Red October a great success for communities

According to the South African Communist Party the Red October main Rally held recently was great success for their communities.

South African Communist Party general secretary Comrade Blade Nzimande who delivered the key note address during the main Red October Rally. The rally was held at the eMalahleni City Hall on Sunday, November 29.

Under the theme: “Transform the Financial Sector! Free the Media”

The South African Communist Party in Mpumalanga has successfully hosted the National Red October Rally in eMalahleni at the City Hall on Sunday, November 29 where the general secretary of the party, Comrade Blade Nzimande delivered a key note address.

“If there is any campaign that must be taken up it is #Capitalismmustfall then all our social ills will be sorted including the fees” Blade said.

You could at times feel as if the hall was falling when comrades were singing and dancing to slogans in welcoming the leaders and expressing their excitement. The hall was filled to its extra ordinary capacity with big screens extended to the other halls. The hall was about to collapse.

On financial sector, Comrade Nzimande was not happy about the big banks’ high fees charged from the poorest. He emphasised on the establishment of corporative banks, including a full licensing of the Post Bank. He expressed his disappointment on the handling of Mzansi Accounts by these commercial banks.

“Our people are bombarded with credits, even when they go to supermarkets, furniture or clothing stores, they are asked to take loans even if it’s not necessary.”

South African Communist Party general secretary Comrade Blade Nzimande being joined by other central committee members. This was during the main Red October Rally which was held at the eMalahleni City Hall on Sunday, November 29.

Like a teacher in the classroom Comrade Blade was very practical in his keynote, he mentioned that more than 10 000 homes are being repossessed by banks annually in the country. These houses are then sold at auction, very often at a fraction of their market value. The SACP is prepared to campaign against all unscrupulous housing evictions by banks, sky-high bank charges and fees towards the second Financial Sector Summit by Nedlac early next year.
On media, Comrade Blade said

“The Naspers’ Media24 newspapers are still writing lies to tarnish the image of SACP leaders and the party as a whole just like in the apartheid era and they won’t win.”

Comrade Solly Mapaila, the Second Deputy Secretary of the Communist Party, also dismissed lies about Comrade Blade written in the Rapport Newspaper. “They attack comrade Joyce, they attack comrade Blade, and we will fight back.” He warned the media.

Comrade Blade mentioned that the Multichoice DSTV is making a lot of money from re-transmitting SABC signals. People buy Multichoice DSTV set top boxes and pay every month to view SABC TV stations and other channels.

“Multichoice must pay re-transmission fees, these money must then be used to fund free-to-air broadcasting, SABC is the public broadcaster not private.” said.

The SACP has picked up five key focus areas as campaign priorities in pushing for the transformation of the media: ownership, management control, media content diversity, robustly independent accountability, workplace transformation, employment equity and skills development for media workers.

South African Communist Party general members singing and dancing during the main Red October Rally held at the eMalahleni City Hall on Sunday, November 29.

Comrade Nzimande also emphasised on the importance of the unity of the alliance in the province, SACP, ANC, COSATU and SANCO. He urged all partners to cement the unity towards the 2016 Local Government Elections.

“Let us learn from uMalume Moses Kotane and Uncle JB Marks, Let us heed the call and go out to build an activist, larger, but quality SACP,” said Nzimande in conclusion.