Livestream for Day 1 - 15 July 2024

  • Messages of Support from COSATU, COSAS, ANCYL, SASCO, YCL, SANCO, ANC
  • The current state of the working class
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Media Invitation To NEHAWU National Political School

Thursday July 11, 2024

The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union [NEHAWU] is convening a National Political School National Political School from the 15th -19th July 2024, at Birchwood Hotel, Boksburg, Gauteng.

The National Political School is convened to develop a comprehensive political programme to respond to the political changes arising from the 2024 general elections. The political school will thoroughly engage on our revolutionary theory – Marxist-Leninist theory as our theoretical arsenal by which we can understand the world and continually renew our organisation to change the world.

Equally, the school will clarifying the relationship of the union with the struggle of socialism and redefining our participation in the broader working class revolution which includes our role in formulation of left popular fronts in the context of building A Powerful Socialist Movement of workers and the poor.

The National Political School will be a platform to theoretically empower and capacitate the leadership structures of the union to understand the political changes in relation to our union, the federation and the movement broadly.

The national political school will be attended by 250 delegates drawn from structures of the national union as well the Alliance, Progressive Youth Alliance and our sister unions. The political school will receive addresses from the Alliance [ANC, SANCO, SACP, and COSATU]

On the first day, Monday 15th July 2024, the National Political School will officially open at 14H00 and will be addressed by the following speakers:

  • ANC Secretary General – Cde Fikile Mbalula
  • SANCO President – Cde Richard Mkungo
  • SACP General Secretary – Cde Solly Mapaila
  • COSATU President – Cde Zingiswa Losi

Details of the National Political School are as follows: Date: July 15 – 19, 2024 Venue: Birchwood Hotel, 14 View Point Rd, Bartlett AH, Boksburg

Members of the media are invited to attend, cover and report on the political school.

For further information, please contact: Lwazi Nkolonzi (National Spokesperson) at 081 558 2335 or email: lwazin@nehawu.org.za

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Issued by NEHAWU Secretariat.

Political School

Expected Outcomes

Grounded Leadership of the national union with Marxist- Leninist Theory

Better understanding and expression on commitment in pursuit of the National Democratic Revolution
Reach Better understanding and consensus on the Task at hand, strategic way forward

Concrete understanding and commitment to form left popular fronts on educatrion, health, crime, quality public service delivery and economy

Message from NEHAWU General Secretary Cde Zola Saphetha

  • Outlining the Objective of the School
  • The role of the union in the struggle for socialism
  • The future of the trade unions
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Topic/ Subject

Programme

Day 1

Preliminaries
Messages of Suppport from COSAS, ANCYL, SASCO, SANCO and YCL

Day 2

Grounding with Marxist-Leninist revolutionary theory, the National Democratic Revolution and the revolutionary tasks of the working class in the deepening transition to socialism

Day 3

Grasping with the concept of the state and revolution and practicalising the revolutionary tasks and gearing the working class to be a class for itself, the proletariat.

Day 4

Strategic role for the contemporary socio-economic discussions in building the trade union

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