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STATEMENT ON EDUCATION
2013/06/07
Education is careering from crisis to crisis. This has been the case at primary schools when books were not delivered in accordance with stipulations, then high schools where results are not commensurate to the resources put into such institutions.
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DEBATE ON THE GUPTAGATE
2013/05/24
It is very strange that the National Key Point status can be trivialised and dismissed in a simple party committee meeting while the home of an individual is ascribed the status of National Key Point with a fortune in public funds being spent thereon.
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THE UCDP LEADERSHIP SPEAKS


Mr IS Mfundisi
President

ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE YOUTH DAY COMMEMORATION

On the morning of 16 June 1976 following months of frustration thousands of African school children in Soweto walked to Orlando Stadium to protest against what the then regime took as a matter-of-fact issue, teaching almost all subjects in Afrikaans. Those young people felt that enough was enough, that much, and nothing further.
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Mr IS Mfundisi
President

PAN-AFRICANISM AND RENAISSANCE

Self-knowledge, as proposed by Alexander Pope when he said: “Know yourself; presume not God to scan,” is the first and most important thing that any living person has to pride themselves in.
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Mr IS Mfundisi
President

DEBATE ON THE GUPTAGATE

It is very strange that the National Key Point status can be trivialised and dismissed in a simple party committee meeting while the home of an individual is ascribed the status of National Key Point with a fortune in public funds being spent thereon.
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Mr IS Mfundisi
President

ADDRESS AT THE FEDERAL COUNCIL AT MOTSWEDI

The ongoing tussle between the party and the former leader is not only delaying our progress but also derailing the positioning of the UCDP in the mainstream politics of the country.
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Mr IS Mfundisi
President

DEBATE ON VOTE 11 : PUBLIC ENTERPRISES

It would seem, that there’s never a dull day in the Minister’s working life and there’s always a fire to be put out in one or the other of the State owned enterprises.
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Mr IS Mfundisi
President

BUDGET VOTE ON BASIC EDUCATION

The Department has been embroiled in controversy for a number of years over varied issues but the past year has been particularly controversial with the Limpopo textbook saga.
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Mr IS Mfundisi
President

ADDRESS DELIVERED ON THE OCCASION OF FREEDOM DAY

Nineteen years ago people stood in meandering queues to vote for freedom and democracy. The question is whether South Africans are free and feel they live in a democracy.
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Mr IS Mfundisi
President

TRIBUTE TO THE LATE LEBONANG MONICA SETOU

Lebonang succumbed to injuries sustained in a road accident on Monday 25 March 2013. This took place on a road between Boshoek and Silverkrans, Moses Kotane Municipality in the North West Province.
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Mr IS Mfundisi
President

HUMAN RIGHTS DAY CELEBRATION

I deem it a privilege to deliver the Human Rights Day speech here at Embekweni, Paarl in the Western Cape. I owe it to Minister Mashatile who is striving to live up to the dictum of Social Cohesion in the Republic.
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Mr IS Mfundisi
President

STATEMENT ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

The mobilisation of the South African Police Service for conflict with the people of South Africa such as the cruelty to Mido Macia and many other chilling incidents can be traced back to the ANC's 2009 election manifesto.
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Mr T Pule
Youth League National Organiser

UCDP IS STILL IDEAL

"Oh well... UCDP is still IDEAL". These are words possibly and probably uttered by most if not all the people who had faith in the ANC and all the other parties which put the UCDP in 4th place in the North West, in the 2009 General Elections.
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Mr IS Mfundisi
President

SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE SPECIAL FEDERAL COUNCIL MEETING

I am very concerned to be addressing this unscheduled meeting today. Our ordinary meeting of the Federal Council meeting, as you know, is due in May but owing to dissent and malcontent from some quarters we are here. This meeting will determine a defining moment for the UCDP.
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Mr IS Mfundisi
President

RESPONSE TO THE STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS

Listening to the delivery of the address by President Zuma one was left astounded as to whither bound this country. While in teaching circles it is expected that repetition enhances assimilation and understanding one never bargained for such repetition from such office or to such extent.
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Mr TP Moerane
Deputy President

PRESS RELEASE STATEMENT 29/01/2013

We urge all the United Christian Democratic Party members not be moved the statements made on National and Community Radio Stations by myopic thinkers who claim to be speaking on behalf of Kgosi Mangope, who they allege that the Court has granted him his Leadership position.
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Mr IS Mfundisi
President

STATE OF THE PARTY IN THE COUNTRY

A year ago we met in this fashion to thank the Lord for having sustained us as an entity, the United Christian Democratic Party, a political party in the Republic of South Africa. We have survived criticism even from among ourselves and are justified to say this is the day the Lord has made we have to rejoice and be happy in it.
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Hon IC Ditshetelo
UCDP W/L President

UCDP WOMEN’S LEAGUE CONDEMNS THE BRUTAL MURDER OF AN ELDERLY WOMAN IN MAFIKENG.

We as the UCDP Women’s League are saddened by the continuous plight that befalls our elderly women.
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Mr IS Mfundisi
President

THE 2012 GRADE 12 RESULTS

Most South Africans are pleased with the results of the class of 2012. All provinces showed improvements from the past year except for the Western Cape that registered a drop by a fraction of a point
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Mr T Pule
Youth League National Organiser

DIRECT DEMOCRACY MADE THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE BY THE RULING PARTY
21/12/2012

One would not be shocked if most countries were to label the South Africa in 2012 as a year of outrage and violence.
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Mr IS Mfundisi
President

LEAVE CHRISTIANS AND CHRISTMAS ALONE

One wonders why there have been rumblings about the observance of Christmas as a public holiday in South Africa. Very many countries observe and celebrate the holiday.
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Mr IS Mfundisi
President

NOW IS THE TIME FOR THE ANC

There are times when people go about saying they are invincible but when the time comes to prove their mettle they run this or that way. The ANC fits into this category of self praise.
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Mr IS Mfundisi
President

SA RANKING DISCUSSION

South Africa’s latest ranking on the overall World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Index which has seen it drop by two places in the past year and solutions to improve the situation.
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Mr IS Mfundisi
President

LET US TALK TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE PARTY

The Constitution of the United Christian Democratic Party may not be the ideal document in its present form but like constitutions of all organisations can be tweaked to improve it.
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Mr IS Mfundisi
President

WE ARE NOT MERE SPECTATORS

It is quite some time that we have not posted the views of leadership. There is much that has happened in between.
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Mr IS Mfundisi
President

YOUTH MONTH IS UPON US

The month of June has come to be accepted as one set aside to celebrate youth in the country.
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Mr IS Mfundisi
President

THE HORSE HAS GALLOPED ALREADY, NDEBELE

It is only in the South African government where such a silly thing can happen, a minister in government asking for full details on an event that has almost polarised relations in the country.
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Mr IS Mfundisi
President

CONCERN OVER NAME CHANGES IN THE NORTH WEST PROVINCE

There is a new awakening in the North West regarding names for the province and some municipality.
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Mr IS Mfundisi
President

ACCEPTANCE SPEECH AFTER BEING ELECTED PARTY PRESIDENT

With humility I accept the office of National Leader or President, if you will, of the United Christian Democratic Party which has been entrusted to me by the Federal Council on the mandate of the Constitution of the party.
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