ANCYL Ruth First Branch

22/07/2024

02/11/2023

Catch the Ancyl regional Chaiperson and Regional Secretary live on radio West coast(92.3), also live on our page, and on https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.famcast.RWC

Discussions will revolve around Youth Affairs (voter education, Capitec Boycott, crime , unemployment etc). Tune in at 15h30 , 03 November 2023.

26/07/2023

09/08/2022

For Immediate Release

8 August 2022

*STATEMENT ON THE ANC YOUTH LEAGUE WEST COAST REGIONAL CONGRESS PREPARATORY COMMITTEE MEETING OUTCOMES*

The ANC Youth League West Coast Regional Congress Preparatory Committee (RCPC) convened its ordinary meeting on the 7th of August 2022 through a virtual platform. The meeting received a Political Input from the PCPC Spokesperson who is also a head of Deployees to the West Coast Region, and an Organizational Report from the RCPC Coordinator.
The meeting welcomed and discussed the report extensively.

The RCPC through the Organizational Report noted that branches in the Region have now gone beyond the Constitutional requirement of 70% that has passed Audit. In light of these developments the meeting collectively agreed to convene its 7th Regional Conference under the following details :

Date : 13 and 14 August 2022
Venue: Saldanha Town, Dial Rock Hall
Theme
"Rebuilding a campaigning youth league for unity and renewal of the ANC to be an effective instrument of total liberation in the hands of our people"

The RCPC will issue out an official communication or invite to all Branches and other relevant structures of the movement. The RCPC appreciated the support and role played by the PCPC and its guidance in rebuilding a vibrant and robust ANCYL in the Region.

The ANCYL RCPC further congratulated the newly elected ANC REC in the Region and welcomed the inclusion of young people in the 10th Regional Conference this past weekend.

We note and appreciate that the West Coast Region leads the Western Cape province in delivering credible Conferences and calls on other regions to follow suit.

The ANCYL Further wishes all women a happy Woman's Day and calls for Womens' emancipation and upliftment.
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Issued by: ANC Youth League West Coast RCPC

Cde S Mazitshana
RCPC Coordinator
073 323 8612

For enquires :
Cde Lucky Mdingi
RCPC Spokesperson
078 382 8626

14/06/2022

2022 June 16 Commemoration

03/11/2021

For Immediate Release

ANCYL WEST COAST RCPC MEDIA STATEMENT ON RIGGING OF ELECTIONS

03 November 2021

The ANCYL West Coast RCPC has observed with disgust the manner in which IEC has compromised the integrity of Elections in the Saldanha Bay Municipal area. Under the current IEC Manager Anton Bester IEC has lost its core values of rendering "Free and Fair Elections".

There are many irregularities and inconsistencies around the elections in the Saldanha Bay Municipal area:
People were found to be registered in other Wards even though they never re-registered and their votes were always casted in their VD's where they reside, and they are not affected by the Delimitation (Demarcation) process.

It has come to our attention that the DA Ward 2 Councillor Candidate Leonard Mitchel has been intimidating and threatening voters during the campaigns and throughout the Elections. Charges against the DA Candidate Leonard Mitchel have been opened at the Vredenburg SAPS.

The DA captured IEC has received numerous complaints regarding the conduct and behavior of Leonard Mitchel which was clearly in contravention with the rules set out by IEC.

On the 30th of October 2021 the Vredenburg SAPS and IEC again received reports of intimidation and threatening of Voters during the Special voting coming from that DA candidate Leonard. To make matters even worse Leonard became a party agent for DA though the rules are clear that NO Ward Councillor Candidates allowed to be party agents.

As if that was not enough, kids who are not eligible to vote voted on instruction of the DA in Ward 2, all those kids are ready to testify. The ANCYL has also been informed that the Ballot Box disappeared for about 30 minutes during the Elections on the 1st of November 2021.

During the counting the Ballot Papers were more than the votes casted, and this is a clear sign of elections being rigged in Ward 2. It is clear to everyone that these elections were not free and fair, the writing is on the wall for everyone to see in Ward 2.

The ANCYL West Coast RCPC condemns the thuggery and mafia behavior and conduct of the DA Ward 2 Councillor Candidate Leonard Mitchel with the contempt it deserves. We call on the Vredenburg SAPS to act swiftly on the cases laid against Leonard Mitchel.

The ANCYL West Coast RCPC warns the DA Candidate Leonard Mitchel to stop targeting female voters especially with the alarming rate of Gender Based Violence.
We also call for a Rerun in Ward 2. The ANCYL West Coast RCPC stands with the residents of Ward 2 Witterklip community until they get a Ward Councillor of their choice through free and fair election processes.

Failure to deal with this matter on the side of IEC and SAPS will lead to exploration of alternative avenues until the Community of Ward 2 Witterklip receives their Councillor of choice.

The ANCYL West Coast RCPC supports free and fair elections, but with IEC under the stewardship of Anton Bester as the Manager we have lost confidence and faith in IEC rendering free and fair elections. We call for his removal as the IEC Manager as he( Anton Bester) has compromised the integrity of IEC.
We will attend to this matter legally and otherwise.

Issued by
Ancyl West Coast RCPC

For enquires:

Cde Mazitshana Siphiwe
RCPC Coordinator
078 323 4468

Cde Lucky Mdingi
RCPC Spokesperson
078 382 8626

27/10/2021

ANCYL WC PCPC Statement For Immediate Release.

27 October 2021

Western Cape ANCYL wishes the matric class of 2021 well for its final exams



The ANCYL Western Cape wishes the matric class of 2021 well for the National Senior Certificate examinations scheduled to start on Wednesday, October 27, 2021 until 7 December 2021. A number of practical examinations commenced as early as mid-August with Performing Arts, Visual Arts and Design, Computer Applications Technology and Information Technology examinations taking place between 16 August 2021 and 22 October 2021. Theoretical examinations will begin on Wednesday with language papers.



The Western Cape Education Department has indicated that 73 966 candidates are registered for the 2021 NSC examination, a significant increase from the 54 741 full time and 10 588 part-time candidates registered for the 2020 exams.



There are reasons to believe the allegations of culling levelled against the WCED in the previous years as underperforming students were not registered and discouraged from writing the critical subjects. The ANCYL welcomes the increase of the registered candidates and hopes it will improve the number of learners that are taking the critical subjects which had significantly declined over the past five years as showed by the 2019 and 2020 National Senior Certificate School Subject Report.



In the Western Cape in particular, the number of candidates registered for Mathematics and Physical Science including the pass rate for the two subjects has been declining over the years. Over and above this, the matric pass rate and quality thereof has been declining in the province -which gave rise to legitimate calls for the underperforming MEC to be removed from her position. We hope the 2021 matric class will change the downward trajectory and take back the Western Cape to its rightful place of being the top performing province which it maintained for many years under the ANC government.



The 2021 matric class has shown tenacity and resilience as they overcame many challenges presented by Covid-19 pandemic since March 2020. This is the Grade 11 group which endured a lot of hardship due to the covid-19 disruptions to the curriculum, grief and pain due to the loss of loved ones, including teachers and classmates in certain cases.



Despite all these setbacks and hardships, the ANCYL remains hopeful that the 2021 matric class will yet again show tenacity and resilience to overcome all challenges and surpass the 2020 pass rate and improve the quality of the pass rate.



The ANCYL is concerned that the WCED has not done enough to put measures in place to support the learners, including support measures to make up for the loss of teaching and learning time, psychosocial support for learners and teachers. The WCED also failed to put targeted measures to support the underperforming schools, majority of which are in the previously disadvantaged communities.



In its matric support resources, the WCED highlighted the ePortal, a digital platform to support learning which has 25 000 daily visitors, majority of which are students from other provinces. The department also delivered revision packs with past papers to schools and sent smses to remind learners to get the packs from their schools. These are not enough and don’t cater for the learners from poor working-class families who do not have the gadgets needed to access these digital platforms.



The ANCYL commends the teachers who have dedicated their time and resources to support learners through afternoon and weekend classes to ensure that the 2021 matrics are ready for the final exam – especially those who worked even during the holidays.



The ANCYL wishes the 2021 matric class the very best for the National Senior Certificate examinations and salute the learners for their dedication, hard work and resilience as they overcame all obstacles presented by Covid-19 pandemic to make it this far.

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Issued by ANCYL WC PCPC

For Enquiries Contact:

Coordinator - Cde Asanda Luwaca 0611175238

OR

Spokesperson - Cde Mesuli K**a 0768718157

27/10/2021

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27/10/2021

All the best