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

Address By The National Secretary of the Young Communist League Buti Manamela to the University of South Africa Celebrations of The 30th Annivessary of June 16

From anti - Apartheid to anti - Capitalism This year is the 30th Anniversary of June 16. It is also the 84th Anniversary of the Young Communist League. The YCL takes both occasions seriously and in...

Address by Jacob Zuma at the YCL rally in commemoration of the Soweto uprisings 30th Anniversary

17 June 2006, Khayelitsha Stadium, Cape Town ANC Provincial Secretary, Mcebisi Skwatsha, and the Provincial Leadership of the ANC, YCL Secretary General, Buti Manamela, National Chairperson of YCL...

Young Communist League’s National Secretary’s Address to the Learners of the Welkom Education District on the Occasion of the Celebration of June 16 30th Annivessary

9 June 2006 This year we are celebrating the 30th Anniversary of June 16. It has become more and more of a ritual where we convene gatherings of this nature, and we sometimes forget what their...

Message of the YCLSA on the occasion of the Celebration of the 85th Anniversary of the SACP

31 August 2006, Wadley Stadium, Maritzburg Members of the Central Committee present led by General Secretary Blade Nzimande, Members of the YCL National Committee present, NEC ANC members led by...

YCL to make submission at Parliamentary Ad hoc Committee on Socio-Economic Development, an Africa Peer Review Programme-A country’s self assessment

9 November 2005 The National Secretary of the YCL, Buti Manamela, will be presenting a Submission before the Parliamentary Ad-Hoc Committee on Socio-Economic Development, an Africa Peer Review...

The Symptoms of Civil War in the Kingdom of Swaziland is Peace at Last

Paper Presented at the Institute for Democracy in South Africa (Idasa), 24 October 2005, Cape Town, Jazze Mokoena Preliminary Remarks The Young Communist League (YCL) in the Western Cape has declared...

Submission of the Young Communist League of South Africa to the Portfolio Committee on Sports and Recreation on National Sports and Recreation Amendment Bill

(as introduced in the National Assembly as a section 75 Bill: Government Gazette no 27787 of 22 July 2005) Introduction The Young Communist League of South Africa is a youth organisation with...

Address by the National Secretary of the Young Communist League to the students at Wits on the Occasion of the Memorial of Steve Biko

The ideals of Steve Biko, and Challenges to Youth 16 September 2004 Dearest Master of Ceremonies, SRC President and Executive Members, Fellow Students of Wits University, Distinguished Guests, The...

Address by the National Secretary of the Young Communist League, Buti Manamela, to the Jack Simons Branch of the YCL, Western Cape

Build a Mass-Based, Mass Rooted Youth organisation centred on youth development! Build the YCL Now 7 September 2004 Dearest Comrades, In 2001 September 06, a delegation of the South African Students...

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