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Limpopo follows in the footsteps of Gauteng, which also came out against the idea - although for a different reason.

This follows President Jacob Zuma's campaign for support of the idea of a "second transition".

Addressing Nehawu's policy conference on Sunday, Zuma tried to persuade delegates to support the policy. The policy document suggests that for the past 18 years the ANC had focused on laying a political foundation. The "second transition", to be pursued vigorously after the elective conference in Mangaung, would tackle the issue of transforming the economy.

Gauteng dismissed the idea as "neither persuasive nor theoretically sound", instead labelling it "an expression of impatience".

"We are not convinced that the introduction of this thesis helps us to respond strategically, consistently and adequately to the persistent fault-lines of unemployment, poverty and inequality."

In its policy resolutions - reached at the weekend's provincial general council - Limpopo said it did not agree with the separation of political and economic life.

"Whilst we do not subscribe to the mechanical separation of political and economic transitions, we, however, believe the time has come for progressive South Africans under the leadership of the ANC to tackle the growing class inequalities rooted in unequal access to productive economic resources such as land, mines and banks," the statement read.

Limpopo's sentiments echo those of the ANC Youth League, which released a joint statement along with the South African Students Congress.

"We reject the mechanical binary that the second transition draws between political and economic transformation," the statement read.

"This document misguidedly claims that the past 18 years should be viewed as a period for democratisation [political transition] and that the next 30 to 50 years should be dedicated to thorough-going socio-economic transformation in the country."

Meanwhile, Limpopo has called on national government to put an end to its decision to place the province under Section 100 administration. It said that the intervention was no longer relevant.

"It is our view that the placing of the province under Section 100 has outlived its relevance and therefore must be ended with immediate effect," the province said.

Limpopo was placed under administration after it was discovered that the provincial government was billions of rands in debt.

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Jun 12, 2012

Fedup

"The policy document suggests that for the past 18 years the ANC had focused on laying a political foundation."

Laying a political foundation? What about also focusing on service delivery, unemployment and eliminating corruption that has become a norm in the ANC?

Please enlighten me, Is the second transition an excuse to be elected again in order for Zuma to drag his feet on the promises he made to the poor and the country at large?
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Jun 12, 2012

Nincompoop

JZ has no vision as a 'leader', clueless and I cannot image him detabing economic and climate issues with the likes of Obama, Kofi Annan, etc
We are doomed in Mzansi if the ANC votes this guy for second term, he has no direction direction and the country will fall with him.
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Jun 12, 2012

Vhamsanda

Can any one please explain the meaning of "Second Transition"
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Jun 12, 2012

Lehido

So, JZ is trying to pull a whool over our eyes with BIG words so that he can be elected again?....How naive does this man think we are?

From everything he was saying, i could clearly tell that that speech was "of course" written for him, and everything in it was researched by someone else, He knows fokol about what hen was reading....
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Jun 12, 2012

mbondo

Second Transition from what transition. What's this all rigmarole?
This Zuma guy wants second term that's it.
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Jun 12, 2012

shrink7

now that we are financially set for life, which was the first transition of-course, lets go for the 2nd transition which will still benefit us, oh! life is good for cadres.
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Jun 12, 2012

Sane1

The ANC is busy with meaningless theories whilst there's rampant corruption in government, high unemployment rate, extreme poverty & living in squalid conditions, deteriorating standards in education & health, aging & unmaintained infrastructure. For 18yrs SARS has been collecting taxes - for what then? Pres Zuma & ANC must stop buying time with their academic nonsense.
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Jun 12, 2012

KeRataBasadi

I have no doubt the ANC in KZN understand and welcome the "second transition". Ask anyone of them delegates they'll tell you.
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Jun 12, 2012

sh!tFaceSamsung

people need books at school : but msholozi opt to talk about 'second transition'
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Jun 12, 2012

ThirdEye

Interesting times Zuma.
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