Tag Archives: ANCYL

Malema gone…

By 6000 | 6000 | November 10, 2011

Big news this morning as the ANC National Disciplinary Committee effectively kicked ANC Youth League President Julius Malema out of the party by suspending him for five years. Taxi! Julius et al have 14 days in which to appeal, but the individuals sitting on the appeals committee – chaired by Cyril Ramaphosa, and consisting of National Planning Minister [...]

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Fed up

By 6000 | 6000 | September 15, 2011

I remarked the other day that recently, SA politics has become depressingly depressing. Far too much foolishness and sabre-rattling from individuals elected to serve the population. Far too much emphasis on race and racism, sex and sexism, this-ism and that-ism. Far too much jumping to conclusions. Far too little actually sitting down, talking to each [...]

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Do try to keep up

By 6000 | 6000 | August 5, 2011

Have you read Fikile Mbalula’s speech from the Economic Freedom in our Lifetime lecture last night? If not, why not? You are lagging behind. Do try to keep up. Speaking on the subject of the (proposed?) nationalisation of the mining industry and, in this excerpt, specifically on those who are against such a plan, he [...]

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Malema’s Election Promise

By 6000 | 6000 | June 21, 2011

Julius says: Comrades! Re-elect me and together, we will ride invisible motorbikes!

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Just another ANCYL press release

By 6000 | 6000 | February 1, 2011

I swear, you can’t make this sort of thing up. But someone does. This one goes out to all those overseas people who will think that it was me that made it up. First came this, from ANCYL President Julius Malema at the pre-opening party of the ZAR nightclub in Cape Town: Helen Zille will [...]

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