremendously improves the delivery of such information as guided by the user profiles in as land preparation; planting, animal management, information in a cost-effective, concise and terms of location and types of enterprises. water management, fertilizer application, pest user-friendly form at the comfort of the user’s management, harvesting, post-harvest handling, devise and space. The ARC acknowledges financial support for the packaging, transportation, processing/value addition, project from the Department of Science and quality management, food safety, storage and The ARC Hub is supported by ARC experts Technology (Chief Directorate: Innovation for marketing. through the provision and updating of agro- Inclusive Development) as well as collaborating enterprise support information as well as developers from mLab Southern Africa. The ARC Hub effectively respond to the technical addressing specific queries from farmers and elements of the values chain as reflected in the ARC extension officials as the information users on Users can access the ARC Hub app free research areas. These include research on vegetables the ground. from the Google Play Store as well as the and ornamental crops, deciduous fruits, tropical and App Store. It can also be accessible through sub-tropical crops, grain and industrial crops, soil The Information Hub, therefore, makes it the web on www.archub.agric.za. climate and water, plant protection, veterinary science, possible for farmers, extension practitioners SOURCE: AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

Dipuisano di bohlokwa ho tlisa tharollo le ho lokisa diphapang ho ba sa dumellaneng kapa ba tsekisanang. Ho bohlokwa ho mmuso le ho ditho tsa setjhaba ho kena Dipuisano ke tsa pele ho tlisa tharollo dipuisanong pele ba ka nka mehato e meng e ka lebisang tshenyong ya thepa le tahlehelong ya maphelo.

Ho ile ha eba le tshitiso e kgolo ya kgwebo motsemoholo wa Foreisetata, Bloemfontein kamora’ ho phatlalatswa ha lengolo le ‘Kwalang tsohle tsii Mangaung’, Mangaung Shutdown, le ileng la hlahela le ho mehloding ya diphatlalatso, ho kenyeletswa le diphatlalatsong tsa setjhaba, social media.

Ho ile ha tsoha morusu ho latela mohwanto o ileng wa hlophiswa ho isa ditletlebo Masepaleng o moholo wa Mangaung le ho Tonakgolo ya Foreisetata. Motjha ya dilemo tse ka bang 15 o ile a lahlehelwa ke bophelo ka ho thungwa letsatsing la pele la mohwanto leikeisheneng Bloemfontein.

Monghadi *Tefo Masene, e leng e mong wa bahlophisi ba mohwanto o boletse ha ngwana eo a thuntsweng e ne e se karolo ya mohwanto, o thuntswe a ne a ile lebenkeleng. Leha bahlophisi ba mohwanto ba re o thuntswe ke melata, meholodi e meng e re o thuntswe ke molebedi eo a seng a Batho ba eme matlotlosia, mme ditsela tse ngata di ile tsa kwalwa ke sepolesa ha tse ding di ile tsa thijwa ka majwe le kwaletswe le ho qoswa. ho tjheswa ha dithaere ho ileng ha sitisa phallo ya sephethephethe le motsamao o lokolohileng wa batho.

Masene o re morero e ne e le ho hwanta ho tloha lekeisheneng ho ya Braam Fischer, diofising tsa masepala hanetse ho tswela pele ka mohwanto moo jwale ba neng ho kekela ha meruso moo ho hlaselwang mabenkele a ka toropong le ho nehelana ka lengolo la ditletlebo ho ba lokela ho bua ka taba ya ngwana ya thuntsweng a se melata. O itse sena se ke be se sa etsahala ha eba ba ile Tonakgolo ya Profensi. O itse sepolesa se ba mohwantong. ba dumellwa ho tswela pele ka mohwanto.

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