But Yusuf Abramjee must start engaging Don Mattera; he is the Chairperson of NPC for God's sake! Why is he opting for a silent aggression? Don is raising an important historical issue. Liberal tendencies, when exposed, behave in this fashion.
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Dominic Tweedie <[email protected]>wrote: > > [image: News24] > > > *Veteran reporter slams 'all-white' press club* > > > *Lauren Hess, News24, Johannesburg, 21 November 2011* > > ****Cape Town - Veteran journalist and anti-apartheid activist Don > Mattera on Monday launched a blistering attack on the National Press Club > (NPC).**** > > ****Mattera was speaking to News24 in response to an NPC “Black Tuesday” > campaign to mark the National Assembly vote on the protection of state of > information bill.**** > > ****“Steve Biko must be shaking in his grave when he hears that a former > all-white organ that helped promote the banning of Don Materra and others > is now in the frontline for democracy,” Mattera, a founding member of > the Black Consciousness Movement and the Union of Black Journalists, told > News24.**** > > ****“And they’re using the word black and not white? That hits me.”**** > > ****Mattera added that “it beats me [how the press club] can have an > all-white [membership] and one Indian [Yusuf Abramjee] who is the > chairperson. **** > > ****“Who the shit are they?**** > > ****“How can an organisation that is not borne out of the struggle for > liberation, that is not borne out of the ethos of the black consciousness > movement [now lead Black Tuesday]... people think I must support that?”*** > * > > ****Mattera said however that he did not support the protection of > information bill and that he was against anything “that gags the free flow > of information”. **** > > ****The 77-year-old, who has worked at the Sowetan, the Sunday Times and > the Weekly Mail, went on to say that he and others had yet to be > compensated for their activist work which involved him being under house > arrest for 16 years and tortured.**** > > ****He said it was ironic that those who never fought for liberation were > now “ensconced” in the press club that was led by “pro-apartheid villains”. > **** > > ****The NPC's chairperson Yusuf Abramjee said via Twitter that Materra had > the right to say what he wants as its freedom of speech.**** > > ****- News24 > > *****From: > http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Veteran-reporter-slams-all-white-press-club-20111121?fb_ref=.TspKghgh7op.like&fb_source=other_multiline > * > > > > ** > > -- > 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] . > -- Fusi M. Motaung Development & Process Facilitator MOROLO CONSULTANT tel: 0721207603 | fax: 0865482896 | e-mail: [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] .
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