ANC Today ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Vol 9 No 44, 6 November - 12 November 2009 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- INSIDE THIS ISSUE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- VIEWPOINT BY KGALEMA MOTLANTHE Tribute to Imam Gassan Solomon Imam Solomon understood that the ANC cadre carries many responsibilities to win the confidence of the masses. And as this story of a man and the community that produced him unfolded, the mission and purpose of the African National Congress was retold and affirmed. He was an excellent constituency worker in Grassy Park and a committed Parliamentarian. >>> More VIEWPOINT BY MATHEWS PHOSA Let us unlock further opportunities for both British and South African investors I have come to Britain as an elected representative of the ANC leadership to seek lasting commercial partnerships that will benefit the United Kingdom, Europe, South Africa and Southern Africa. >>> More LET US CELEBRATE OUR WORLD CHAMPIONS Support for Caster Semenya ASA members had been less than honest and very defensive and did not disclose their role in the process and in sanctioning the gender verification tests of Caster Semenya. They intentionally deceived South Africans, the President, Caster and her family. ASA should have protected Caster before they left for Berlin and in Berlin. It must come clean regarding their role in this saga. >>> More ---------------------------------------------------------------------- WEEK IN REVIEW ---------------------------------------------------------------------- No immediate plans to nationalise mines Deputy President tells Chamber of mines.Motlanthe told the Chamber of Mines AGM dinner that the state has no immediate plans to nationalise mines. He said the public discourse should be separated from public policy as the latter is an outcome of extensive multi-sectoral consultation within the African National Congress-led government. He said that transformation cannot be limited to changing the nature of ownership, but must enhance the contribution of the industry to development, the creation of decent work opportunities and sustainable growth. Equatorial Guinea frees SA mercenaries As a gesture of goodwill to President Jacob Zuma visit to the West African county, the Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema pardoned 62 mercenaries, among them four South Africans who were arrested in Zimbabwe in 2004 for the abortive toppling of the Equatorial Guinea government. The National Prosecuting said, the men may face possible prosecution under South Africa's tough anti-mercenary laws, including the Prohibition of Foreign Military Assistance Act. ASA apologises to Caster Semenya Athletics South Africa (ASA) has publicly apologised to Caster Semenya and her family, the President of South Africa as well as to all South Africans for its shoddy handling of Caster’s gender verification processes. ASA hopes that this will bring closure to a very unpleasant episode. It further announced that it is willing to make presentations to the Minister of Sport and Recreation to explain the actions taken by ASA officials prior, during and after the competition in Berlin. President Jacob Zuma concludes working visit to Equatorial Guinea Zuma has concluded a one-day working visit to Equatorial Guinea, aimed at strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries. He was accompanied by Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Minister of State Security, Siyabonga Cwele, and Minister of Energy, Dipuo Peters. The main purpose of the visit was to personally convey the message that South Africa is prepared to do what it must to ensure the implementation of previous agreements between the two countries. The agreements previously concluded are the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations, the General Cooperation Agreement, and the Agreement on the Reciprocal Protection and Promotion of Investments. RSA-Namibia Heads of State concludes a economic bilateral meeting President Jacob Zuma and his Namibian counterpart the President Hifikepunye Pohamba expressed satisfaction with the progress made in the implementation of bilateral projects that are designed to address the development challenges of their respective countries. They stressed the importance of the Heads of State Economic Bilateral Forum as a mechanism to foster closer cooperation between the two countries and directed that all identified bilateral projects should be fully implemented. President Zuma extends mandate period of Commission on Traditional Leadership Disputes and Claims In terms of section 25(5) of the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Act, 2003 Zuma extended the period within which the Commission on Traditional Leadership Disputes and Claims must complete its mandate. The Commission’s mandate period was due to lapse on 31 October 2009 and has now been extended to 31 January 2010. President Zuma appoints new members of the International Marketing Council Board Zuma appointed new members of the Board of Trustees of the International Marketing Council (IMC) for a period of three years, to oversee the marketing of Brand SA. The IMC was established in 2002. The mandate of the organisation is to develop and implement a pro-active and coordinated international marketing and communication strategy for South Africa. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- STATEMENTS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ANC pays tribute to struggle stalwart Ronnie Press, 5 November 2009 http://www.anc.org.za/show.php?doc=ancdocs/pr/2009/pr1105b.html ANC statement on government's termination of the A400 airbus contract, 5 November 2009 http://www.anc.org.za/show.php?doc=ancdocs/pr/2009/pr1105a.html ANC Progressive Business Forum (PBF) Global Activities, 5 November 2009 http://www.anc.org.za/show.php?doc=ancdocs/pr/2009/pr1105.html ANC NWC statement on the visit to Mpumalanga Province, 3 November 2009 http://www.anc.org.za/show.php?doc=ancdocs/pr/2009/pr1103.html ANC calls on Zille to take responsibility on BRT mismanagement, 1 November 2009 http://www.anc.org.za/show.php?doc=ancdocs/pr/2009/pr1101.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SPEECHES ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Address by President Jacob Zuma on the occasion of the gathering of Traditional Leaders in honour of former President Nelson Mandela, 5 November 2009 http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/show.asp?include=president/sp/2009/sp11052025 .htm&ID=2022&type=sp Address by the ANC Secretary General, Gwede Mantashe to the South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) Congress, 5 November 2009 http://www.anc.org.za/show.php?doc=ancdocs/speeches/2009/sp1105.html Statement by President Jacob Zuma following an SA-Namibia economic meeting, 3 November 2009 http://www.anc.org.za/show.php?doc=ancdocs/speeches/2009/sp1103.html Opening remarks by His Excellency, President Jacob Zuma, on the occasion of the South Africa-Namibia Heads of State Economic Bilateral Forum, 3 November 2009 http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/show.asp?include=president/sp/2009/sp11031122 .htm&ID=2020&type=sp Address by the Deputy President, Kgalema Motlanthe, at the Chamber of Mines of South Africa AGM dinner, 2 November 2009 http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/show.asp?include=deputy/sp/2009/sp11022317 .htm&ID=2019&type=sp Speech by ANC Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe, at the End Conscription Campaign's 25th Anniversary Celebration Thanksgiving Service, 1 November 2009 http://www.anc.org.za/show.php?doc=ancdocs/speeches/2009/sp1101.html Speech by Dr Mathews Phosa, ANC Treasurer General, at an ANC Progressive Business Forum briefing for British and European business and industry leaders, 29 October 2009 http://www.anc.org.za/show.php?doc=ancdocs/speeches/2009/sp1029a.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ANC WEEKEND PROGRAMME ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ANC National Executive Committee will hold its normal NEC meeting at Esselen Park in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, from 6-8 November 2009 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ARTICLES ---------------------------------------------------------------------- VIEWPOINT BY KGALEMA MOTLANTHE Tribute to Imam Gassan Solomon On Wednesday 28 October 2009, Imam Gassan Solomon passed away following a protracted battle with prostate cancer. He fought his cancer as bravely as he fought apartheid and later poverty. This was the death of a struggle hero, a Muslim Imam, Member of Parliament, a cadre of the ANC, and a decent human being. As news of his passing away spread, and his funeral arranged according to the traditions of Islam, the tributes and condolences poured in. Every message pieced together a chronicle of his life that soon was a chronicle of an entire community’s history - the story of Muslims of South Africa, and their struggle over 300 years. And as this story of a man and the community that produced him unfolded, the mission and purpose of the African National Congress was retold and affirmed. It is correct that the ANC is a broad church because it was this distinctive combination of traits that allowed a unique cadre and his people to find rest in the ANC’s inclusivity after centuries of slavery, exile, criminalisation and oppression - as people, blacks and Muslims. It is correct that the ANC has chosen a path of non-racism as both a goal and a method of struggle so that Imam Solomon and all Muslims, Coloured, Malays, Indians, etc could reconcile the values of justice, equality and peace with the values of the ANC that has had the historic mission of National liberation and the establishment of a non-racial democracy. The death of Imam Solomon and the history of the Muslim community causes us to pause and reflect on why he joined the ANC as his political house. Here was a man, at the age of 19, a victim of the Apartheid Group Areas Act that removed his entire extended family in 1964 from the family land in Constantia, which had been bought by his grandfather in 1902. His political consciousness was further shaped in 1969 when the Claremont Imam, Abdullah Haron, was murdered in detention giving direction to an entire generation of young Muslims, but effectively shocking the older generation - including the clergy - into silence, preferring a retreat into the rituals rather than the activism of Islam. From among the younger generation of Muslims, Imam Gassan Solomon was thrust with the leadership of the Claremont Main Rd Mosque, and the Mosque became the lodestar for the politicised Muslim youth who experienced the 1976 uprisings. From the pulpit Imam Solomon interpreted the Quran in ways that simplified Muslim Liberation Theology and he quoted the chapter that declares that the true heretic is the one who prays to God but does not fight for the basic needs of the people. This clarity of vision was allied to a practical strategy that understood that the Muslim masses needed to be mobilised and the key to this was to engender a vision and to inculcate courage into the clergy. It was this strategy that brought people like Gassan Solomon and Faried Essack into the Muslim Judicial Council. The fruits were immediately apparent as the MJC declared in 1983, in response to attempts to co-opt minorities into the apartheid system: The MJC “...believes that it cannot divorce itself from the rest of the oppressed and those with the same ideals in the formation of a united democratic front, to oppose a system of apartheid in South Africa.” This opened the floodgates for Muslim participation in the anti-apartheid struggle, through the United Democratic Front (UDF). Imam Solomon and others immediately understood the need for a vehicle to harness this moment, and in 1984, The Call of Islam was born with Imam Solomon as Amir (President) at a rally of 8000 people in a mosque on the Cape Flats. Imam Gassan inspired Muslims with his oratory into mass action against apartheid that was evident in the way in which mosques, schools and the streets of the Cape Flats reverberated with chants of both Amandla and Allahu Akbar! But while at a mass level the battle was won by The Call of Islam - now a UDF affiliate - there was intense theological, intellectual and theoretical contestation within the Muslim leadership about whether a democratic state or an Islamic state should be a goal, and about whether Muslims can participate with communists and non-Muslims, and many others. Again The Call of Islam prevailed. By 1985 the apartheid state understood the Muslim capacity for Martyrdom and sacrifice and acted to deal with the leadership by detaining, threatening, exiling and vilifying them. Imam Solomon went into exile in Saudi Arabia and returned to help build the New South Africa. But the legacy had been established as Muslims swelled the ranks of the UDF’s mass base, the ANC’s underground and Umkhonto we Sizwe, driven by the simple removal of any contradiction between Islam and the ANC as the premier Liberation organisation. Imam Solomon understood that the ANC cadre carries many responsibilities to win the confidence of the masses. It is this that made him a driving force in the Zakaah Fund that distributes food to the destitute, the Voice of the Cape Radio Station and many other organisations of the people. He was an excellent constituency worker in Grassy Park and a committed Parliamentarian. Imam Gassan Solomon has done his ancestor, Tuan Guru, proud. He completed a struggle started by Tuan Guru, an exile from Indonesia in Cape Town because of his fight against Dutch colonialism, one of the first prisoners on Robben Island, a man who established the first Mosque and Madrassa in South Africa, a unifier of all the oppressed: slaves from Malaya, the West Coast of Africa, and from among the indigenous people of the Cape. Today, they are all fused into one single community that produced Imam Gassan Solomon. The ANC mourns with his family. Their loss is our loss. His legacy will not be lost. The ANC is proud that we were able to be his home. His death has shone a light on the values and principles that has made the ANC the home for all South Africans committed to an equal, democratic and non-racial society. We recommit ourselves to these. Pick up his spear! (Kgalema Motlanthe is the ANC Deputy President and Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- VIEWPOINT BY MATHEWS PHOSA Let us unlock further opportunities for both British and South African investors It has been fifteen years since all South Africans voted for the first time and we are proud of our achievements during this short period of democracy. Our model of democracy has been praised worldwide and some of the architects of our political miracle are in demand around the globe to assist with negotiations in the hotspots of the world. Former Presidents Nelson Mandela and FW de Klerk won the Nobel Peace Prize for their own efforts in ensuring that South Africans are united and can look towards a more peaceful and prosperous future. In this post-democracy period we have had four Presidents and, like you, we have had the head of government retire during his tenure. We are, in fact, following the example of Europe in becoming a normal democracy. In this period of fifteen years, we have successfully played host to the Rugby World Cup, the African Cup of Nations, World Conference against racism and xenophobia, World Summit on Sustainable Development, Cricket World Cup and recently we successfully and seamlessly stood in for India as the host of the IPL Cricket League. These successful efforts will be followed next year by the hosting of the Soccer World Cup. In preparing for such a major event there is a massive effort under way to substantially improve our infrastructure and to build a number of new stadiums. In addition to these efforts we have continued to play a leadership role in the Southern African region and on the African continent. The fact that we were able, through visionary leadership, to move our country to a stable democracy, also meant that we are viewed as a trusted partner by many countries across the globe. Today Britain is South Africa’s second largest trade partner after China. It is a partner that we have trusted and valued over the centuries and one that has stood by us during both good and bad times. It is a partnership and relationship that we wish to continue and expand at all times. This point was made by our President when he visited your Prime Minister in April last year and was repeated recently when our President met with your High Commissioner to accept her credentials as your country’s representative in South Africa. As the Treasurer General of the African National Congress I also convey the wishes of our party’s leadership to strengthen and deepen our commercial relationship. You have been a mining partner of ours for a very long time. Your recent substantial investments by Barclays into our local bank, ABSA, as well as Vodafone into our own Vodacom critically enhanced that preferred partner relationship between our countries. It is my fervent hope that my visit can, in time, unlock further opportunities for both British and South African investors. I am told that I can now go and drink coffee here at the South African coffee shop Vida e Caffe and have lunch at our restaurant group, Spur. Financial services groups such as Old Mutual, Investec and Standard Bank utilise London as a springboard to identify opportunities in Europe. It is my fervent hope that even more British companies will utilize our major cities as a similar springboard to broaden your business activities into Southern Africa and the African continent. On a political level, we believe that we have been a sound and trusted partner for our friends in multi-lateral forums such as SADC, the African Union, the G20 and the United Nations. We will continue to utilize those forums to work for the advancement of the agenda of political and commercial partnerships that will further enhance our agenda of South and Southern Africa as a favoured developmental, political and commercial partner. In the challenging global economic environment in which Jacob Zuma became the fourth President of the Republic of South Africa at the end of April this year, he inherited the following: * A strong governing party with a clear and decisive majority at the polls. · A region dominated by the instability in Zimbabwe where the Zanu PF/MDC alliance is a cause for concern, amongst many other concerns. · A continent where the final form and format of the African Union is still being debated. · A country where crime and corruption is at unacceptable levels and an issue of concern for our British, European and global partners. In this regard, we will and must move away from a culture of greed and self enrichment to one of transparent accountability. We should also consider additional legal measures, one of them being the potential appointment of a Corruption Commissioner with wide ranging legal powers. · A country where we have no other choice but to focus a large amount of energy on addressing decades of old backlogs in education, health and housing. In the mini budget delivered by our Minister of Finance on Tuesday, he announced an additional package of almost R1 billion for HIV/AIDS as well as substantial increase in spending in housing and education through a number of initiatives, inclusive of infrastructure creation. We hope to create more than 4 million jobs in the next three years. In addition, there is a view that, because of the above, the South African government will incrementally move its economic policies to the left of centre and thereby cause concern amongst some of its partners. You can expect the following from the ANC government, headed by President Zuma: · That Mr Zuma, as President, will move swiftly to restore the legacy of reconciliation and nation building, bequeathed to him by Mr Mandela. South Africa will operate as a team from a non-racial, non-sexist basis. · That we will work tirelessly to find democratic solutions to enhance a political settlement in Zimbabwe. · That we will work very hard towards defining our role on the continent in such a way that we act as leaders, but also enhance unity and solidarity on the continent. · That we will launch a massive effort to enhance stability ahead of the 2010 Soccer World Cup, but at the same time finding the right mix of socio-economic measures that will combat poverty and unemployment, issues that are at the root of crime. One of the announcements in Tuesday’s mini budget was that we will put more than 22,000 new policemen on the street and that a massive spending programme will be launched to improve security in our country over the next three years. We know that you are concerned about the noise that you have been hearing around the issue of the nationalization of mines in South Africa. We understand that you regard this as a very serious issue, and I want to reassure you that we will manage it, keeping your substantial and historical interests in mind. Given our democratic nature as a party, the ANC has no choice but to allow its’ structures to voice their opinions about this matter. It is the open and transparent way that we conduct our business and we will continue to do so. Nationalization of the mines is, however, not the policy of the ANC, nor that of the ANC led government. However, we will explore ways and means of broadening this debate and finding creative long-term solutions to the serious issue of the broader distribution of wealth in a responsible fashion. It is not a debate in isolation, and your serious and blunt views about the issue will be welcomed. You are also concerned about repeated views that have been expressed regarding the possibility that the ANC led government will start a move towards economic policies that are investor unfriendly and less responsible than our current fiscal and monetary policies. Our government’s mini budget recently made a contribution towards dispelling those views over time. Our government budget policies will continue those that have been developed over time, target inflation, encourage counter cyclical investments and relax export regulations. The signs are that South Africa will move out of the recession in the fourth quarter of this year, start growing by just over 1% next year and move towards a growth of 3.2% in 2012. We are flattered by the investment into our financial services industry by Britain and China. Other investments are being discussed into this sector, a sector that has been praised globally for its strength under the onslaught of the global crisis. Similarly, we have been strengthened by your support of our conservative and sound fiscal and monetary policies. Whilst mindful of our responsibility to broaden our services to our voters at speed, we are also mindful of the need of a constant and increased inflow of foreign direct investment as well the development of profitable joint ventures. It is simply not in our interest to deviate from that path. I have come to Britain as an elected representative of the ANC leadership to seek lasting commercial partnerships that will benefit the United Kingdom, Europe, South Africa and Southern Africa. Hopefully our interactions here this evening will contribute towards creating more opportunities for entrepreneurs on both sides. We thank Lonmin for their sponsorship of this event. It shows their deep understanding for the support of forums where we, South Africans, can engage business leaders in global financial centers such as London. The co-convenors of the Progressive Business Forum, Renier Schoeman and Daryl Swanepoel, will engage with you regarding further events where members of the ANC leadership as well as government ministers will engage with you on issues that define our commercial and other relationships. (Dr Mathews Phosa is the ANC Treasurer General. This is the edited extract of his address at an ANC Progressive Business Forum for Briefing for British and European Business and Industry Leaders at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London on 29 October 2009) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LET US CELEBRATE OUR WORLD CHAMPIONS Support for Caster Semenya The ANC NEC of 17-19 September 2009, appalled by the manner in which the IAAF and the ASA handled the issue of Caster Semenya. The NEC was of the view that she has been victimised and subjected to unnecessary public scrutiny, and thus denied her rights and undermined her dignity. The ANC established a task team to give concrete and practical support to Caster Semenya and her family. The team was lead by the ANC Secretary General and convened by ANC National Spokesperson, Jackson Mthembu. It is constituted of senior ANC leaders, namely Winnie Madikizela- Mandela (NEC) Manto Tshabalala-Msimang (NEC) Gwen Ramokgopa (Gauteng PEC) Noluthando Mayende-Sibiya (NEC) Aaron Motsoaledi (NEC) Joyce Mashamba (NEC) Sisisi Tolashe (NEC/ANCWL) Vuyiswa Tulelo (ANCYL) The Caster Semenya Support Team was established to mobilise the South African civil society, our government, corporate South Africa, and the South Africa sporting fraternity to ensure that; Caster and her family are afforded redress by all those who violated her rights during and in the aftermath of her gender testing; Caster and her family are given professional help so as to deal with the implications of her gender testing; Caster continues to advance her exceptional talent as a female athlete of international repute; Her family, her community, South Africa at large, the continent and the world celebrate Caster's victory in Berlin and those of Mulaudzi and Mokoena. In taking forward these four objectives and mobilising South Africans around the objectives above, the Task Team met with the family of Caster Semenya as well as the Moletjie community (a village where Caster was born) who welcomed the ANC initiative. The task team also met the following stakeholders who fully agreed to support the Task Team and all its activities: University of Pretoria South African Student Congress (SASCO) Athletic South Africa Department of Sport and Recreation ANC Parliamentary study group on Sport Caster Lawyers Med Scheme Organised formation of South African musicians Dr Harold Adams SASCOC Department of Transport Department of Arts and Culture SACP COSATU After concluding the consultations with all these organisations and after interrogating the volumes of submissions made, the task team decided to hand over its findings that deals with the redress on the mishandling of the gender verification process of Caster by Athletics South Africa and the IAAF, to the Ministry of Sport and Recreation, for further probing and conclusions. The task team findings reveal that ASA took part in the gender verification process of Caster Semenya. The tests done in South Africa were conducted at their instance. They instructed their doctor to conduct such tests and provided resources including transport, a psychologist (who is one of their board members) to conduct counselling which ultimately was aborted. In their submission to the task team ASA members were less than honest and very defensive and did not disclose their role in the process and in sanctioning the gender verification tests conducted in South Africa. They intentionally deceived South Africans, the President, Caster and her family. Further, it is the view of the task team that ASA should have protected Caster before they left for Berlin and in Berlin and it must come clean to all South Africans and our government regarding their role in this saga. With regard to the IAAF, the task team maintain that they should apologise to Caster, her family and South Africa as well as to the leadership of the Republic for the violation of Caster's rights and the resultant humiliation. It is the view of the task team that IAAF should declare the gender verification results conducted both in South Africa and Berlin null and void based on the following IAAF gender verification policy 2006: a) The IAAF gender verification policy state that there should be a complaint or a challenge from another athlete/ team before an investigation can be conducted. The policy states that: Gender issues are likely to arise as a result of: Challenge' by another athlete or team as brought forward to authorities at an athletic event, including the President of the meet, technical delegate, medical delegate; b) Suspicion’ raised as to an athletes' gender as witnessed during an anti doping control specimen collection; an approach made to the IAAF/regional AAA or National federation by an athlete or his representative for advice and clarification. In the task team interaction with this matter, there is no evidence that any athlete or a team brought forward to authorities a complaint or a challenge against Caster in Berlin. As it applies to B, no suspicion was raised at any anti doping control specimen collection against Caster's gender. c) If there is any 'suspicion' or if there is a 'challenge' then the athlete concerned can be asked to attend a medical evaluation before a panel comprising a gynaecologist, endocrinologist, psychologist, internal medicine specialist, expert on gender/transgender issues. The medical delegate can do an initial check. In the task team interaction with this matter ASA and IAAF conducted gender tests in SA and Berlin with no panel of such specialists as envisaged above was established to do a medical evaluation of Caster both in South Africa and in Berlin. d) Accordingly, the steps to be followed in handling cases of gender ambiguity, the following must happen: The athlete is referred to the investigating authority in confidence for further investigation and advice; The verdict is passed on to the national federation with advice for further action including appropriate advice to the athlete as the need to withdraw from competition until the problem is definitively resolved through appropriate medical and surgical measures; There is evidence that Caster was not taken into confidence, because Nick Davis, the IAAF spokesperson, disclosed in a press conference publicly that such tests will be conducted on Caster. The alleged tests results were also leaked to the international media. It is the view of the task team that the gender verification of Caster was not in accordance with the gender verification policy of the IAAF as demonstrated through the above facts. It is for the reasons above that we therefore call for the nullification of the results as they have been compromised. They cannot therefore be used for any decision-making. The task team will continue its role to give whatever support that Caster and her family might need. It is also on-course regarding the articulation of a celebration programme for Caster, Mulaudzi and Mokoena. The programme that began with the gala dinner of the ANC Youth League will be carried forward with an intense eight weeks of activities from December 2009 to January 2010. The programme will include provincial and national activities. The task team has established the support Caster contact facility and has received positive and encouraging feedback, pledges and commitments by individuals and institutions in support of the campaign. People can call, fax or e-mail the task team office at: Tel (011) 376 1052 Fax: 0866581053 Email: supportcaster@anc.org.za ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This issue of ANC Today is available from the ANC web site at: http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/anctoday/2009/at44.htm To receive ANC Today free of charge by e-mail each week go to: http://www.anc.org.za/anctoday.php To unsubscribe yourself from the ANC Today mailing list go to: http://www.anc.org.za/anctoday.php