So i havent heard chikane saying something bad about president mbeki,was he a saint?
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 2:52 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Cdes, > > Where does this junk come from all of a sudden? People are just > opportunists because they "in themselves" see a possibility of leadership > change. It won't happen... > > Rev. Chikane, must just be relaxed and stop wanting to resurrect at the > expense of others... > > Haai ANC Elective Conferences do create miracles shame... > > > > > > Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Sandile Khumalo" <[email protected]> > *Sender: *[email protected] > *Date: *Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:47:18 +0200 > *To: *<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: *[email protected] > *Subject: *[YCLSA Discussion] The ANC will, relatively soon, not have > enough votes to rule SA on its own. And the longer Jacob Zuma is president > of the party and country the sooner that will be - PETER BRUCE > > *PETER BRUCE: The Thick End of the Wedge — The Editor’s Notebook* > > The ANC will, relatively soon, not have enough votes to rule SA on its > own. And the longer Jacob Zuma is president of the party and country the > sooner that will be**** > > PETER BRUCE**** > > Published: 2012/03/12 07:31:22 AM**** > > DO YOU remember Frank Chikane? He was head of the Presidency under Thabo > Mbeki . He was there when Mbeki was unceremoniously removed from office > by that open, democratic and thoughtful body of citizens known as the > African National Congress, in September 2008.**** > > Chikane has just published a book — Eight Days in September — about that > time and it would be useful for every literate South African to buy it and > read it, and read it to their children. It reminds us all how shamefully > Mbeki was treated — by his own party and by the media (including, probably, > the newspapers I was editing). Basically the party "recalled" him, and the > meeting that did it waited in Pretoria tapping its fingers on the table > until he left, caring not a whit for the constitutional implications of > what they were doing, so badly did they want him gone.**** > > President Jacob Zuma , who installed Kgalema Motlanthe to warm the seat > until he had arranged for corruption charges against him to be withdrawn, > was at the centre of this outrage and did nothing to stop it. He could have > insisted that Mbeki see out his term, on pain of his own resignation as > party leader, but he has never held any principle other than his own > personal political survival.**** > > Basically, it was left to Mbeki, given just hours to pack and leave his > residence and his office, to save the country from its own ruling party. > Mbeki actually had to help Zuma overthrow him constitutionally rather than > illegally. He had to remind the party that Parliament, not the ANC, > appointed him and then arrange for Parliament to replace him. To do that he > had to get Baleka Mbete , ANC chairwoman and speaker of the National > Assembly, to do her job properly for once and get him fired in her role as > the latter, having presided over his execution as the former.**** > > It was Mbeki who had to remind the military to do their duty; that though > he had been unconstitutionally removed, their job, along with him, was to > quickly make it all constitutional to save the country from the political > pirates who wanted him out before his term (granted by Parliament, not > them) was over.**** > > One of those, Julius Malema, has finally gotten his just deserts. Another, > Zuma, wants a second term as head of state. A third, Zwelinzima Vavi, is > full of remorse and still playing games.**** > > There are others who stayed. Trevor Manuel . Lindiwe Sisulu . Derek > Hanekom . Pravin Gordhan. Why? Do they feel they owe the country a duty? > They can’t possibly have any political respect for the president. It is > hard to articulate in polite English what a hazard he is to the country. He > is interested, literally, in nothing but himself. He isn’t interested in > policy and he isn’t interested in any of the debates about it. He complains > about the media that attack him, but he reads, apparently, nothing that > isn’t about him.**** > > A colleague of mine told me the other day Zuma had complained recently > about the Sunday Times but that he had "no problem" with Business Day. Oh > what joy. The last person he had met from Business Day, he said, was David > Bullard (who has never worked here).**** > > I know we’re supposed to take the government seriously and treat its > officers with respect, but how do you do that when the man leading it a) > got the job by committing a series of political and legal outrages and b) > puts his own interests before the country’s? In the face of a general > strike last week he said and did absolutely nothing. Chikane’s book reminds > us who we’re being led by and it isn’t pretty.**** > > Sure, we were all cross with Mbeki, for AIDS, for his aloofness, for > Jackie Selebi, for going up against Zuma in Polokwane when it was clear he > would lose and for not making room for someone else to take up the > challenge. But we have never thanked him for behaving like a civilised > patriot at what must have been the toughest hours of his life.**** > > The ANC will, relatively soon, not have enough votes to rule South Africa > on its own. And the longer Jacob Zuma is president of the party and country > the sooner that will be. Where, you have to ask, is Cyril Ramaphosa? Where > is Tokyo Sexwale? Where is Zweli Mkhize?**** > > Of course, we know the answer. So do they. But surely there has to be more > to a political life than mere survival? Where is the courage that helped > them stand up to apartheid brutality? Is Jacob Zuma really that frightening? > **** > > ** ** > > -- > You are subscribed. 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