NATIONAL OFFICE BEARERS

Interim National Secretary

Jan Nabane (M) GP

Interim National Chairperson

Mzwandile Thakhudi (M) FS

Interim National Treasurer

Tarik Lalla (M) GP SASCO

Interim 1st Deputy National Secretary

Ponego Pookgoadi (F) MP

Interim 2nd Deputy National Secretary

Thandeka Nkosi (F) MM (KZN)

Interim Deputy National Chairperson

Dr Thabani Dlamini (M) EC

OUR VISION

We are devoted to the interests of all young people and dedicated to the revolutionary cause of the working class of our country and the globe.

OUR MISSION

We are committed to and struggle for the transformation of South Africa from a capitalist society to a socialist society in which there is no exploitation of one person or group by another.

CHARACTER

Be an independent and voluntary youth formation of young people from the age of 14 (fourteen) to the age of 35 (thirty-five) that derives its organisational existence from and functions as an autonomous youth wing of the SACP.

LATEST NEWS

YCL of South Africa, Gauteng Province message of support, delivered by Alex Mashilo: Gauteng Provincial Secretary at the occasion of the hosting of ANC Centenary flame by the SACP

28 October 2012, University of Johannesburg, Soweto Campus SACP Central Committee Members as by General Secretary Dr Blade Nzimande; SACP PEC, DECs and BECs as led by Provincial Secretary CDE Jacob...

Speech by the National Secretary of the Young Communist League of South Africa on the occassion of “The Black History Month”

26 October 2012, Freedom Park, Pretoria The Young Communists and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat: The South African Conundrum Thank you for the opportunity to engage with you on the commemoration...

Speech by the National Secretary of the YCLSA on the celebration of the ANC Centenary and SACP 91st Anniversary

22 October 2012, Mamelodi, Stanza Bopape Hall "The ANC and the SACP: A Shared History" The history of the ANC and the SACP is the history of South Africa. As we celebrate the 91st Anniversary of the...

Speech by Hon. Buti Manamela on the debate on the occasion of the debate of the Youth Wage Subsidy in the National Assembly

16 August 2012 "The Historical Manifestation of Unemployment and Economic Exclusion in South Africa" Hon Speaker Hon. Members of Parliament The historical manifestation of unemployment in our country...

Young Communist League message delivered at 13th South African Communist Party Congress by the National Secretary Comrade Buti Manamela on the 12th July 2012

13 July 2012 The Young Communist League welcomes this opportunity to speak to the delegates at the 13th National Congress of the SACP. We are fortunate that as young people, just as this leadership...

Address by Malusi Gigaba to the Youth Jobs Summit

27 October 2011, Johannesburg We would like to thank you most profoundly for inviting us to make a few remarks at this important Youth Jobs Summit that started yesterday. I am most particularly and...

Speech by National Secretary of YCLSA, Buti Manamela, to the Second National Jobs for Youth Summit

26 October 2011 Dear Comrades, friends and fellow young South Africans Today we are paging yet another important leaf in the history of youth struggles against unemployment, inequality and poverty. By...

Keynote address by YCLSA Gauteng Provincial Secretary Alex Mashilo on behalf of the 2nd YCLSA Gauteng Congress PEC during YCLSA Linda Jabane District Congress

15 October 2011, Wits University, Johannesburg YCLSA 2nd Gauteng Congress PEC Members Present; YCLSA Linda Jabane DILC Members Present; SACP DEC Members present; PYA formations represented; and YCLSA...

Closing Address by President of the African National Congress, Comrade Jacob Zuma, at the 3rd Young Communist League National Congress, University of the North West, Mafikeng

12 December 2010 General Secretary of the South African Communist Party, Comrade Blade Nzimande; National Chairperson of YCL, National Secretary of the Young Communist League, Comrade Buti Manamela...

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