tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164579202012-02-01T15:34:15.399-08:00FLOYD'S VIEWS!The blog is aimed at openly engaging and discussing informed views/perspectives... Let's engage.Floyd Shivambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05071786748618754495noreply@blogger.comBlogger281100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16457920.post-55975135623748823612011-10-08T05:17:00.001-07:002011-10-08T05:17:53.470-07:00South African black business should rise above petty squabbles and build a developmental state.South African black business should rise above petty squabbles and build a developmental state.
Nyiko Floyd Shivambu
The squabbles encountering black business formations and their white counterparts in the aspiring Developmental State of South Africa is a reflection of the class and racial contradictions that continue to underpin South African society as atavistic remnants of apartheid and its Floyd Shivambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05071786748618754495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16457920.post-9636094498098713292011-02-28T01:19:00.000-08:002011-02-28T01:21:39.351-08:00The SACP Neo Liberal?The SACP’s inconsistencies deprive it of an opportunity to provide ideological leadership on economic policy. Floyd Shivambu The South African Communist Party’s original reaction to the notorious Growth, Employment and Redistribution Strategy released on the 14th of June 1996, was as thus, “The South African Communist Party welcomes the government's Growth, Employment and Redistribution Floyd Shivambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05071786748618754495noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16457920.post-43013660516412298702011-02-14T15:30:00.000-08:002011-02-14T15:30:00.447-08:00Revolution in Egypt was not caused by Facebook and Twitter:Revolution in Egypt was not caused by Facebook and Twitter: Floyd Shivambu Most social and unseasoned political commentators across the world opine that the revolution that happened in Egypt was caused by social network sites, Twitter and Facebook or any other form of network which Egyptians might have used to communicate with each. This misdiagnoses of what are the real causes of the Floyd Shivambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05071786748618754495noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16457920.post-52792748318915738632010-11-04T23:42:00.000-07:002010-11-04T23:45:10.963-07:00Some reflections on the new growth path—Some reflections on the new growth path— Floyd Shivambu— November 2010 The celebrated new growth path was in a manner reminiscent of GEAR unveiled by the Minister of Finance on the 27th of October 2010 after a special cabinet meeting which deliberated and adopted the strategy. There were of course many expectations on what was going to be new in the growth path, which cabinet had to Floyd Shivambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05071786748618754495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16457920.post-55967894091453262232010-06-11T00:59:00.000-07:002010-06-11T01:02:41.802-07:00RESPONSE TO COMRADE JOEL:Response to Comrade Netshitenzhe on NationalisationFloyd ShivambuSince the release of the discussion document on Nationalisation of Mines at the end of January 2010, the ANC Youth League has received satisfactory levels of constructive engagement with the entire perspective. The inputs, particularly from renowned academics, public intellectuals, members of the ANC, the alliance, and importantly Floyd Shivambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05071786748618754495noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16457920.post-53184167159722968552010-02-25T23:50:00.000-08:002010-02-25T23:50:17.484-08:00THE STATE CAN EFFICIENTLY RUN STATE OWNED MINESTHE STATE CAN EFFICIENTLY RUN STATE OWNED MINES Floyd Shivambu Since the release of the discussion document on Nationalisation of Mines at the end of January 2010, the ANC Youth League has received satisfactory levels of constructive engagement with the entire perspective. The inputs, particularly from renowned academics and public intellectuals are particularly appreciated as most Floyd Shivambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05071786748618754495noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16457920.post-46636141162843844452009-11-15T12:20:00.000-08:002009-11-15T12:23:40.585-08:00THE ABUSE OF DRUGS, ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCES A COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY PHENOMENON:THE ABUSE OF DRUGS, ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCES A COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY PHENOMENON: NYIKO FLOYD SHIVAMBU On the 11th of November 2009, the ANC YL convened a broad front of concerned formations in South Africa to develop a clear and concerted strategy to fight the abuse of alcohol, drugs and substances. We did so because the 23rd National Congress of the African National Congress Youth League Floyd Shivambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05071786748618754495noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16457920.post-90861326465085975092009-09-17T02:42:00.001-07:002009-09-17T02:57:34.216-07:00Appoint Gama as Transnet GCEOAPPOINT SIYABONGA GAMA AND TRANSFORM TRANSNET INTO A DEVELOPMENTAL STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE: NYIKO FLOYD SHIVAMBU The African National Congress Youth League is on record in affirming Siyabonga Gama as the incoming Group Chief Executive Officer of Transnet. This is not fanatical support, but premised on and consistent with the developmental trajectory spelled out by the African National Congress Floyd Shivambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05071786748618754495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16457920.post-30654375048500606952009-06-11T03:05:00.000-07:002009-06-11T03:17:01.408-07:00Discussing the Ideological direction of the ANCDiscussing the ideological direction of the ANC Nyiko Floyd Shivambu The Peter Mokaba Commemoration rally in Polokwane on the 7th of June 2009 resuscitated a necessary debate on the working class leadership and ideological character of the African National Congress, and consequently what its relations should be to working class struggles in this era of economic recession. In his message of Floyd Shivambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05071786748618754495noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16457920.post-23448775567061921222009-05-19T01:47:00.000-07:002009-06-11T03:11:37.901-07:00responseResponse to Redi Direko’s Column in the SowetanNyiko Floyd ShivambuI normally do not respond to petty attacks directed at me, because I was advised that if I kneel down and bark back to a dog barking at me, passers-by will not notice the difference. Yet I felt the need to respond to Redi Direko on her insulting column about the essence of gender struggles and what she misperceives as sexism from Floyd Shivambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05071786748618754495noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16457920.post-33842719329467646972008-12-03T01:01:00.000-08:002008-12-03T01:27:17.825-08:00Shikota a rebel militia group?IS SHIKOTA A REBEL MILITIA GROUP?Nyiko Floyd ShivambuThe emergence of what is presented as an alternate political movement in South Africa should be looked into in the context of historical political developments in most post colonial states, particularly in Africa. The rhetoric, actions and potential character of the ANC dissident group, which misnamed itself Congress of the People, are not Floyd Shivambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05071786748618754495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16457920.post-25672176703372287282008-06-17T06:23:00.000-07:002008-06-17T06:26:14.150-07:00Beneficiary of illegal-migrationPrivate Sector the primary beneficiary of Illegal-MigrationNyiko Floyd ShivambuA component which almost the whole of society has been inattentive to in the wake of the violent xenophobic and tribal attacks that happened in South Africa’s poverty stricken informal settlements and townships is the whole issue of the political economy of labour. Immigration into South Africa’s cities and economic Floyd Shivambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05071786748618754495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16457920.post-12477625926921792652008-05-21T14:27:00.000-07:002008-05-21T14:29:33.370-07:00SA Xenophobic?Giving a Class perspective to the xenophobic uprisings!Let's make some few observations concerning the current xenophobic uprisings and acts of crime. Almost always, high levels of poverty, inequality, starvation and unemployment are a cause of social instability. You'll remember government made this acknowledgment when the annual report of ASGISA was tabled in April 2008. Now with an objective Floyd Shivambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05071786748618754495noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16457920.post-35986001213057470222008-05-20T13:40:00.000-07:002008-05-20T13:41:48.330-07:00GEAR Number What?Should We Giya for GEAR? Nyiko Floyd Shivambu, 1 November 2007 In Tsonga/Shangaan, the word Giya means dance in celebration. The former ANC President Thabo Mbeki called on all ANC members and all South Africans to indulge in the published Statistics South Africa Community Survey 2007 , which essentially illustrated through reliable statistics that ‘Today is Better Than Yesterday”, (ANC Today, 26 Floyd Shivambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05071786748618754495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16457920.post-76886622015879991932007-09-27T01:01:00.000-07:002007-09-27T01:14:06.156-07:00Floeytry... Poetry According to FloydSeptember as a Heritage Month in South Africa has been dedicated to Poetry. In commemoration of our heritage, we re-publish the Poetry earlier published in the blog. They are not for comment.The Juxtaposed Song of AzaniaOn this streethand to mouth is their psalmIgnorance their rhymeand hunger their lullabyyet in MISERABLE woebegone faces they singwe will vote, and they, providecross the streettheFloyd Shivambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05071786748618754495noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16457920.post-72642913593609329872007-09-27T00:46:00.000-07:002007-09-27T00:49:35.283-07:00Discussing the ANC Strategy and TacticsDiscussing the Strategy and TacticsThe essence of any revolutionary struggle is organisationally articulated through strategy and tactics, comprising the underpinning programmatic and methodological pillars guiding and sustaining revolutionary movements. It is against this background that the African National Congress has since 1912 had a set of tactics and a strategy, documented or otherwise. ItFloyd Shivambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05071786748618754495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16457920.post-82338059139659766682007-05-23T00:38:00.000-07:002011-08-11T04:08:46.486-07:00SA Developmental State?The myth of a South African Developmental State
Nyiko Floyd Shivambu
Acknowledging the massive setbacks and crisis of unemployment and poverty that characterise the 13 years of democratic dispensation in South Africa, the new mantra in the African National Congress and government is that of building of a Developmental State. The ANC Policy Conference discussion document on economic Floyd Shivambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05071786748618754495noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16457920.post-60063702613506029152007-05-17T06:09:00.000-07:002008-12-10T20:47:38.014-08:00YL LeftwardsThe ANC Youth League indicating LeftThe recent statements and pronouncements by the African National Congress Youth League (ANC YL) should be given the consideration they deserve in the youth movement. At formation, the Youth League was the first to accept Colonialism of a Special Type characterisation of South African colonial oppression, and essentially recognised the reality that in South Floyd Shivambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05071786748618754495noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16457920.post-19585689369135685812007-04-16T01:02:00.000-07:002007-04-16T13:04:08.803-07:00SA MediaSome Lessons from Sunday NewspapersFloyd ShivambuSouth African media has in the past few months been correctly blamed within South African society, particularly as it relates to the so-called succession debate in the African National Congress and Tripartite Alliance as a whole. There is a variety of media creations and constructions, which are non-existent in the real world. South African Media Floyd Shivambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05071786748618754495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16457920.post-44402041849481674782007-04-15T09:50:00.000-07:002007-04-15T09:53:20.057-07:00SA democratic?South African Democracy RevisitedBy Nyiko Floyd ShivambuConcepts, euphemisms and terminology are observably very important in politics, not because they linguistically explain and obfuscate certain matters, but because they have substantive, profound and systemic potential to guide and/or misguide policy directions and positions. The South African democracy and developmental trajectory has in theFloyd Shivambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05071786748618754495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16457920.post-64801920547019637882007-02-06T05:20:00.000-08:002007-02-06T05:22:35.088-08:00Create Jobs and fight PovertySouth Africa must industrialise to create jobs and fight povertyFebruary 2007The ideological supposition and expectation created in South Africa’s political economy discourse in 1996 when government adopted the Growth, Employment, and Redistribution (GEAR) strategy was that high levels of economic growth would address the poverty and unemployment challenges. Various and at times dissimilar Floyd Shivambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05071786748618754495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16457920.post-1163281782117515402006-11-11T13:47:00.000-08:002006-11-11T13:49:42.520-08:00Skills development and employment creationIs Skills development the epicentre of employment creation and poverty reduction in South Africa? November 2006 It is particularly relieving that government and various if not all sectors of South African society have acknowledged the conspicuous reality that the country’s economic growth and fiscal stability over the past 12 years has been largely jobless, and somewhat failed to systemically Floyd Shivambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05071786748618754495noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16457920.post-1161700980220134022006-10-24T07:37:00.000-07:002006-10-24T07:43:02.006-07:00SASCO Ideological Debate RevisitedSASCO Ideological Debates Revisited: A brief overview of Marxism-Leninism as SASCO’s guide to action and tools of analysisOctober 2006The South African Students’ Congress (SASCO) uses Marxism-Leninism as tools of analysis and guide to action. Since SASCO’s adoption of Marxist-Leninist telescope to view and analyse society and its transformation, there has not been a thorough and convincing Floyd Shivambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05071786748618754495noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16457920.post-1154537004959235822006-08-02T09:41:00.000-07:002006-08-02T09:43:26.183-07:00Reflections of President Mbeki's Nelson Mandela Memorial LectureSocial cohesion and human solidarity cannot be detached from material conditions and relations. NFSPresident Thabo Mbeki’s Nelson Mandela lecture on Saturday, July 29, 2006 at Wits University called upon South Africans to debate materialism and idealism, whilst emphasising the central notion of social cohesion and human solidarity. Nothing more could be encouraging and inspiring than the Floyd Shivambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05071786748618754495noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16457920.post-1145875511066469862006-04-24T03:42:00.000-07:002006-05-04T16:10:36.530-07:00YCL's Defiance Campaign Under PerspectiveDefying the Defiance Campaign: Reflections on YCL strugglesNyiko Floyd ShivambuThe Young Communist League of South Africa has grown to be considered as one of the most relevant, outspoken and influential youth organisations in South Africa. The growth of the YCL is no doubt attributed to its strong structures and ideological steadfastness. Very few youth and student structures in South Africa Floyd Shivambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05071786748618754495noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16457920.post-1126525179362558902005-09-12T04:37:00.000-07:002005-09-29T13:00:47.780-07:00SRC Handover SpeechHandover Address by Nyiko Floyd ShivambuSRC President 2004/5University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg12 September 2005Vice Chancellor the 12th of September marks a very important day in the history of South Africa and the South African student activism. Today marks exactly 28 years, of apartheid police operations assassination of one of the most prominent student leaders in the history of Floyd Shivambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05071786748618754495noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16457920.post-1126179895055474922005-09-08T04:42:00.000-07:002005-09-15T07:35:49.583-07:00Challenges for Access and Equity in South African Higher EducationNyiko Floyd Shivambu Introduction The concepts ‘access’ and ‘equity’ are widespread and recurrent in pronouncements and policy contents of the South African Higher Education sector. Certainly, these concepts connect all higher education stakeholders in the recognition that total emancipation of and social transformation of South Floyd Shivambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05071786748618754495noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16457920.post-1130846239505062582005-09-01T03:53:00.000-07:002005-11-01T03:57:19.530-08:00Societal Tribalism in South AfricaSOCIETAL TRIBALISM IN SOUTH AFRICA\Nyiko Floyd Shivambu (2003) Discussion document prepared for the Inter-varsity student seminar at the University of Pretoria, September 2003African political leaders, experiencing it as destructive to their ideals of national unity, denounced it passionately. Commentators on the Left, recognizing it as a block to the growth of appropriate class awareness, Floyd Shivambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05071786748618754495noreply@blogger.com2