different components of the anti-neoliberal movement to come to terms with one another.
From the side of the social movements or community based organisations there is a deep streak of suspicion and mistrust of the NGOs which are able to take up a strong position in the general movement because of the resources at their command.
There is also a widespread distrust of Cosatu and its agenda due to is association with and backing of the ANC in the tripartite alliance. Cosatu, from its side, is offended by this criticism and has branded the proponents of the SMI as ultra leftists.
The establishment of a South African Social Forum would would compromise the objectives of any organisation; nor comprise the objectives of a single organisation.
Organisations that constitute the SMI need to firmly reject the idea that community based social movements can spontaneously produce the broad common program that is needed to unite and drive the SMI as a whole.
With their activities dominated by urgent single issues, they have failed to do so up to now. Where there have been efforts to establish broader amalgamauons wese have failed to achieve any