Cde Bayethe
Please let us not use a race card as our scapegoat everytime we are
under fire.We are betraying white cdes who sacrificed their lives for
the liberation of SA. If we generalise and say all Whites are racist
and against Malema we are lying to ourselves and betraying the values
of the ANC. Malema himself stated that people in SA especially
politicians must account for their wealth. It is now time for him to
clarify us where is he getting such an amount. We cant allow Malema to
continue playing with the emotions of the poor. He stated himself that
he has never seen a million. We are not stupid some of us.
Malema is squandering the legacy of the Youth League and it is said.
We moved from brilliance to Mediocre. Even the newly elected SG and DP
are clowns. I thought Cde Lamola was going to shape some sense during
the press conference but he was competing with the SG on who is the
best clown.
Nicholas
Quoting [email protected]:
Hands off the national president of the youth league....a black man
is always a suspect....political freedom without economical freedom
is useless.....long live the spirit of Peter Mokaba long live.....
Its too earLy domnic to write the political obituary of cde malema
,you tend to forget early cde jz was scandalised the same way
-Malema will prevail these right wing attacks of white liberal media .
Economic freedom train will not be derailed .
Moses
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From: Dominic Tweedie <[email protected]>
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Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:32:13
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Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] Julius Malema absent from his press conference
The Times
Juju goes to ground as pressure mounts
Amukelani Chauke, The Times, Johannesburg, 26 July, 2011
ANC Youth League president Julius Malema has gone underground as
pressure continued to mount about how he funds his lavish lifestyle.
The DA yesterday wrote to Public Protector Thuli Madonsela asking
her to investigate Malema, and AfriForum has opened a criminal case
against him.
A youth league media briefing at ANC headquarters, Luthuli House,
billed as an attempt to "clear the air", turned into a damp squib
when the league's leadership failed to reveal anything about
Malema's Ratanang Family Trust, which he has been accused of using
to receive cash from businesses that benefit from government tenders.
Instead of responding to questions, the youth league's deputy
president, Ronald Lamola, and secretary-general, Sindiso Magaqa,
attacked the media, accusing it of trying to divert attention from
the league's calls for the nationalisation of mines and the
expropriation of land without compensation.
Magaqa denied that the trust, registered by Malema in 2008, was a
"secret" fund. He said it had been used openly as a vehicle for
donating money to charitable and other organisations.
"If there is any wrongdoing on the part of the trust, the ANC Youth
League president is open and ready for investigations by SARS and
any other law-enforcement agency.
"If there are citizens who believe that there is wrongdoing, they
should report such to the agencies and not to newspapers," he said.
Magaqa refused to say why Malema was not present to clear his name,
saying only that the youth league president's whereabouts were "none
of your business".
"Why are you concerned why the president is not here? That is none
of your business," he said.
Though he listed a number of charitable "causes" to which the trust
had donated money, Magaqa refused to answer questions relating to
cash flows into the trust.
A City Press exposé on Sunday quoted an unnamed Limpopo businessman
who claimed to have deposited R200000 into the trust's account. He
alleged that people who wanted to buy Malema's influence to win
tenders in Limpopo had deposited money into the trust's account.
Magaqa yesterday denied the claim and said the businessman should
report Malema to the police and produce deposit slips as proof of
his allegations.
"When people [the media] come here, they must not come here with
sponsored views ... The money that is there is for the trust; it is
not for the exchange of tenders," he said.
DA MP Dianne Kohler Barnard said the tide was turning against Malema.
"The tide of allegations against Mr Malema relating to financial
impropriety, fraud and corruption has been steadily rising. Thus
far, he has failed to provide a satisfactory explanation to any of
the questions put to him."
Last week, Malema said at a press conference that his personal
finances and businesses were not subject to public scrutiny because
he was a "private citizen".
This followed reports - all denied by Malema - that he had
demolished a R3.6-million home in Sandown, Sandton, to make way for
a R16-million mansion, complete with a bunker.
On Saturday he failed in his urgent application for a high court
interdict that would have prevented City Press from publishing the
allegations about his trust.
Trade union federation and ANC alliance partner Cosatu has called
for an investigation into Malema's finances by the police, the
Special Investigating Unit and the ANC's ethics committee.
Philip Dexter, a spokesman for COPE, called on Malema to disclose
the sources of his funding.
"His defensive response, that it is none of our business, will not
wash. The public must lobby for the right to know," he said.
The Public Protector's office said it had not received a complaint
relating to Malema by close of business yesterday.
From:
http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2011/07/26/juju-goes-to-ground-as-pressure-mounts
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