The African People’s Socialist Party
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1.1 The name of the organisation shall be the African People’s Socialist Party, hereinafter referred to as APSP.
1.2 Vision – To be a political home to all ordinary South Africans who are yearning for economic justice and social solidarity.
1.3 Mission - To create a truly democratic government of the people by the people and for the people through popular consultation and popular participation.
CDE Hlabirwa Mathume: |
CDE Frans Makgala: |
CDE Khalo Matlala: |
CDE Rubesta Manhique: |
2.1 APSP motto shall be POPULAR PARTICIPATION, POPULAR DEMOCRACY.
2.2 All Party programmes and activities should be guided by the revolutionary doctrine of people centeredness and popular democracy.
2.3 IDEOLOGY – Pan Africanism, African Nationalism and Socialism.
2.4 BASIC DOCUMENTS, the Party shall have four basic documents – The APSP Constitution, The People’s Socialist Manifesto, The Socialist Strategic Plan and The People’s Revolutionary Programme of Action.
3.1 To organise and mobilise the masses for a people’s political revolution.
3.2 To rally the people to advance their dream for a people centred democracy.
3.3 To strive for unification of the African Continent, politically, economically and socially including the African Diaspora.
3.4 To promote projection of a true African identity.
3.5 To promote the international solidarity of all progressive socialist forces.
3.6 To strive to rid Africa of all forms of colonialism and neo-colonialism.
3.7 To establish a truly patriotic Government of the people by the people and for the people.
3.8 To galvanise the masses for a socialist national democratic revolution.
3.9 To work for Peace, Patriotism, Prosperity, Unity, Justice, Human Rights, Democracy and Rule of Law..
4.1 All South Africans from the age of sixteen [16] who subject themselves to the ideological, organisational and the political doctrine of the APSP and undertake to carry out its decisions and to be active in the work of APSP structures and pay whichever dues decided on, are eligible for membership, provided that such person is not a member of any other political organisation in South Africa.
4.2 Membership shall be issued to registered members of the APSP and to persons whose application for membership has been accepted, subject to review as aforesaid and in all cases subject to payment of the prescribed subscription and shall remain valid for a period of twelve calendar months.
4.3 A person who does not qualify for citizenship or permanent residency in South Africa may be accepted as an associate member if his or her application is accepted by the Central Committee (CC). An associate member has full constitutional rights and obligations but may not stand for election as a member of the Executive at any level of the APSP.
4.4 Every member has a duty in his or her personal conduct to act in a manner which will bring credit to the APSP and be a standard bearer of the highest socialist ethic and morality.
5.1. Accountability.
5.2. Transparency.
5.3. Integrity.
5.4. Credibility
5.5. Patriotism.
Our Party is a great, glorious and correct Party.
“The force at the core leading our cause forward is our correct ideological, political and organisational line. The theoretical basis guiding our thinking is Marxism-Leninism”. If there is to be a political revolution in South Africa/ Azania, then there must be a revolutionary party. Without a revolutionary party, without a party built on the Marxist-Leninist revolutionary theory and in the Marxist-Leninist revolutionary style, it is impossible to lead the working class and the broad masses of the people against capitalism and corruption.
The African People’s Socialist Party (APSP) is here to assume the leadership of the socialist revolution in South Africa/Azania. Without this correct leadership, the cause of socialism cannot be victorious. A well-disciplined Party armed with the theory of Marxism-Leninism, using the method of self-criticism and linked with the masses of the people under the leadership of such a Party and a united front of all revolutionary classes and all revolutionary groups under the leadership of such a Party - are the main weapons with which we can defeat the capitalist establishment in our Country, our Continent and the entire World
No political party can possibly lead a great political revolution and win unless it possesses revolutionary theory and knowledge of history and has a profound grasp of the practical reality.
Our revolutionary leaders, Kwame Nkrumah, Thomas Sankara, Robert Sobukwe, Julius Nyerere, Patrice Lumumba, Amilcar Cabral etc, left an undying legacy in Africa. Patriotic, united and economically progressive, their undying legacy will always inspire and propel us to do even more for a free, united and prosperous Africa. We, in South Africa have a duty, a duty to liberate ourselves economically and socially because the total liberation of South Africa will usher into the liberation of the entire African Continent, which in turn will usher into the liberation of mankind.