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The African National Congress (ANC)
has emerged from a two-day gathering of its top communications cadres held
in Esselen Park, with plans to strengthen its communications machinery at
national, provincial, regional and branch level.

The national
communications and research workshop held on 28 - 29 November 2009, attended
by ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) Communications Sub-committee
members, ANC national and provincial spokespersons; and deployed cadres, is
in line with one of Polokwane Resolutions calling on the ANC to:
· Improve
the capacity of its communication cadres.
· Resuscitate the 51st
Stellenbosch National Conference decision to establish and strengthen all
ANC media and communication structures along the lines of the old Department
of Information and Publicity set up after the unbanning of the organisation.
· Effectively co-ordinate dissemination of information to the people and
engage in the battle of ideas.

We are happy to have engaged in examining
the state of our communications machinery at all levels with the view to
improve co-ordination.

The meeting resolved to - among others:
· Strengthen
ANC communication structures as a coherent force for change.
· Strengthen
interface with other liberation movements in Africa to become organs for
progressive change, with a long-term objective of establishing an African
Forum of Communicators.
· Set up task teams on ICT, media liaison, media
transformation and diversity, local government, training and
development.
· Strengthen the ANC Media and Communications Forum, which will
draw expertise from all ANC structures, Alliance partners, deployed cadres
and organs of civil society.