North West Provicial Legislature committee on Local Government to intervene on municipalities issues.

North West Provincial Legislature

Tuesday, 03 November 2015
North West Legislature Committee
on Local Government to Meet
Department over Section 154 and
Section 139 (1)(b) Interventions in
Municipalities
On Wednesday, 04 November 2015,
the North West Provincial
Legislature’s Portfolio Committee
on Local Government and Human
Settlement will hold an oversight
meeting with the Department of
Local Government and Human
Settlements over provincial
government’ Section 154 and
Section 139 (1)(b) interventions in
municipalities across the province
in Rustenburg Civic Centre at
11h00.
Before the meeting, at 08h00, the
Committee will conduct oversight
visit to Marikana Housing Projects
to monitor progress registered at
the site and proceed with the
meeting with the department over
provincial government’ Section 154
and Section 139 (1)(b)
interventions in municipalities.
The department is requested to
present a report on the following;
• Ngaka Modiri Molema District:
report where the municipality was
dissolved, including section 139(1)
(b)
• Matlosana Local Municipality:
Section 154 intervention report
• Maquassi Hills Local
Municipality – Section 139(1)(b)
• Ditsobotla Local Municipality –
Section 139(1)(b)
• Madibeng Local Municipality –
Section 139(1)(b)
Ends.
Issued by: North West Provincial
Legislature: Media &
Communications Unit on behalf of
the Chairperson of the Portfolio
Committee on Local Government
and Human Settlements – Hon.
Motlalepula Rosho.
For more information contact
Namhla Luhabe on 079 527 0628.

Message of encouragement to matric 2015

As matric learner for this year I like to take this moment to share this idea with other matric, as we approach final examination.

Now is our time to do our best in coming final examination because this is opportunity to do our best and make people are with us proud, we must study as much as we can, it is not too late. We must be positive always so that we will get positive things, we must not make our enemies aware of how we feel because if we make them aware when we sad they will be happy.

We must take our studies serious now is our time to show people that we can make it because if we not make it our enemies will be happy and we must make sure that we study SMART not HARD because if we study SMART our examination will be SMART but if we study HARD our examination will be HARD. I hope we will keep this short message into our heart and into our long term memory until the end of examination.

Burnt of COSAS leadership who was Grade 12 learner

Burnt North West Grade 12 learner
to be buried on Saturday
Jun 23 2015 4:58PM

A Grade 12 Eletsa Senior
Secondary School pupil who was
allegedly burnt to death by her
boyfriend's ex-girlfriend will be
buried at Maboloka near Brits in
the North West on Saturday,
classmate Letlhogonolo Modibane
said.

Boitumelo Dhlamini was allegedly
abducted outside the school’s gate
by her boyfriend’s ex girlfriend last
week Thursday.
According to Modibane, Dhlamini
was abducted after writing an
exam, and was taken to Klipgat in
the North West, where she was
allegedly burned to death.

“They took her from the school
gate as she was about to make her
way home. The jealous ex girlfriend
with her accomplices travelled with her to a place called Klipgat where they poured petrol over her and burnt her to death,” Modibane
said.

Modibane described her classmate
as an ambitious and caring
person. “She wanted to achieve a
lot in life. She was very ambitious
and had great potential and always
worked hard at school,” Modibane
said.

North West department of
education spokesperson Elias
Malindi said he was not aware of
the incident.

“I am very shocked to hear this.
We will have to investigate it and
find out more on it,” Malindi said.
The four suspects, three women
and a man, appeared at the Brits
Magistrate's Court on Monday.
Police spokesperson Paul
Ramoloko said the case was
remanded to July 3.

“The suspects will remain in
custody until the 3rd of July where
they will be given an opportunity
to apply for bail,” Ramaloko said.
The Congress of South African
Students (COSAS) have called on
the government to initiate peer
group counselling in schools.
“It is high time the government
embarks on initiating peer group
counselling in our schools and
communities in general to avoid
such outrageous behaviour," Cosas said in a statement.

“We believe initiating peer group
counselling programs is the only
way to deal with internal matters
young people face in their daily
lives,” Cosas said.
Cosas secretary general Khulekani
Skosana said had there been
security in place at the school’s
gate it would have been noted that
Dhlamini had been taken without
her will.

“Had there been proper
mechanisms to deal with school
transport for learners to and from
school this could have been
avoided. The government should
also have security outside all
schools," Skosana said.

“We as Cosas have taken the
initiative to go and find these
perpetrators and we will do to
them what they have done to
Boitumelo. We must not find these
culprits first, the police must find
them first. If we find them first, we
will burn these satanic behaving
people,” Skosana added.

COSAS political lecture and leadership training

POLITICAL LECTURE AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING

Conducted by:Thatoyaone Moepetsane

THEME:MEMBER AND LEADERSHIP WITHOUT POLITICAL UNDERSTANDING IS DANGEROUS TO THE REVOLUTION.

"BACK TO BASIC, FROM INTENTION TO ACTION"

BUILDING CONSCIOUS ACADEMICS TO ADVANCE THE FREEDOM CHARTER !!!

POLITICAL LECTURE

COngress of South African Students was established in June 1979 ad a national organization to represent the interests of black school students in the wake of the Soweto uprising. COSAS organized students from secondary and high school. As well as technical, teacher training and correspondence colleges. Soon after their formation, the organization set up branches in the Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Transvaal, Orange Free State and Natal. This organization was established to campaign the interests of black school students, COSAS is the first organization to adopt the freedom charter. Other students organizations also assisted COSAS with establishing its branches in their areas.

COSAS first president was Cde Ephraim Mogale who was African National Congress member and was later to be convicted of furthering the aims of African National Congress, at the time of its formation the African National Congress was banned along other liberation movement under the unlawful Act. A guiding principle for COSAS was the view that the African National Congress was authentic liberation movement of South Africa.

In first two years COSAS took up two commemorative campaigns that authorities as ANC-supporting; the 1979 hanging of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) guerrilla Cde Solomon (Kalusha) Mahlangu and centenary of Zulu victory over British troops at Isandhlwana.

We us COSAS members we must join the African National Congress if we have 18 years and above, but if you have 14 years and above you can join ANC Youth League and YCL-SA, if you Anti-ANC that means you dangerous and you will always oppose organizational aim to rescue African National Congress and its leadership. We as COSAS members and leadership we must start to learn that branch is the basic unity of the organization. Our tusk is to mobilize learners to join our progressive organization.

COSAS recognized that Bantu Education was aimed at controlling and indoctrinating youth and that could change only by transforming the country's entire political system. Although it was primarily education focused, COSAS identified the relationship between educational and social transformation in its statement of beliefs:

> Students must be organized through democratically elected SRC's that known as RCL's nowadays in the schools.
> Students must serve the community, we are members of society before we are students and thereby show that students can play a progressive role in a broad democratic alliance.
> In serving the community, there must be a recognition that students play only a limited role in the overall struggle.
>The duty of the students was to lend support to trade unions and community organizations.

In 1982, COSAS adopted the theme; "Students-worker action" and promoted the formation of youth congresses to serve the interests of young workers and unemployed youth. These facilitated cooperation between school students, young workers and the unemployed youth. This had the dual effect of drawing COSAS into issues which affected young workers and the unemployed youth and drawing the congresses into school-related struggles. The organization provided essential support to striking workers and community struggles around issues such as transport increases, rent hikes and other issues concerning society and students in general.

We as COSAS leadership here in Sebetwane our duty is to rescue t young teachers that we have in our school teachers like Mr Lenner and Ms Lepedi and conscioutise them so that they will assist us to take COSAS forward. Also Thuso Thebe they must conscioutise young teachers that side so that they will help you to take your sub-branch forward. But not leave struggle in their hands alone.

LEADERSHIP TRAINING

Good leadership do heard rumors but do not act on rumors, Leadership born not made, you not elected because you famous but you elected because you have capacity and capability to lead organization. Good leadership knows that agreement reached through a process of discussion and debate is effective than agreement reached without discussion and debate and for my understanding leadership must have followers. You cannot lead organization by using your commonsense, you must guided by constitution and other documents. You can use your commonsense but that cannot make political sense and you cannot lead organization as if you runs supermarket. We must not be dictatorship but leadership and we must be loyal to the organization because if you loyal to me is another story. Good leadership treat all members equally.

We cannot have leadership that go around night woke municipal mayer demand money and transport for their personal gains, which is misconduct, we cannot afford to lead by that type of leadership that is power hunger and abuse power. I hope we will never electe that type of leadership again because their nothing but trouble to the revolution, we cannot lead by counter revolution, leadership that cause havoc that type of leadership is threat to the revolution. I didn't mean to hurt anyone but this is nothing but truth we cannot afford to lead by the following comrades: Cde Malebogo Lethobeng and Cde Moreetse Mosimaneeng.

TATA Madiba said I quote  "our generation fought against apartheid regim. The generation of now have the responsibility to fight against liberation and defend democracy".

Signature:-------------------------
                    Thatoyaone Moepetsane

tmoepetsane@gmail.com
0793674220

COSAS National Statement

Statement by the congress of south African students (COSAS)

The Congress of south African students (COSAS) invites members of the media to the launch of  "200 schools in 200 days"  campaign joint together with the BDSSA arranged as follows:

Date: 12 June 2015
Venue is in  Soweto (Moletsane Sports ground)

On this month commemorating the fearless generation of 1976 the organization will use this month to reclaim the day June 16 we however believe that June 16 should be student day not a youth day our formation in 1979 as the congress of south African students was influenced by the students uprising in 1976. Will also on the day of the launch of 200 days in 200 schools have a procession of a march to the venue where the launching will be taking place as part of paying tribute to the fearless students activists and the radical generation of 1976. Continuesly will on this June month intiate programs forging a war and making a clarion call against those rascals who displays our school uniforms in tarvens intoxicating alcohol saying they are celebrating June 16 we have however leant with concerns that each and every year south Africans celebrate June 16 like a festive season as the beacon of hope of the students advocating the interests of the students in pre tertiary level we find this acts very mediocre and we shall fight to the bitter end June 16 a students day no uniform shall be displayed in tarvens our uniform stands for academic excellence and its dignity shall be restored it needs to be respected. As an organization representing students of south Africa in pre tertiary level we will reclaim this day in each and every plartform we get it was a students uprising not a youth uprising we believe the students of south Africa deserves recognition in regards to the fearless mandate they vested to fight the apartheid accumulation regime Bantu education system. On our "200 schools in days" members of the National executive commitee of COSAS will be out doing school visit after the launch of the 200 hundred days in 200 schools campaign together with the BDSSA as we continue pledging our solidarity with the people of Palestine.

Issued by the the congress of south African students

Enquiries

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I'm prepared to die

I don't know why I still alive because I cannot get happiness, if die maybe people will live in peace, I just waiting my died day.

South African Youth And Students History

The Congress of South African
Students (COSAS) was established
in June 1979 as a national
organization to represent the
interests of Black school students
in the wake of the Soweto
uprisings. During its formation the
South African Student Movement
(SASM) and other organizations of
the Black Consciousness (BC)
movement were banned by the
apartheid government. COSAS
organized students at secondary
and night schools, as well as
technical, teacher training and
correspondence colleges. Soon
after their formation, the
organisation set up branches in
the Eastern Cape, Western Cape,
Transvaal, Orange Free State and
Natal. Branches in the various
provinces were set up with the aid
of executive members specifically
deployed into the various regions
for that purpose. Other student
organizations also assisted COSAS
with establishing its branches in
their areas.
Initially a BC orientated
organization, a year after its
formation COSAS became the first
organization to declare its support
of the Freedom Charter. Its first
president, Ephrahim Mogale was
actually a clandestine member of
the African national Congress
(ANC) and was later to be
convicted of furthering the aims of
the ANC. At the time of its
formation the ANC was banned
along other liberation movements
under the Unlawful Organisations
Act. A guiding principle for COSAS
was the view that the ANC was the
authentic liberation movement of
South Africa. In its first two years
COSAS took up two
commemorative campaigns that
authorities saw as ANC-
supporting; the 1979 hanging of
uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) guerrilla
Solomon Mahlangu and the
centenary of the Zulu victory over
British troops at Isandhlwana.
The organization’s principle aims
were the conscientising of students
and the wider community to the
repressive nature of education in
South Africa, and to participate in
the drawing up of an educational
charter for a future, non-racial
democratic education system. Its
view was that a democratic
education system could only be
achieved in a democratic society
based on the will of all the people.
It recognized that Bantu Education
was aimed at controlling and
indoctrinating youth and that this
could only be changed by
transforming the country’s entire
political system. Although it was
primarily education focused,
COSAS identified the relationship
between educational and social
transformation in its statement of
beliefs:
•Students must be organized
through democratically elected
SRCs ·
•Students must serve the
community, we are members of
society before we are students and
thereby show that students can
play a progressive role in the
broad democratic alliance
•In serving the community, there
must be a recognition that
students play only a limited role in
the overall struggle
•The duty of the students was to
lend support to trade unions and
community organizations.
In 1982, COSAS adopted the
theme; “Student-worker action”
and promoted the formation of
youth congresses to serve the
interests of young workers and
unemployed youth. These
facilitated cooperation between
school students, young workers
and the unemployed youth. This
had the dual effect of drawing
COSAS into issues which affected
young workers and the unemployed
youth, and drawing the congresses
into school-related struggles. The
organization provided essential
support to striking workers and
community struggles around
issues such as transport increases,
rent hikes and the like.
United Democratic Front logo.
Source: South African History
Online
In 1983, the COSAS welcomed the
formation of the United Democratic
Front (UDF) and played a key role
in the formation of the regional
UDF structures in all of the
provinces. It saw the UDF as
representing a common platform to
fight for a free and democratic
South Africa.
In its early years, COSAS, focused
on educational issues but with its
alliance to the UDF, by the end of
1984, its students were making
demands around educational as
well as political issues.
Throughout the 1980s, under the
banner of COSAS students have
staged a variety of resistance
tactics like boycotts, strikes,
negotiated and laid down
demands. In Cradock, Eastern
Cape students from seven schools
boycotted the transfer of Mathew
Goniwe, a teacher and anti-
apartheid activist. Goniwe was
being transferred by the
Department of Education and
training (DET) to be a principal at
a school in Graaf-Reinet.
Mourners at the funeral of the
“Cradock Four” 1985. Source:
www.saha.org.za [Accessed: 29
February 2012]
According to Bahman 2003, the
decision to transfer Goniwe was
part of a plan to remove him from
his community as he was seen as
a strong opponent and champion
of the residents. Two years (1985)
later Goniwe was assassinated
together with Fort Calata, Sparrow
Mkonto and Sicelo Mhlauli on
what became known as ‘Cradock
Four’. On 14 February 1984, a 15
year old student, Emma Sathekge
was killed and scores were injured
when police clashed with pupils
boycotting classes as they were
demanding, among other things
the removal of the age-limit law
and the right to form Student
Representative Council’s (SRC).
Emma Sathekge was killed in the
black township of Atteridgeville,
Pretoria. Her funeral was attended
by more than 10 000 mourners. At
the funeral, the COSAS speaker
Tlhabane Mogashoa said; “We will
prove in action that Bantu
education is evil. We will revolt
against it until it has been utterly
scrapped, dumped on the junk-bin
of history and buried once and for
all.”
At Minerva High School in
Alexandra Township boycotting
students were given a right to form
SRC. The students boycott on age-
limit law spread countrywide. The
recommendations by the age-limit
law were rejected by students as
from the inception in 1981.
Students marching to a funeral of
COSAS member in KwaMashu,
KwaZulu Natala, 1981.
Photographer: Omar Badsha
By the end of 1984, it had
succeeded in drawing community
support for the students struggle
when it successfully called on the
community to participate in the
Transvaal regional stay-away.
Demands made by the
organization included:
•The withdrawal of the SADF and
police from the townships
•Cessation of rent and bus-fare
increases
•Resignation of all community
councillors
•Unconditional release of all
political prisoners and detainees
•Reinstatement of dismissed
workers
•Educational reform
•The termination of unfair tax
discrimination
Poster: Offset litho, issued by
Congress of South African Students
(COSAS), 1985, Johannesburg
Source: Nelson Mandela
Foundation
By 1985, school boycotts had
rendered the schools unworkable
and ungovernable and mirrored the
collapse of the Black Local
Authorities in the townships. Their
slogan “Liberation now, Education
later!” saw chaos in schools
across the country and resulted in
the National Education Crisis
Committee being formed in 1986.
Eventually COSAS was banned in
mid 1985 as the state of
emergency was declared by South
African government. At the
inaugural conference of the UDF,
COSAS claimed a membership of
44 branches nationally and by the
end of 1984 it had developed a
well organized structure with
branches in nearly 50 centres
around the country, with the
majority of its membership coming
from the Eastern Cape and the
Southern Transvaal. By the time of
its banning in 1985, it was
estimated that the organization
enjoyed the support of almost 3
million students, or more than half
the country’s Black students.
However, COSAS continued to play
an active role although it was
banned. The organisation helped
to establish South African Youth
Congress (SAYCO) which was
secretly established in Cape Town
in 1987. During the resistance
campaign, launched by extra-
parliamentary groups under the
auspices of the Mass Democratic
Movement (MDM) in August 1989,
COSAS unbanned itself. On 2
February 1990, President F.W. de
Klerk announced the release of
Nelson Mandela and unban of
liberation movements. In May
1990 the organisation was
reinstated at Orlando Stadium,
Soweto. On the same occasion
Rapu Molekane, general secretary
of Sayco, said that COSAS should
support the process of negotiation
in South Africa. According to
Molekane, "people's education"
can be brought about only by the
transfer of political power to the
people. He supported the ANC's
re-quest for discipline during the
struggle. At the same time the
publicity secretary of COSAS, Mike
Dube, gave an exposition of the
organisation's re-building process.
In October 1990 two of COSAS's
management members joined the
Provisional National Youth
Committee, established to
reactivate the ANC Youth League
(ANCYL).