Linda, I guess we should acknowledge the fact that not every email send to ycl forum has motove behind. But careful that if don1t trust each other we then become the bomb waiting to explode.
Magoro Segoahla Snr Clerical Assist TEMBISA FIRE STATION Tel: +2711 394 0757 ext 337 Fax: +2711 974 1428 Fax to Email: 086 513 0055 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of LINDA SCHALK Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 4:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [email protected] Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] Re: Anele Mda's interview with news24 Cds i dnt know the whole motive behind khaya idea of forwarding this mail based on Anele's statement made on news24,but i smell a rat here, r u suggesting dat the YL shud promote anele statements and take sides based on which grounds khaya xaba wrote: > Johannesburg - The ANC splinter group's answer to Julius Malema is causing > waves. Meet Anele Mda: outspoken, passionate and, until 31 October, an > executive committee member of the ANC Youth League. > Now the 30-year-old youth activist has been appointed to convene the youth > wing of the ANC breakaway party started by former defence minister Mosiuoa > Lekota and former Gauteng premier Mbhazima Shilowa. > Mda is already getting people excited with her vision of a united South > African youth and of putting petty politics aside. > "We stand for inclusiveness and the high moral ground of young people in > general," said Mda, who has criticised the ANCYL for its exclusively black > leadership. > She quickly rose to national prominence and dominated media briefings with > her alternative perspective on youth leadership. > Scathing about Malema > In an interview with News24, Mda was scathing about ANCYL leader Julius > Malema. > "I don't spend a lot of my time thinking about Malema, but when I see his > behaviour I think it's as simple as a wild animal's behaviour," she quipped. > "There isn't any domestic animal I liken Malema's behaviour to because I'm > going to do injustice to those animals." > She took a swipe at the youth league's backing of ANC president Jacob Zuma. > "If we have a leader whose morality has been exposed to not be in good stand > then we should not seek to back such individuals for the sake of our own > popularity," she told News24. > While Malema boasts of his politically-charged upbringing in Polokwane, Mda > earned her credentials serving in ANC heartland itself. Born in Bizana in the > Eastern Cape , she grew up in Mthata and founded an NGO, the Port St Johns > HIV and Aids Information Centre, when still in her late teens. She now works > for the Eastern Cape Youth Commission. > She called her NGO work with young girls an eye-opening experience and wants > to encourage a culture of volunteerism amongst SA youth. > "For example our Crime Foot Soldiers," she said, referring to one of many > initiatives to be discussed at a conference in January. "Young people must > become the ears and eyes of society." > Misgivings about the ANC > Mda says she had her first misgivings about the ANC and its youth league in > 2005. "There was a gap between the then president of the ANC, Comrade Thabo > Mbeki, and the collective NEC at large." > She described how controversial decisions made by the ANC would be > attributed to Mbeki while the National Executive Committee would take credit > for what worked. > "I started to smell a rat and I began to feel wary of the whole thing. To my > knowledge of how the ANC operated, whether in bad or happier times, we stick > together." > She tried raising her concerns several times at various levels of the > league, but realised that political games were being played and positions > earned. "Certain individuals secured for themselves whatever it is they were > promised," she said. "It was political manipulation." > The new youth wing > Cue the new youth wing, which Mda promises will focus on education, health, > the economy and the fight against crime. > "We no longer want our people continuously being fed by the hand of > government," she said. "We want to promote a culture of non-dependency." > But she is thin on detail on how these areas will be changed. A clear policy > will only emerge out of January's conference. > But one thing is certain. She's is stepping into a youth leadership vacuum > in the country, and attracting those Malema has alienated with his > controversial statements and allegiances. "We do not subscribe to the notion > that says we value party loyalty more than the requirements of general masses > of our country at large," she said. > COMMUNIST REGARDS > EVER ONWARD TO VICTORY > CONFIDENTIALITY & DISCLAIMER NOTICE This message contains specific, confidential or proprietary information for exclusive use by the individual/entities to whom/which it has been addressed. If you or your company is not the intended recipient kindly notify the sender immediately. Any use or dissemination of the contents of this message is strictly prohibited. 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