This is gutter journalism.the president was with the yl president in Limpopo,
the media has tried and failed to divide our revolutinery movement. President Jacob zuma will adress the youth program as head of state and cde lungida will adress as head of a youth state organ,period. Long live the PYA Moses ka moyo On Wednesday, June 16, 2010, Dominic.Tweedie <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Zuma to skip Malema rally > > Leaders to celebrate Youth Day apart > > > > Nkululeko Ncana, The Times, Johannesburg, > 15 July 2010 > > President Jacob Zuma and the ANC Youth League will, for the > first time in years, commemorate Youth Day at different rallies. > > In the latest sign of strained relations between the > president and youth league leader Julius Malema, Zuma will mark the > historic > day by addressing a rally organised by the National Youth Development > Agency, > in Mpumalanga, instead of one organised by the youth league. > > Zuma will share the stage with Malema's rival, Andile > Lungisa, the youth agency's chairman. > > Lungisa, who is also deputy president of the ANC Youth > League, is lobbying for support as Malema's successor next year. > > Today, Malema will address scores of youth league faithful > in Kuruman, Northern Cape. Zuma will miss the annual youth league rally > for the > first time since 2004. > > His absence will be only months after he and Malema fell out > over the youth league leader's pro-Robert Mugabe comments, which were > widely > seen as undermining Zuma's effort to broker a political deal between > the > Zimbabwean president and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and his > Movement for > Democratic Change. > > But Malema said yesterday that there was nothing unusual > about Zuma's absence at today's event. > > The Times was told the league did not invite Zuma because of > the complaints about last year's rally. > > "The league does not want to be seen to be monopolising > the president. Last years' complaints by other parties did not bode > well for > the Youth Day celebrations," said a league leader. > > Zuma was criticised last year for sharing the stage, in his > capacity as head of state, with Malema. > > The state-funded event in Katlehong, Ekurhuleni, was packed > with ANC supporters clad in the ruling party's colours and waving > election > posters printed with Zuma's face. > > Youth league spokesman Paseka Letsatsi said the league > "acknowledged this day as a national day" and was aware that Zuma > would be at a government function. > > Also absent from the youth league rally will be Manamela's > counterpart from tripartite alliance partner the Young Communist League > of SA. > > The communists' leader, Buti Manamela, told The Times he > would be attending a rally in Mamelodi, Tshwane, arranged by the > provincial > government. > > Manamela said his office had received a late invitation from > the ANC Youth League and his party would instead send provincial > leaders to > attend. > > "I will be going to the rally in Mamelodi to listen to > young people. It seems like the invitation to the youth league event > came late > and we can't react fast enough to attend the function when the > invitation is > that late," he said. > > The Young Communist League is to hold its rally on Saturday > in Sasolburg, Free State. > > > From: > http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/article505532.ece/Zuma-to-skip-Malema-rally > > > > > > > -- > 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] . > -- 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] .
