{"id":4270,"date":"2011-09-19T13:45:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T11:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/09\/aaaar-avast-there-me-maties-%e2%80%98n-fellow-pirates\/"},"modified":"2011-09-19T13:45:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-19T11:45:00","slug":"aaaar-avast-there-me-maties-%e2%80%98n-fellow-pirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/aaaar-avast-there-me-maties-%e2%80%98n-fellow-pirates\/","title":{"rendered":"aaaar Avast there me Maties \u2018n Fellow Pirates"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h3><strong><a name=\"RGC\" id=\"RGC\"><\/a>RGC \u201cBilge-Sucking Scum!\u201d at St Albans<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>1<em>9 September \u201cBatten Down The Hatches!\u201d 2011 By <a href=\"http:\/\/mype.co.za\/new\/author\/Alan\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alan \u201cYe Scurvy Dog!<\/a>\u201c<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Th\u2019 \u201cNancy-Pants!\u201d Nelson Mandela Bay ANC Regional General Council met this past weekend at th\u2019 St Albans Correctional Services. Media representative, Ongama Mtimka be blistering kind enough t\u2019 send this summary o\u2019 th\u2019 weekend through:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nelson \u201cHands Orf Me Booty!\u201d Mandela Bay Regional General Council Declaration \u2013 St Albans Correctional Services:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We, th\u2019 delegates o\u2019 this Regional General Council o\u2019 th\u2019 African National Congress Nelson Mandela Region attended by 224 DELEGATES from branches o\u2019 th\u2019 ANC, Leagues, Veterans, Cosatu, SACP, Sanco, all other Mass Democratic Formations, National an\u2019 Provincial leaders, gathered at St Albans Correctional Services on th\u2019 16 September 2011 reaffirm our commitment on th\u2019 organizational renewal towards th\u2019 ANC Centennial Celebrations in January 2012. We reaffirm th\u2019 organizational wisdom o\u2019 these 99 years o\u2019 struggle, mov\u2019n towards th\u2019 100 years o\u2019 selfless struggle: work\u2019n together t\u2019 create a national democratic society.<\/p>\n<p>Our \u201cGreat Oden\u2019s Ghost!\u201d RGC takes place against th\u2019 backdrop o\u2019 th\u2019 many challenges confront\u2019n th\u2019 ANC at all levels characterized by foreign tendencies an\u2019 trends that be inconsistent wi\u2019 th\u2019 culture an\u2019 tradition o\u2019 this great movement.<\/p>\n<p>From \u201cParrot Strangling Slops Barrel!\u201d th\u2019 59 branches across th\u2019 length an\u2019 breadth o\u2019 our region, we have converged as blistering proud representatives o\u2019 th\u2019 ANC, lasses an\u2019 men, blunderbustingly young an\u2019 old, rural an\u2019 urban, black an\u2019 white.<\/p>\n<p>Th\u2019 \u201cAll hail the Flying Spaghetti Monster!\u201d run-up t\u2019 this Regional General Council involved Branch General Meetings o\u2019 our branches, through audits o\u2019 membership, an\u2019 active participation by members o\u2019 th\u2019 ANC. These preparations were, in they\u2019s self, a process o\u2019 organizational renewal build\u2019n aloft t\u2019 this RGC. This, in turn, has reaffirmed th\u2019 central role o\u2019 branches o\u2019 th\u2019 ANC, an\u2019 th\u2019 blunderbustingly right o\u2019 ANC members t\u2019 determine policies, direction, an\u2019 agenda o\u2019 th\u2019 ANC in th\u2019 Nelson Mandela Region.<\/p>\n<p>We adopted resolutions deal\u2019n wi\u2019 all areas o\u2019 organizational renewal through social transformation, build\u2019n local economies an\u2019, in so do\u2019n, creat\u2019n employment an\u2019 sustainable livelihoods; an\u2019 in th\u2019 process, build\u2019n more united, non-racial integrated an\u2019 safer communities, promot\u2019n community participation, media an\u2019 communication an\u2019 improv\u2019n local public \u201cI Be Cuttin\u2019 Off Your Peg-Leg\u201d services.<\/p>\n<p>Th\u2019 legacy o\u2019 th\u2019 past still imposes a heavy burden on South African society. As a disciplined force o\u2019 th\u2019 port, th\u2019 ANC\u2019s policies be rooted in th\u2019 needs an\u2019 aspirations o\u2019 th\u2019 overwhelm\u2019n majority o\u2019 South Africans, many o\u2019 whom be th\u2019 unseaworthily poor, marginalized youth, lasses, th\u2019 aged, children, swabbies wi\u2019 disabilities, an\u2019 swabbies liv\u2019n wi\u2019 HIV\/AIDS.<\/p>\n<p>Th\u2019 \u201cWalk Yon Plank An Be Quick About It!\u201d Regional General Council dedicated sufficient time t\u2019 discuss th\u2019 organizational report within th\u2019 context o\u2019 our objectives as inscribed in th\u2019 Freedom Charter.<\/p>\n<p>Th\u2019 \u201cFish Breathed Waster!\u201d RGC be frank in acknowledg\u2019n that tendencies o\u2019 blastedly ill-discipline an\u2019 misconduct have set in within various structures o\u2019 th\u2019 movement an\u2019 delegates resolved that this Regional General Council should mark a decisive turn\u2019n point in address\u2019n all such negative tendencies.<\/p>\n<p>Th\u2019 \u201cCurse Th\u2019 Powder Chest!\u201d RGC stated without fear or favour that thar should be no confus\u2019n signals an\u2019 messages from th\u2019 leadership on matters o\u2019 discipline.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This \u201cWhere\u2019s The Grub!\u201d Regional General Council has further reaffirmed:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>That \u201cUp The Jolly Roger With Ye!\u201d th\u2019 ANC remains th\u2019 strategic centre o\u2019 power an\u2019 th\u2019 ANC must nay trail behind th\u2019 state on major strategic an\u2019 policy issues.<\/li>\n<li>That \u201cGar, Where can I find a bottle o\u2019rum?\u201d th\u2019 ANC should rem\u2019n th\u2019 servant o\u2019 th\u2019 people as both th\u2019 ANC an\u2019 th\u2019 state belongs t\u2019 th\u2019 people.<\/li>\n<li>That \u201cBlimey That Smells Foul!\u201d nobody should be allowed t\u2019 use th\u2019 ANC or th\u2019 state t\u2019 pursue swabbieal, sectarian or factional agendas<\/li>\n<li>That \u201cI Needs Ya Gold!\u201d organizational renewal be th\u2019 principal task o\u2019 our time t\u2019 prevent th\u2019 degeneration o\u2019 th\u2019 movement.<\/li>\n<li>That \u201cTha Old Sea Dog!\u201d discipline should be restored an\u2019 cultivated in th\u2019 values o\u2019 th\u2019 ANC an\u2019 its ranks.<\/li>\n<li>That \u201cI\u2019ll Dance A Jig!\u201d ANC should build, safeguard unity an\u2019 cohesion.<\/li>\n<li>That \u201cI Be Cuttin Off yur Nose!\u201d th\u2019 ANC must invest more time an\u2019 energy in th\u2019 development an\u2019 strengthen\u2019n o\u2019 branches an\u2019 th\u2019 Leagues nay on unnecessary peripheral squabbles, tensions, gossips, an\u2019 slaughter\u2019n o\u2019 its own members.<\/li>\n<li>That \u201cYo-HO, me hearties!\u201d th\u2019 responsibility t\u2019 assert th\u2019 core values an\u2019 principles o\u2019 our movement rests wi\u2019 ere leader, ere cadre, ere member, an\u2019 ere supporter o\u2019 th\u2019 ANC.<\/li>\n<li>That \u201cHeave Ho!\u201d th\u2019 ANC deployees rem\u2019n accountable t\u2019 th\u2019 ANC an\u2019 that be nay debatable an\u2019 they must at all times carry th\u2019 mandate o\u2019 th\u2019 ANC.<\/li>\n<li>That \u201cThar She Blows!\u201d steps must be taken t\u2019 improve th\u2019 performance o\u2019 government through greater integration an\u2019 coordination o\u2019 structures as lustily well as th\u2019 implementation o\u2019 performance monitor\u2019n an\u2019 evaluation.<\/li>\n<li>That th\u2019 recognition o\u2019 all heroes an\u2019 heroines in th\u2019 metro will always be coordinated by th\u2019 Regional Executive Committee in close liais\u2019n wi\u2019 families an\u2019 both National an\u2019 Provincial ANC Offices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Consistent \u201cSmoke \u2018em if yew got \u2018em, matey!\u201d wi\u2019 our strategic goals, this Regional General Council has emphatically confirnmed th\u2019 relevance an\u2019 necessity o\u2019 th\u2019 Revolutionary Alliance in th\u2019 transformation o\u2019 South African Society, an\u2019 that we must pay particular attention t\u2019 develop\u2019n appropriate mechanisms t\u2019 ensure that strengthen\u2019n th\u2019 alliance.<\/p>\n<p>Once agin, thar can ne\u2019er be a blunderingly strong ANC alongside a weak SACP an\u2019 COSATU alike, an\u2019 vice versa. Fer th\u2019 ANC t\u2019 live an\u2019 lead, it must also strengthen its links an\u2019 collaboration wi\u2019 mass democratic organizations an\u2019 ensure that we build a salt-blastedly broad popular front fer faster change.<\/p>\n<p>Th\u2019 \u201cI Likes The Cut Of Your Jib Matey!\u201d Regional General Council noted progress made on all fronts o\u2019 transformation, includ\u2019n th\u2019 restructur\u2019n an\u2019 modernization o\u2019 our economy. Our macro-economic position has enabled t\u2019 a particular extent our democratic government t\u2019 direct more budgetary resources towards social spend\u2019n an\u2019 investment expenditure, includ\u2019n in infrastructure development, e.g. roads, free \u201cOr Not!\u201d basic services, housing subsidies etc.<\/p>\n<p>We acknowledge th\u2019 need t\u2019 strengthen alignment among th\u2019 blitheringly different spheres o\u2019 government t\u2019 ensure effective service delivery t\u2019 th\u2019 salt-blastedly poor.<\/p>\n<p>We must approach th\u2019 2014 national elections in th\u2019 context o\u2019 mobilization o\u2019 our people towards consolidation t\u2019 a democratic order an\u2019 a better life fer all, an\u2019 we b\u2019lieve that this can only be achieved through an overwhlem\u2019n victory fer th\u2019 ANC.<\/p>\n<p>We must concentrate all our energies in a Campaign towards acquir\u2019n o\u2019 ID\u2019s, so that o\u2019er 90% registration fer th\u2019 2014 elections takes place.<\/p>\n<p>T\u2019 \u201cBlast My Onion Breath!\u201d meet these objectives, th\u2019 ANC will continue wi\u2019 its efforts t\u2019 transform th\u2019 state. Th\u2019 Regional General Council has therefore resolved t\u2019 strengthen mechanisms o\u2019 accountability on th\u2019 part o\u2019 all cadres work\u2019n within various sectors.<\/p>\n<p>Th\u2019 ANC will also intensify its programme t\u2019 root out corruption in all spheres o\u2019 society, includ\u2019n those in government, private sector as blunderbustingly well as within th\u2019 ANC itself.<\/p>\n<p>Recogniz\u2019n that these efforts cannot bear fruit if carried out by government an\u2019 th\u2019 ANC alone, RGC reiterated th\u2019 position o\u2019 th\u2019 ANC t\u2019 build salt-blastedly strong links wi\u2019 community organizations, trade unions, religious bodies, business organizations an\u2019 people wi\u2019 disabilities, lasses an\u2019 youth structures as well as other organizations t\u2019 ensure that, in actual practice, South Africans act as their own liberators.<\/p>\n<p>Th\u2019 \u201cBlimey Thats Good!\u201d ANC an\u2019 its allies need, on consistent basis, t\u2019 challenge ideological outlooks an\u2019 practices that can undermine our commitment t\u2019 an ongo\u2019n national democratic revolution. Among some o\u2019 th\u2019 tendencies that can deflect us from our collective endeavour be neoliberalism an\u2019 ultra-leftism.<\/p>\n<p>Th\u2019 \u201cStab That Waster!\u201d ANC will approach th\u2019 forthcom\u2019n period as blitheringly strong, vibrant an\u2019 united organization, mobiliz\u2019n our people t\u2019 celebrate our blunderbustingly hard-won victories, t\u2019 draw critical lessons fer th\u2019 future, an\u2019 t\u2019 set out firm pointers fer th\u2019 progress that we need t\u2019 make. This requires that ANC strengthens its role as th\u2019 lead\u2019n political force in th\u2019 process o\u2019 fundamental change in our society particularly o\u2019 th\u2019 blitheringly poor.<\/p>\n<p>Our \u201cSlap me with a fish!\u201d Regional General Council expresses its appreciation fer th\u2019 hospitality shown by th\u2019 St Albans Correctional Services. Our experience here confirms our conviction that, united in our diversity, we can, as compatriots an\u2019 partners, construct a better tomorrow fer all.<\/p>\n<p>Special attention should be given t\u2019 th\u2019 Leagues, Northern Areas, Uitenhage, Peri-Urban Areas an\u2019 all wards we lost. We must build an\u2019 restore confidence astern in those branches.<\/p>\n<p>Th\u2019 \u201cSomethn\u2019s Foul in the Air!\u201d 100 years o\u2019 ANC existence celebrations in 2012 will be a turn\u2019n point as we strive fer th\u2019 longevity an\u2019 durability o\u2019 an organ o\u2019 development, transformation an\u2019 liberation o\u2019 th\u2019 people.<\/p>\n<p>Th\u2019 army o\u2019 organizational renewal, social transformation, reconstruction, development an\u2019 social progress be unstoppable.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RGC \u201cBilge-Sucking Scum!\u201d at St Albans 19 September \u201cBatten Down The Hatches!\u201d 2011 By Alan \u201cYe Scurvy Dog!\u201c Th\u2019 \u201cNancy-Pants!\u201d Nelson Mandela Bay ANC Regional General Council met this past weekend at th\u2019 St Albans Correctional Services. 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