Pule Mabe: ANC remains only non-racial home for all South Africans

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Unlike other political organisations who pay lip service to racial and gender representation, the ANC has actively advanced the interests of all race groups, writes Pule Mabe.
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When delegates to the African National Congress (ANC) consultative conference met on April 25, 1969 at Morogoro in Tanzania – the Congress Movement and its allies was beset by a number of challenges. Not only were they grappling with serious questions around what form the struggle against the apartheid regime should take, but also with issues around the identity of the liberation movement itself; more specifically the role of "non-Africans" in the ANC.

At that time, though the organisation was supported by allies in the South African Indian Congress (SAIC), the Coloured People's Congress (CPC) and the predominantly white Congress of Democrats (COD), its membership was still only for black Africans.
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Pule Mabe: ANC remains only non-racial home for all South Africans

Unlike other political organisations who pay lip service to racial and gender representation, the ANC has actively advanced the interests of all race groups, writes Pule Mabe.
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Then why do only people of colour benefit from certain legislation such as AA and BEEEEEEEEE, the same government that claims it's a political party for all races impose these rules upon the people of sa.
 
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Pule Mabe is the national spokesperson of the ANC. He writes in his personal capacity.
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Hardly. His entire piece reads like it was written by the spokesperson of the ANC. You cannot leave out that much of the dark side of the ANC's history unless you are the spokesperson for the ANC. If looking at the ANC's history pre-94 then why is there no mention of the outright racism that still existed in the highest ranks of the ANC as recently as 1986?
 
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The comrades will say anything to deflect attention away from their party's corruption and incompetence.

Seems people would rather support a party who robs them blind, than one they perceived as being non representative.
 
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santaman202 said:
Enlighten me ? As far as I know it caters for a specific race group in sa and excludes the rest
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"Designated groups" under AA refers to blacks (that is black Africans, Coloureds and Indians), women (of all racial groups) and people with disabilities.

"BEE" is a different matter.
 
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ForceFate said:
"Designated groups" under AA refers to blacks (that is black Africans, Coloureds and Indians), women (of all racial groups) and people with disabilities.

"BEE" is a different matter.
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Source: https://www.phinc.co.za/NewsResources/NewsArticle.aspx?ArticleID=247
The main differentiation between Employment Equity and BEE is therefore found in the objectives and beneficiaries thereof. Employment Equity applies only within the context of an employment relationship whereas BEE applies to the whole business on a much broader basis. Furthermore, the beneficiary base of Employment Equity includes all South African citizens except for white males that are not disabled, whereas beneficiary base of the BEE Act is focused on Black persons and per definition excludes white persons, irrespective of gender or disability, from its ambit.
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BEE makes AA irrelevant, IMO.
 
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