[The whole FNB crime campaign has had a TREMENDOUS GALVANISING EFFECT. Even by withdrawing, FNB has done something amazing. I see that Solidarity has now jumped into the fray – they set up a website and they’re going to send tens of thousands of letter to President Mbeki – written by private citizens.

I am delighted. We could be on the verge of an ANTI-CRIME REVOLUTION – BUT – the battle is now between Communists and Liberals!

Look at the S.African Communist Party and the ANC Youth League – traditional communists – and their attacks on FNB. They’re not concerned with Crime and NEITHER IS MBEKI.

The way Mbeki wipes his bum on our crime concerns tells me that deep down, Mbeki is still going along with the Communist Agenda to a certain degree.

I am dying of curiosity to see what happens if Solidarity and other just hammer away at Mbeki with petitions, letters, etc.

What we need to see is *HOW* Mbeki bullsh*ts his way out of it, and how he twists and plays word games. I am curious to see the ANC trickery and deception.

Because here is the question I pose to all of you: What if, a massive outpouring of anger and frustration leaves Mbeki and the ANC unmoved? What then?

This is utterly fascinating, and it will tell us many things about the ANC, including our “Moderated CIA-influenced bumchum – Mbeki”. I’m starting to get the opinion that Mbeki is no better than Jacob Zuma. The one is as much of a rotten piece of rubbish as the other – no difference between them at all.

On the other hand, one hopes that something can be done about crime. Can Big Business and the Western world squeeze Mbeki enough to do something?? I’m skeptical… but… you never know… maybe something CAN be done!

If NOT, then it just means we continue onward towards our future Racial/Communist/Capitalist Civil War. Jan]

Mixed reaction continued to be expressed on Tuesday following weekend reports that First National Bank had shelved its anti-crime campaign which invited people to write to President Thabo Mbeki.

On the one hand, the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) lashed out at the finance house for not spending more on poverty alleviation.

On the other, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said FNB should be praised and not vilified, and the trade union Solidarity set up a website, enabling visitors to put their names to an existing letter
and send it to Mbeki.

Most Gauteng newspapers condemned the withdrawal the bank’s R20-million campaign as a cowardly act. They also accused the government and big business of using bullying tactics in the matter.

‘We need to be tough on crime’

FNB’s campaign involved print, television and radio advertisements and invited members of the public to write to President Thabo Mbeki about their experiences of crime.

The bank withdrew its initiative on Friday after meeting with government and the security cluster, but said it would go ahead with it at a later date.

Die Beeld, the Citizen, Business Day and the Sowetan on Monday said government had bullied FNB into withdrawing its campaign and that FNB had bowed to the pressure.

Meanwhile, Business Unity South Africa (Busa) said finger-pointing would not help in the fight against crime.

Chief executive Jerry Vilakazi said the organisation did not doubt the government’s commitment in the fight against crime.

“(Busa) would caution those who want to take a sectarian approach that could lead into polarisation on this issue”.

The SACP said FNB, like other major financial institutions in South Africa, had been “exceedingly reluctant” to make any significant effort to address the huge problems of poverty, joblessness and the lack of access to banking and credit facilities confronting millions of South Africans.

Social resolutions taken by the bank at the Financial Sector Summit in 2005 remained largely unfulfilled.

“We need to be tough on crime, but we also need to be tough on the underlying causes of crime – in particular, the crisis of underdevelopment confronting around half of our population, with the aggravating circumstance of extreme inequality.

“These realities make the FNB initiative particularly hypocritical,” the SACP said.

The party also warned on the activities of Business Against Crime, saying while such an initiative was welcome, “it easily defaults into a narrow law-and-order perspective, in which the protection of the ill-gotten wealth and lifestyles of a tiny minority become the major objective”.

The National Consumer Forum (NCF) on Tuesday said banks in South Africa had the potential to make significant inroads in reducing poverty, unemployment and crime. – Sapa

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