It was this thing of personality cult which resulted in this new party being formed... it is it that we see in play here.
On 11/11/08, khaya xaba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > > > > -- Sibusiso Mimi Contact: +27 (0) 76 021 1216 "Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient" ARISTOTLE --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
