*Before Shilowa can lead us, he must look after his offspring’s first!* Frederick Engels once wrote ‘that mankind must first of all eat, drink, have shelter and clothing, before it can pursue politics, science, art, religion, etc’. These words cannot be truer than today, But Engels forget to add that men must also look after his offspring’s and family before pursuing politics.
The recent public statements by the ANC YL to assist Marvin Shilowa, the offspring of former Gauteng Premier and ANC renegade Mbhazima Shilowa bears testimony to this fact that for Shilowa to pursue politics, and position himself as a genuine and true representative of our people he must look after his offspring by providing education, shelter, clothing and food. They say the greatest investment any country can make is educating its youth for the betterment and prosperity of its country. Consider how many graduates Shilowa could have financed with the R40 billion spent on luxurious Gautrain and which his child could have benefited immensely to pursue his academic studies. I am failing to understand Shilowa’s leadership credibility and parental responsibilities, since he has good taste for expensive wines, clothes and cigars, when his child cannot go to varsity. This shows how his leadership qualities are bankrupt and immoral. We cannot allow people who are failing to provide leadership in their own families and children , and want to mislead us by projecting themselves as true leaders who can lead the South African society. This means therefore that Shilowa and COPE cannot be entrusted with the responsibility of leading our country and society. Shilowa’s parental responsibilities are a broader reflection of what kind of leadership do we have in COPE. It is a leadership that is obsessed with power at the expenses of the needs and demands of our people as informed by the political economy of our country. We should applaud the gesture of the ANC YL of making sure that the vast majority of South Africa’s youth have access to tertiary education including Shilowa’s children. This why we are making a clarion call to youth to vote ANC en masse because of the following fundamental reasons; · For decent work and building of co-operatives; · For free, compulsory and quality education for all; · For health for all; · To defeat crime; These are the most urgent tasks that will be advanced by ANC President Jacob Zuma’s administration for the next five years. We believe that the majority of South Africa’s youth including Shilowa’s offspring will benefit immensely from this political programme of the ANC as part of improving the lives of South Africa’s youth for the better. A sober young person as we approach the polls will vote for the ANC, and not a church of feeble minds; power mongers; gossipers who have hired a Bishop because there can’t also lead the very same organisation they have started. *Castro Ntobeko Ngobese* --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
