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By OBAKENG MAJE
The ANCYL in Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati said, political education is essential in ‘shaping’ future leaders within its ranks. This comes after ANCYL held its Regional General Council (RGC) at Depot Hall on Saturday.
The ANCYL regional chairperson, Sello Mokwatsi said, they have recently experienced wayward behaviour from some of the ANCYL members, and that needs to be addressed. According to Mokwatsi, ANC continues to be the ‘Agents of Change’ and political education will assist them in building the ideological, intellectual, and organisational capacity going forward.
“This was an opportunity to engage on critical issues facing our people and the movement. Our RGC went very well and I am saying this because the event came on very short notice. We had logistics problems, but we are happy that the event was a success.
“What is important is to disseminate the message to the branches. So, as the host, we are happy regarding the outcome of the event. The message was inculcated to the branches,” he said.
Mokwatsi further said, with regard to disciplinary, as ANCYL, they have encountered inward-looking characters within the party, and that increased loss of credibility and loss of trust. However, he added that they cannot disown them, but educate them on how a cadre should conduct themselves.
“We will continue to educate them to take themselves seriously so that ANC will take them seriously too. We will also continue with our political education in order to teach our members how they should conduct themselves.
“Until we do that, it is our responsibility to ensure that the behaviour of our members is proper. Another issue that contributed to the low attendance is load shedding that continues to affect the network,” said Mokwatsi.
He said they could not get hold of some of their members who reside in deep rural areas due to poor network connection. Mokwatsi said these ANCYL members could not receive the information timeously.
“So, we will inculcate the message to them and ensure that it reaches everyone. We need to ensure that the guidelines are executed and adhered to the latter,” said Mokwatsi.
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