During the month of September, the African National Congress in the Northern Cape Province will be launching its Imvuselelo Campaign. The campaign which is aimed at building a strong and vibrant ANC, which is capable of providing leadership to all sectors of the population and which are visible in community development efforts and struggles at ward level. The campaigns primary objective is directed at the membership and branches of our movement. In achieving the Imvuselelo campaign objectives, the campaign will be implemented in different phases. PHASE 1: Preparations and training. This phase involves the political and practical preparations of branch members through workshops on the objectives and phases of the campaign. Branch members should be able to explain the principles, policies and programmes of the ANC. PHASE 2: door-to-door information collection. This is the phase in which door-to-door teams will conduct their first visit to all the households in the ward. PHASE 3: Action on issues raised. The branch should meet and decide what action to take on these issues. This process should also be seen as part of political education, empowering members to engage with local development issues and identifying how best problems can be resolved. It must necessarily involve ANC councilors for the area. PHASE 4: Recruitment. Door-to-door teams will visit all households to recruit new members and check that existing members are up to date with their membership subscription. They should make sure that existing and new members know about the meetings of the branch and how to get involved in branch activities. PHASE 5: political discussions as part of Conference preparations. Having a clearer sense of the local development takes and challenges, and being acquainted with mass-based political work branch members will be in a better position to engage in debates on the discussion documents distributed in preparation for the ANC 3rd National General Council and the 53rd National Conference. The Imvuselelo Campaign is not a once-off campaign. It will form the basis for an ongoing programme of membership development, organization building and community engagement. The different regions within the Northern Cape were well in attendance at the Provincial training that took place in the ZFM region. Current and new membership will strengthen the organisation and political education for the old and new members will be key. The policies of the ANC will be cascaded down the chains of command and will inform branch and functions of the ward towards building a stronger nation together.
Posted on: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 10:55:56 +0000