The youth league is worth fighting for. It will be rescued by young people who appreciate that the ANC has always been led by the most talented, educated and smart young leaders from its founding through its century of existence, writes Yonela Diko
Young people will have to fight to reclaim the credibility and legacy of league’s founding leaders
It’s true that there is no institution associated with the ANC that has been able to retain its organisational integrity, its independence and its oversight role in the last 10 years. The brazen use of patronage to secure support for the retention of that power and the purging of those who stood in the way became the modus operandi.
Unfortunately, the degeneration of politics into an all-out war for absolute power is not unique to South Africa.Politicians, young and old, somehow think they are engaged in an epic battle – a battle for ideology, for power, for resources and for control. These are young people on a promise, who are always ready to attack opponents – inside or outside the organisation – because in their coterie, that behaviour is celebrated as a sign of dedication.What this means is that if the ANCYL is to return to its former glory, if it is to reclaim the credibility and goodwill of its founding leaders, it is going to have to be fought for.
It therefore means that for those who may find themselves outside certain fields that require high barriers of entry, politics becomes their default profession. The ANC’s document Through the eye of the needle has asked the question of how the organisation should deal with “individual ambition, lobbying, promotion of friends and pursuit of selfish interests”.It has attempted to address the issues of internal contestation tearing the movement apart.
And there is no place more important to defeat the enemies of the revolution than at the national conference.
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