1 ANC Today VOTE ANC 12 VOICE OF THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS DAYS LEFT 26 April - 2 May 2019 Conversations with the President - South Africa’s Future is Bright 25th Anniversary of the Achievements of Freedom and Democracy t is fitting that we hold this and the aspirations of the millions 27th of April 1994. made an invaluable contribution to National Orders ceremony of South Africans who stood in The National Orders are the enriching public life: whether it is – to bestow our country’s line to vote for freedom on the highest honour that this country in the academic, social, cultural, highest honours on South can bestow on its citizens and technological, music, artistic, Africans who have so eminent foreign nationals. political and other spheres. faithfully discharged their Although they are conferred We are also joined by the families duty to their communities, to The man whose by the President, the recipients of those who have unfortunately theirI fellow citizens and to their name this award are nominated by members of passed away, to receive on their country – on the eve of such a carries, Oliver the public. behalf the recognition they so momentous occasion. These Orders celebrate individuals richly deserve. It is fitting that we recognise also Reginald Tambo, who have excelled; whose actions Proud of your determination, of the contribution of eminent foreign was one of the and works represent the triumph your courage, of your unwavering nationals who contributed to the main drivers of of the human spirit. patriotism, and of your persistence achievement and advancement of the international They are men and women driven in pursuit of the common good. our freedom. by purpose and service. There can be no greater human Together, the distinguished movement of solidarity We have among us here today contribution than to lay down recipients of the National Orders against apartheid. South Africans who have excelled one’s life to save another. represent the values, the ideals in a number of fields and who have Although continues on page 4 “...” The Fight We Must Espouse The achilles heel of for Freedom Must Tambo’s Principles the post-apartheid Continue generation 6 7 9 [email protected] Follow us on @MyANC 011 376 1000 Connect with ANC Today and be part of the Follow Us @MyANC Twitter page conversation via our social media platforms. www.anctoday.org.za Follow @myanc_ on Instagram Visit our interactive ANC Website CONNECT WITH US www.anc1912.org.za View @MyANC on YouTube 2 ANC Today EDITORIAL Unleashing our Energies and Focusing on Political Education By Elias Magashule elcoming guests to the opening of the OR Tambo School of Leadership, the Secretary General of the African National WCongress (ANC), Comrade Elias Magashule had the following to say, including remarks on former Elias Magashule ANC Secretary ANC President Oliver Reginald General Tambo, to whom the school is aptly dedicated: Comrade President Oliver Tambo is one of our outstanding sons, whose name is engraved a regular basis. Leadership will collaborate with in the epitaph of the pantheons cause of development of human the Mwalimu Julius Nyerere of the struggle for the liberation society at every moment, A political school is the nucleus, School of Leadership, including of our country and of human to analyse and understand other schools managed by other society. He belongs to those of and therefore an essential correctly every turning point former liberation movements in the few and the better, to those life, of any revolutionary of society and to carry out the sons and daughters of our soil, movement. It is like a factory the continent, for the purpose revolutionary transformation of whose names are emboldened of production which produces of achieving our strategic goal society”. in the glorious path of the heroic the calibre of cadres, the most of building a strong organisation The founder of the Communist on our continent and in the history of the struggle of our advanced elements in society, Party of China Comrade Mao world. people. with farsighted clarity on the Tse Tung said the following ideological and organisational A Board of well experienced Comrade President OR was about the important role of the forms of struggle society has to men and women led by the one the towering giants of cadres of a party: engage with at the turn of each former Secretary General and our struggle, and the longest “They must be modest and and every historical period. A Deputy President of the ANC serving President of our national prudent and guard against political education school is like Cde Kgalema Motlante has Liberation Movement. A humble arrogance and impetuosity, they servant of the people who no a nursery which hatches new been appointed to oversee the revolutionary ideas necessary functioning of the school. We are must be imbued with the spirit words can describe the pathos of self-criticism and have the of his outstanding feats and to guide the struggle for the confident that these able men courage to correct mistakes and his contribution towards the liberation of human society. It is and women of our Movement shortcomings in their work. noble cause of our struggle for a platform to empower society will be equal to that important Our party organisation must be freedom and dignity. Comrade with rich ideas to create better task. President OR Tambo was the living conditions for peace, Karl Marx, one of the extended all over the country epitome of our revolutionary freedom and equality. outstanding philosophers of the and must purposefully train theory for transformation of Last year, we attended an world revolutionary movement tens of thousands of cadres and society. His epic definition of auspicious ceremony of the said the following: hundreds of first rate cadres. the revolutionary Alliance as a official launch of Mwalimu Julius “... the ideas of the ruling class They must be politically far living organism born out of the Nyerere School of Leadership in are in every epoch the ruling sighted, competent in work, common struggle of our people the United Republic of Tanzania. ideas, the class which is the full of spirit of self-sacrifice, was a reflection of his rich The school is an important ruling material force is at the capable of tackling problems theoretical understanding of initiative to empower young same time its ruling intellectual on their own, loyal and devoted the nature of our South African people with the requisite skills force. The class which has the to the nation and the party. It revolution. necessary for the development means of material production is on these cadres and leaders Therefore, the inauguration of the African continent. at its disposal, has control at that the party will depend for its of the OR Tambo School of The OR Tambo School of the same time over the means links with the membership and Leadership will go a long way of mental production, so that the masses. in ensuring that we build a new thereby generally speaking, the Such cadres and leaders type of cadre, capable of leading ideas of those who lack the must be free from selfishness, We are confident means of mental production are the struggle of our people from individual heroism, subject to it. during that historic period of that the OR sloth, passivity, and arrogant The ruling ideas are nothing a hostile world dominated by sectarianism and be selfless Tambo School of more than the ideal expression forces of imperialism and neo- national and class heroes, colonialism. of the dominant material such are the qualities and We need to unleash our Leadership will relationships, the dominant style of work demanded of the energies and focus on political relationships grasped as ideas”. guarantee the members, cadres and leaders of education and therefore building on the capacity of our struggle of our One of the founders of the our party”. young generation, if indeed we Communist party of the Soviet We are confident that the OR want to eliminate the dominant people for the Union, Vladimir Illich Lenin said Tambo School of Leadership vestiges of imperialism and achievement of the the following: will guarantee the struggle of neo-colonialism in our society. “Our revolutionary scientific our people for the achievement To achieve this important objectives of our theory is the weapon to make us of the objectives of our national strategic political task, we need national democratic judge and define the methods democratic revolution. It is to make it compulsory that all of struggle correctly. That is a hoped that it will indeed be a our branches have systematic revolution. weapon that helps us to analyse fountain of wisdom for the future political education sessions on and understand correctly the generations. 3 ANC Today 4 ANC Today Conversations with the PRESIDENT continued from page 1 South Africa’s Future is Bright 25th Anniversary of the Achievements of Freedom and Democracy and support they have shown to community and their country. South Africa. A citizen enters fully into the social Through their actions they have contract, binding themselves into demonstrated the true meaning a collective for the greater good. of solidarity as Pope John Paul A citizen is an agent for change. II once defined it. We have among us today the very best of such citizens. He said: You have gained recognition “Solidarity is not a feeling for your dedication to personal, professional and other improvement; of vague compassion or to putting yourselves at the shallow distress at the service of your country; and for misfortunes of so many your willingness to do your part to make South Africa a better place.