thank you manamela.
On 5/3/12, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > It is possible that Manamela is simply singing for his supper. There are > many like him. > Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 12:56:52 > To: <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [YCLSA Discussion] Zuma plotters are out - Manamela > > Wich plotters manamela refering to? > Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device > > -----Original Message----- > From: VC <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 02 May 2012 12:37:46 > To: <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] Zuma plotters are out - Manamela > > > Daily News > > > *Zuma plotters are out* > > > *Bheki Mbanjwa, Daily News, Durban, 2 May 2012 * > > The campaign to unseat Jacob Zuma as president of the ANC at December's > Mangaung conference started soon after his victory over Thabo Mbeki at > Polokwane in 2007, the national secretary of the Young Communist League, > Buti Manamela, has claimed. > > "Before some of us had even turned our backs on Polokwane the plotting > against this leadership had started," Manamela, who remains one of > Zuma's closest allies, said at a May Day rally in Durban on Tuesday. > > "Even before the first meeting of the ANC, SACP or Cosatu after the > Polokwane conference, they had started plotting and their plots are > being discovered daily." > > He did not name the alleged plotters. > > Manamela said the forthcoming conferences of the tripartite alliance > would not be about leadership but would focus on "the needs, interests > and aspirations" of South Africans. > > He warned that any bitter contestation before the conferences could be > detrimental to the future of the alliance. > > "If we have a major battle going into these conferences our people will > lose faith in our organisations; our people will turn their backs on our > organisations and our people will forget that these are the > organisations of Nelson Mandela, Elijah Barayi (the first Cosatu > president), and Moses Mabhida," he said. "Our people will find a new home." > > The SACP conference is in July, while Cosatu will hold its conference in > September and the ANC conference takes place in December where Zuma > could face a challenge -- possibly from his deputy, Kgalema Motlanthe. > > Manamela said all those who were at the forefront of the plot against > Zuma had been exposed and removed from the party and would not be part > of the conference. This appeared to be a swipe at the recently expelled > ANC Youth League leader, Julius Malema, and the suspensions of league > officials Sindiso Magaqa and Floyd Shivambu. > > "Today, all they can do is to look for the highest mountain and get the > most expensive binoculars to look into what is going to happen at those > conferences because they are not going to be there," he said. > > "They have declared themselves persona non grata in our movement. > > "They do not belong in our movement; they belong elsewhere and we want > to see the unity of the entire alliance, especially without some of them." > > He lashed out at Malema's supporters, saying they were displaying blind > loyalty to individuals. > > His supporters had since organised themselves into the Friends of the > Youth League, to give the firebrand youth leader a platform in order to > keep his voice alive. > > Those supporting Malema had adopted "asijiki" (we are not turning back) > as their war cry before the Mangaung conference -- a sign of their > resolve to replace Zuma and ANC secretary-general, Gwede Mantashe. > > Manamela also criticised what he called the "comrade tsotsis" within the > ANC, saying that these were people concerned with getting positions only > as a means of self enrichment. > > "Their desire for positions is mainly the desire to fill their pockets, > and not the desire to serve our people," he said. > > Meanwhile, president of the National Union of Metalworkers of South > Africa, Cedric Gina, said the future of Cosatu's general secretary, > Zwelinzima Vavi, would be decided by the trade union federation and the ANC. > > He was reacting to comments by DA leader, Helen Zille, who had accused > Vavi of trying to build a base to take over leadership of the ANC and > the alliance in 2017. > > Gina also warned the DA that "workers" might take to the streets to > protest against the party's court challenge, which sought to overturn > the dropping of corruption charges against Zuma in 2009. > > He said the union believed that "in a capitalist system, courts would > always serve the interests of the ruling class", adding that the union > leaders were still "discussing the appropriate response" to the DA action. > > Recently the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein ruled in favour of > the DA, saying the decision by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) > to withdraw charges against Zuma could be subject to a judicial review. > > The court also ruled that the NPA make records related to the decision > available. > > [email protected] > > *From: http://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/news/zuma-plotters-are-out-1.1287111* > ** > ** > ** > > -- > You are subscribed. 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