In as much as one may disagree or agree on the merits of nationalisation, even so the arrogance of Ms. Shabangu is not taking this debate forward at all. "Maybe when I'm dead - and rest assured I'm not dying next week.", how can a senior leader of the ANC expect to be taken seriously when instead of constructively rebutting, she condescendingly reduces views of other ANC cadres as being "academic"?
Asikhuluma makomanisi... there is no room for paragons of thought in this debate. In a Times article in it read: Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu has promised there will be no nationalisation of South Africa's mines despite a high-profile campaign by ANC Youth League leader, Julius Malema. "In my lifetime there'll be no nationalisation. Maybe when I'm dead, and rest assured I'm not dying next week," she was quoted as saying by the wire agency, Sapa. More from the story: Though nationalisation was not government policy, South Africa was a democratic country, and young people who wanted to "flex their muscles intellectually" should not be suppressed. "Why should we stop young people when they want to engage in an intellectual debate? "If Malema flexes his muscle as a young person, and engages in intellectual and academic exercise, why must we stop him?" Shabangu told the media conference that the notion of state participation in the mining sector was nothing new. It already owned diamond mining concern Alexkor, and had a stake in Anglo American. "So we are already there. We exist, we compete, we are part of the markets," she said. However, such involvement had to be strategic and in the national interest. ANC Youth League, Shabangu clash over mines Feb 2, 2010 2:12 PM| By _____ Minerals Minister Susan Shabangu was misleading investors when she said the nationalisation of mines would not happen in her lifetime, the ANC Youth League said today. _____ http://www.timeslive.co.za/multimedia/dynamic/00370/602888_573618_370468b.jp g ANCYL leader Julius Malema Picture: PHILLIP NOTHNAGEL Photograph by: It was responding to Shabangu's assertion at a mining conference earlier in the day that nationalisation was not government policy. Nationalisation of mines would happen, and this would not be in the distant future, the ANCYL said in the statement. "If these are really the views of the minister, she is disingenuous, dishonest and does not understand the African National Congress. "In our internal discussion with Minister Shabangu, she said that she does not disagree with the ANC Youth League, but because she is now trying to impress imperialists, she changes her tone." The ANCYL called on Shabangu to stop misleading investors, and instead to make inputs on the nationalisation discussion document that the league had produced for the ANC. Earlier on Tuesday, Shabangu insisted that nationalisation was not on the government's agenda and that calls for it by ANCYL leader Julius Malema did not shape government policy. "In my lifetime there'll be no nationalisation," she told a media conference at the indaba in Cape Town. "Maybe when I'm dead - and rest assured I'm not dying next week." In October last year he gave ANC leaders an ultimatum to either support nationalisation or forget about leading the ANC in 2012. -- 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] .
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