What has the discussion in the ANC Youth League been?
The ANC Youth League, as part of an overall alliance within the ANC with the Communist Party and COSATU, have been involved in the drafting of the RDP and its conceptualisation and orientation. Our conception is that the RDP must first address the actual needs of people, the problems such as housing, electricity, education and other specific issues. The second focus of the RDP is redistributing the wealth of the country away from a small, white minority to a much more equitable distribution. That is why we talk about affirmative action. Local government elections are coming up for the middle of next year. The idea is to involve communities and community organisations directly in local government affairs. So a service association will be able to campaign for the elections alongside political parties. We are confident that the government will be sensitive. There is often the risk of what they call macro-economic discipline: controlling inflation and trying to balance all the different ty
