*Respond to Panyaza Lesufi* * *
*Mr Julius Malema was an enemy within and a sell-out.* * * *18 September 2013* I am writing this peace with pain to respond to Comrade Panyaza Lesufi’s article in The Star on 16 September 2013. Let me start by quoting one of the greatest philosophers of the Chinese revolution Mao Tse Tung, when he says: *“One requirement of Party discipline is that the minority should submit to the majority. If the view of the minority has been rejected, it must support the decision passed by the majority. If necessary, it can bring up the matter for reconsideration at the next meeting, but apart from that it must not act against the decision in any way”.* I wonder if Lesufi and Julius Malema will understand this theory and practice elaborated so well by this great revolutionary, Chairman Mao. I wonder if Julius had the time and thus made use of this theory fruitfully to reflect on personal conduct and the requirements of being an ANC member before he was correctly expelled in line with the principle as succinctly captured by Mao. Engaging people by the force is ill-discipline, which is the habit Malema had adopted, is not revolutionary. It is despotic, dictatorial and autocratic to say the least. If Malema really wanted to be in the ANC, he should have subjected himself to the decisions of the majority and if not comfortable he should have waited for the right moment and a proper platform to raise his dissatisfactions unlike hurling insults to the leadership of the ANC. Insulting the leadership of the ANC is the same as insulting the ANC as an organisationas well as the leader of both our alliance and society. When the congress of the ANCYL that was held in Mangaung (University of Free State) where Malema was controversially elected as the President I was a delegate and I voted for him. I sooner regretted electing him, as I realized, that I wasted my support and indirectly contributed to the problems that the ANC as to face. When I elected him I thought he was good and revolutionary, but only to learn very quickly that I lied to myself. I didn’t know that we were installing a counter-revolutionary in a position of power and authority which he was to enjoy abusing as a despot and populist who would stop at nothing to destroy and destabilize our glorious movement from within. I regret millions times for having voted for him. I am asking for forgiveness for putting this ill-disciplined, loosely structured fellow in the top position of responsibility of our movement, the movement of Walter Sisulu, Anton Lembede, Peter Mokaba and many key comrades who led the ANCYL with dignity. Malema does not have respect.He is arrogant, demagogic, insensitive and inconsiderate of others including the elders of the ANC. I am raising my regret with pain because this Malema, who is heavily funded by business moguls to destroy the movement of the people that was led by great leaders with discipline like Oliver Tambo, Chris Hani, Nelson Mandela, Sefako Makgatho, Chief Albert Luthuli, Thabo Mbeki and many other heroes and heroines has now wanted to destroy the biggest progressive trade union movement in the mining sector the National Union of Mineworkers. For him to use or to walk in the blood soil of Marikana and other mines in the country calling for the formation of new union outside NUM is counter-revolutionary. Their fight and demagogic noise to render mines ungovernable is opportunistic and anarchic to say the least and is aimed at feeding their own interests at the expense of the poorest of the poor and the working class. I am now convinced that Malema joined the ANC for his personal interests, not to serve the masses of our people and the working class. Today he is having the “moral fibre” to tell people that they are leaderless while he and his ilk allegedly collapsed Limpopo government through dubious tenders awarded to him, his families and his cronies that he is of late in and out of court. He did not join the ANC to lead the masses of our people for their daily needs. He did not confine himself within the collective policies, programs and constitution of the ANC. He reduced the ANCYL to be a lobby group or petty group instead of being a body of opinion within the confines of the ANC. Indeed if Malema and Lesufi understand the writing of Chairman Mao on discipline, Malema will still be the President of the ANCYL and Limpopo Provincial Executive Committee member of the ANC today and Lesufi would not write that out of order piece to the media but raise his views within the structures of the ANC that he is leading in Gauteng Province as the Provincial Executive Committee member. The ANC doesn’t need Malema and his corruption. The ANC will do better without Malema. There is nothing special about him that some like Lesufi want to elevate above the disciplined rank-and-file of the ANC. *Matankana Mothapo is the Gauteng Provincial Executive Committee of the Young Communist League (Writing in my personal capacity, it means this are my views)* *Cell no: 0810185454/0827590900* * * -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. 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