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-----Original Message----- From: matankana mothapo <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:08:16 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [YCLSA Discussion] Lamola + Floyd vs. Mabe + Magaqa in ANCYL succession battle *Very interesting. The Milk bowl has fallen and the cats are fighting. This is the problem of greedyness and demagogues. Socialism or Heaven Matankana Mothapo * On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 10:06 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > interesting > Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! > ------------------------------ > *From: * Dominic Tweedie <[email protected]> > *Sender: * [email protected] > *Date: *Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:09:08 +0200 > *To: *<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: * [email protected] > *Subject: *[YCLSA Discussion] Lamola + Floyd vs. Mabe + Magaqa in ANCYL > succession battle > > > [image: The Star] > > > *Succession battle rages at ANCYL* > **** > *****Fear and loathing is the order of the day* > > * > * > *Michelle Pietersen, The Star, Johannesburg, 16 November 2011* > > ****While the ANC Youth League is to respond on Wednesday to the ANC’s > sanctions on members of its national executive, its president’s grip on > power is understood to be slipping as a succession battle rages in its top > ranks.**** > > ****Julius Malema is said to be in a state of paranoia, and his > lieutenant, Floyd Shivambu, intensifying divisions by secretly pushing a > campaign for deputy youth league president Ronald Lamola to take over from > Malema when his reign ends. Many youth members and leaders believe this > will happen sooner rather than later.**** > > ****“Julius is vulnerable (and) does not know who to trust. He is losing > his mind trying to figure out who is against him and who is for him,” an > ANC source said.**** > > ****Divisions in the league were exposed when the ANC announced that its > leaders had been found guilty of contravening the party’s constitution.*** > * > > ****The announcement that Malema was being suspended for five years and > Shivambu for three sparked a frenzy among league leaders as they moved to > secure their positions, in the event an appeal failed.**** > > ****The league is expected to show a united front on Wednesday when it > officially announces its fightback campaign, but it is understood that not > all of the young lions are convinced that Malema is worth the fight.**** > > ****Following their emergency meeting at the weekend, ANCYL national > executive committee (NEC) members said the league leaders, for the sake of > unity, would rally publicly behind Malema.**** > > ****Some have expressed undying support for Malema and his co-accused, > while others have said that efforts to save him are futile, with plans in > the making for a future without him.**** > > ****Some national youth leaders have said privately that Malema and his > co-accused should not appeal against their sentences and that, for the sake > of the organisation, Malema should be “sacrificed”.**** > > ****One NEC member described Malema’s attempt to save his political skin > as a “dead horse giving its last kick”.**** > > ****The consensus was that it was too little, too late for Malema, who > was known to have ruled the league with an iron fist, making many enemies > in doing so.**** > > ****Fear and loathing are the order of the day, with the top five > officials at each others' throats, insiders say.**** > > ****It appears, however, that Lamola and youth league treasurer Pule Mabe > are to face off for the top job.**** > > ****Shivambu, ANC insiders have said, is waging a campaign against Mabe > in a bid to propel Lamola into the top position. “(Shivambu) will want to > rule from the grave and he will find Ronald useful in his personal > business.”**** > > ****Shivambu’s ambitions of becoming youth league secretary-general were > thwarted earlier this year when delegates elected Sindiso Magaqa.**** > > ****Magaqa was sanctioned by the ANC’s national disciplinary committee > for disparaging remarks he made about Public Enterprises Minister Malusi > Gigaba and ordered to apologise publicly to the minister within five days > of the ruling.**** > > ****He has not done so because he intends appealing, which he must do > within 13 days of the ANC national disciplinary committee’s announcement of > the verdict.**** > > ****Shivambu’s campaign against Mabe, a league source said, was aimed at > casting aspersions on his integrity in the media, and to portray him as > “power hungry” to the branches – who, in the event that the fight comes > down to a special elective conference, would hold the key to the youth > league throne.**** > > ****But an ANC source said Lamola was a double agent who pretended to > support Malema and oppose President Jacob Zuma, whereas in his home > province of Mpumalanga he was known to support Zuma for a second term, and > the province’s premier, David Mabuza, a known Zuma ally, for re-election.* > *** > > ****Lamola, however, said he was a national leader and did not play on > the provincial political fields.**** > > ****He laughed off suggestions that he was a double agent.**** > > ****Mabe is seen by most members as the logical replacement for Malema > because of his political seniority over Lamola.**** > > ****Lamola said on Tuesday there was no secret campaign to position > himself as Malema’s heir apparent.**** > > ****However, the youth league’s constitution dictates that, as deputy, > Lamola steps in as acting leader of the league if its president is unable > to fulfil the role.**** > > ****Talks are under way in anti-Malema camps about bringing a vote of no > confidence against the youth league leadership.**** > > ****Lamola denied weekend press reports that he’d had to be restrained > from assaulting Mabe when the sanctions were announced.**** > > ****The reports said Lamola had accused Mabe of being a sell-out for > saying they should not appeal the verdicts and they had almost come to > blows. But those in Mabe’s camp said the allegation was an orchestrated > attempt to discredit the treasurer general, a close ally of Malema.**** > > ****Lamola said: “It’s not true (succession war is raging). I don’t know > where it comes from. Malema… will remain the leader until the next elective > conference. All of us are going to appeal. The league is intact and not > demoralised. The mood is high, we have no problems.” - Political Bureau > * > > * > *From: > http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/succession-battle-rages-at-ancyl-1.1179256?showComments=true > * > > ** > ** > ** > > ** > ** > > -- > 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. 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