National Organiser of SASCO, Cde Lwado Majiza, was deployed by the NEC to officiate the PGC. We can’t also shy away from the fact that SASCO is a political structure and thus operates as one even though it is meant to champion the interest of students yet we have witnessed it turning into a political power climbing organisation where comrades would prefer to see their own branch fail at the expense of them climbing up the political leader. The PGC was filled by politics that seek to entertain certain individuals’ interests and not necessary the whole.
Initially, the CPT branch was the only branch that was present that was not welcomed into the PGC venue on the basis that there was a dispute towards the AGM that sat in CPUT Cape Town campus on 05 August 2017. It was thus resolved by the NEC deployee, Cde Majiza, with consultation of the SG Cde Makata that CPT should be allowed into the venue only as observers.
Cde Majiza stated that SASCO exists because there are issues in our respective universities that needs to be fixed. The gathering (PGC) took place during the anniversary of a historic time whereby the country remembers the formation of the South African South Congress (SASCO), on September 1st – 6th, 1991.
He went on to further state that various debates on Presidential Reports have been hosted. The President of SASCO Cde Moloja has released a statement informing the public that he has received the report and will release an official statement in due time with regards to the Presidential Report on Free Higher Education and the stance of the organisation.
The PEC meeting that sat on Friday, 01 September 2017, evening with the NEC deployee Cde Majiza adopted the credentials and resolved that all delegates would partake in the PGC. With that, it seemed clear that credentials had been adopted as per the communique given to the delegates. However, on Saturday it was discovered that Cde Mgxekeni had sent an email to the SG. The email was sent on 17 August 2017 and stated that he was complaining about the legitimacy of the AGM because he never sent an email to membership and PEC informing them about the AGM and the rest of his BEC was unaware of it.
When Cde Mgxekeni was called, he stated that he was not disputing anything however he was stating that he has been inactive for months and thus could send that email stating that an AGM will be sitting because he no affairs with the matters of the branch. The email was read by the presiding officer Cde Majozi. The presiding officer also stated that Cde Matiwane is indeed allowed to give a political input in meetings of SASCO be it AGM or BGM with or without the permission of the PEC as he is the political head.
The CPT Branch was discussed intensively and it was quite clear from the what was said that not all members of the branch who were pro the idea of saving the branch.
What was failed to be answered by the presiding officer is whether if it is only the inactive secretary who has powers to inform the PEC of an email he has called. In all the PGC resolved that the SASCO CPT BEC should be dissolved and an AGM should be conveyed soon. Mowbray campus was later on also dissolved as well.
It was also discussed that there are bogus deployees within the PGC. Some students from other institutions represented other institutions yet those respective institutions did not seat any BGM or AGM to deploy people from their specific branches. There was also a CPUT student who was an accepted delegate of College of Cape Town Crawford campus. Despite all these irregularities the PGC sat and recognised them as true delegates.
There were 60 expected delegates in the PGC which consisted of 50 branch delegates and 10 PEC members. The actual delegates that were present at the PGC where 32 branch delegates which excludes the SASCO CPT delegates. PEC members were 10 in total and thus that brought the number of actual delegates to 42. From all of this 20 branches where expected in total and from those 20 branches only 15 branches were present.
The delegates of the PGC as mandated by the branch, at the AGM was:
• Luchulumanco Nanto
• Nomzamo Madalane
• Anele Gebenga
• Sithathi Doda
• Anele Gladile
• Salma Suileman
• Asthandile Madushela
The PGC distorted for close to an hour after the presiding officer refused to listen to the CPT branch after he announced that the Mowbray branch alongside the CPT is not recognised.
A political lecture was later on given by Cde Matiwane and thereafter close to an hour and the Organisational Report which was given by Cde Joja commenced both reports where adopted without any rejection.
A motion of no confidence was later on passed on the PEC and the PEC is now under administration.
The PGC concluded at 01:10 this morning.
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