Herald, Zimbabwe.jpg Zimbabwe Government Blasts Julius Malema Freeman Razemba, The Herald, Harare, Zimbabwe, 16 July 2016 Government yesterday blasted South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema for openly declaring his support for violent protestors whose ill-fated "shutdown of Zimbabwe" was funded by Western imperialist governments. This comes after Malema recently tweeted that his party was on the side of the violent protesters and that they were going to win "just like the country did in 1980". In a statement, Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Minister Dr Christopher Mushohwe said Malema's laughable attempt at "turning himself into a trans-border politician on behalf of reactionary forces in the region and beyond", exposed his agenda and ignorance of regional politics. "Zimbabweans cannot understand how a politician who purports to support land restitution in his own country, South Africa, and in other countries in the region affected by settler colonialism, can suddenly turn around to support and celebrate politics and political activities which white activists of erstwhile settler landowners in Zimbabwe represented by Ben Freeth find hospitable. "Zimbabweans, too, cannot understand how a politician pretending to be on the side of the still disinherited Southern African peoples can be at one with politics that win the active support of ambassadors of countries whose role in the history of colonisation and raping of the continent of Africa is a matter of poignant, painful record," he said. "Much worse, Zimbabweans who cherish peace and reject politics of violent and destructive demonstrations as shown by their rejection of the failed lockdown called for this week, cannot understand, let alone appreciate, how a politician masquerading as an economic freedom fighter sides with fringe political upstarts bent on reversing the gains of the liberation struggle." Dr Mushohwe said Malema should be reminded that Zimbabwe's 1980 victory did not just happen but was brought by the revolutionary Zanu-PF. Apartheid political bed-mates He said Zanu-PF's status as a defender of the black majority cannot be "challenged by storm-in-tea-cup politicians of Malema's ilk who now delight and revel in the company of apartheid political bed-mates". He said Zimbabweans had no time for Malema's cheap talk whose party "attracts support and sponsorship of oppressive racial capital, while falsely dressing themselves in the garb of exploited workers". "A politician who cannot appreciate that Zimbabwe has been under crippling illegal Western sanctions for more than a decade and half, simply for recovering stolen land from its people, cannot be expected to be an ally of the Zimbabwean people. Nor can he be expected to understand the dynamics that shape the politics of our country, let alone to be counted upon as a useful voice in the continuing struggle we are bound to win," Dr Mushohwe said. He said Zimbabwe will survive and prosper through its own efforts and with the support of genuine allies and friends. From: http://www.herald.co.zw/govt-blasts-julius-malema/ __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 13814 (20160716) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com -- -- 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] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/yclsa-eom-forum/001e01d1dffa%2413864640%243a92d2c0%24%40com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
