3 November 2010
Johannesburg - Scathing reaction of ANC conference civil society last week was "reminiscent of the paranoia of the era Mbeki", Conference co-hosts said Wednesday.
"This is a behavior that suggests the non or certain persons hide its flag have something to fear," said Section27 Executive Director Mark Heywood.
Section27 and Treatment Action Campaign jointly a Conference of civil society with the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) last week, a movement which brought angry ANC.
Former President Thabo Mbeki has not a cordial relationship with the TAC or alliance partner of the NAC, Cosatu and often criticized leadership.Cela style has led to the eviction by the current President of the ANC Jacob Zuma.
National Working Committee (NWC ANC) Tuesday accused Cosatu and civil society to take a stance towards the Government NCAS
Mantashe de Gwede for Secretary General triggered non implementation warning against the attempt to influence the change of regime.Mantashe said NAC - the Government should have been invited to participate as criticism "in absentia" and not taking into account the space to defend themselves.
"The ANC should not close the critical voice... the ANC should be capable of withstanding the internal critics," said Heywood.
"If she wants to go back to non-Mbeki, then it will close these voices."
Reaction of the party in power, coupled with its proposal for the Court of appeal and contentious protection bill media information suggested that there is "some people hell bent on the closure of these voices."
Heywood said Cosatu had committed to ongoing campaign with civil society, and considers that the Federation will be held in one.
He described Cosatu response of the General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi, ANC criticism as "courageous".Vavi describes as "paranoid" ANC response
Heywood warned, however, that civil society would step be trained in all political games.
"Civil society is not interested to be a pawn in of the someone set including Cosatu, there is a game", he said.
TAC President Nonkosi Khumalo said society civil would not excuse to go forward with the Conference and for having failed to invite the non or any other party policy.
"We have a seal of approval of them [ANC]", she says.
"I think that we need to be pessimistic in any way."
It said that it is not a meeting of political parties and civil society held talks with the Government and knew his politiques.La question of the provision of services is a problem for a long time", she said, adding that the Conference was a platform to find ways to deal with problems of provision of service"different ways ".
Heywood added that the reaction of the Northwest company was not surprising since people like the former Minister Siphiwe Nyanda communications, convicted fraudster Tony Yengeni and Chairman of the Youth League NAC Julius Malemba all seated on the Working Committee and were "people mired in allegations of corruption."
The TAC and Section27 believes that the North West company should welcomes the Conference and said in hindsight, that he still would not have invited political parties.
The aim of the Conference was to forge unity between civil society and "finding common causes and common strategies", in various campaigns for social justice.
The Conference would not be the last.
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