27 April Umhla Wenkululeko Okanye Umhla Wengcinezelo

27 APRIL; UMHLA WENKULULEKO OKANYE UMHLA WENGCINEZELO

Ingcinezelo nokuba indala phantsi kuka De Klerk okanye intsha phantsi kuka Zuma, iyingcinezelo qha. Mhla sasivota ngo 1994 sasivotela ubomi obungcono, izindlu ezisemgangwathweni, hayi lamatyotyombe, izindlu zase Vukani eziwayo, ezithoyilethi zase Hlalani, sasivotela imisebenzi, kodwa ngoku uninzi lwethu aluphangeli, sijikajikana nelanga elokishini, sasivotela ubomi obungcono, kodwa eliyinene lelokuba akukho thsintsho ebomini bethu.

Aba bathi masibhiyozele olusuku baphila ntofontofo bona, ngohlohlesakhe nodyakalashe abadla izambane lika ponto. Banaso isizathu sokubhiyoza ngalomhla we 27 April, kuba bona bakhululekile. Bafuna nathi sibhiyoze, sibhiyoza njani singa phangeli, singenamanzi, singenazindlu, singena mhlaba, abanye bethu singenazo ne toilets.

Linye bahlali, masiyikwaye lemibhiyozo yabo, nalemihlangano yabo, kuba yeyabo ayoyethu. Linye bahlali masizibandakanye ne UPM, silwisane norhwaphilizo, nokuswela imisebenzi, amanzi, ii toilets nobomi obunngcono. Akukhomntu uyakutshintsha imeko yethu yokusokola, sithi abayakuphakama sithi “sekwanele”, silwisane nalamatutu/nalamasela.

Linye bahlali, masilitsolise sithi “sekwanele, enough, genoeg”.

Masiphakameni, silweleni amalungelo ethu.

Imbali iyasixelela ukuba bathi abantu bakwanela, baphakame, bazibuyisele, bathi baphumelele.

Saphumelela kunomgogwana ka Botha no Deklerk, nalona ke urhulumente wethu xa engasiphulaphuli, siyakumoyisa. Kuba urhulumente wethu uphantsi kocinezelelo longxowa nkulu behlabathi, iinkokheli zethu ngo mantshingilana bongxowankulu.

Asiphethanga, siphethwe ngabamhlophe nongxowa nkulu,

Linye “ Sekwanele, Enough, Genoeg”

Linye “Kubo”

ASISABULAWA NGUGAWULAYO (AIDS) NE TB, NGOKU SIBULAWA YINDLALA QHA

Abona bantu bawuvayo umvambo nentlekele ye HIV/AIDS, sithi zimpula zikalujacu, bantu bangenanto. Sakuhlaselwa sesisifo se HIV/AIDS nesifo se TB kuthiwe masitye ukutya okusempilweni, masifumane amachiza asempilweni. Sizakukutya njani ukutya okusempilweni, singasebenzi, sisokola. Ukutya okukuko asikwazi ukufikelela kuko kaloku kuba simpofu. Ukutya kwethu ngu mngqusho, umqa irayisi kunye nesonka. Ukutya okunezondlo asifikeleli kuko. Amachiza angawo, axabisayo asinamali yokuwathenga. Abanye bethu balala bengatyanga, ikati ilala eziko.

Le nkqubo yobu ngxowankulu ikhohlakele kangangokuba, sisokola sinjena, amashishini emveliso yengqolowa aye ahlangana ecaweni, athandaza, ethandazela ukunyusa amaxabiso esonka, yiyo lento namhlanje iintsana zikhalela isonka, umzali engabinayo iR10 yokuthenga esosonka.

Siphethwe ngamarhamncwa, oohlohlesakhe namatutu, urhulumente ongunopopi otyayo. Basibulala sihleli.

Masiphakameni sizilwele, akukhonto iyiyo iyakube iphinde itsitse kulorhulumente ungunopopi otyayo

Is the 27th of April a Day to Celebrate our Freedom or to Mourn our Ongoing Oppression?

Oppression remains oppression whether we are oppressed by De Klerk or by Zuma. When we voted in ’94 we voted for a better life – for land and decent housing – not for shacks and RDP houses that are falling down. We voted for jobs for all but unemployment is skyrocketing.

There is change in our lives. Those who call upon us to celebrate ‘Freedom Day’ are the elite who are living a wealth life. They are free. We are not free. We do not have land. We do not have jobs. We do not have decent houses. Some of us do not even have toilets.

We are making a call to the poor to stay away from all Freedom Day events. We make this call for a boycott of these events because what we really need to do is to organise and struggle against corruption and for jobs, land and decent housing.

No one will change our misfortunes for us. We have to stop suffering alone and in silence. We need to stand up and say ‘Enough!’.

History tells us that when people decide to stand up and say ‘Enough!’ they will win their struggle. We can defeat Zuma’s oppression just as we defeated De Klerk’s oppression.

Things are so bad that it is not really even the AIDS and TB that is killing us. It is starvation that is killing us. We need proper food to go with our medicines. But the system of capitalism is so cruel that even when millions of people don’t have enough food to eat Tiger Brands, Premier Foods and Pioneers got together to fix the price of bread. The capitalists are determined to take every cent that they can from our hands. They even drive up the price of wheat. And the ANC are their allies.

We need a government that stands with the people and not with the capitalists.

Boycott all ‘Freedom Day Events!’. Join the struggle for jobs, land and housing for all. It is struggle that will open the road to real freedom.