AFRICA NEEDS INNOVATIVE LEADERS
I WONDER, if in order to bury the hatchet, Africa shouldn’t seek closure and restitution, and hold those responsible for her battered state to account. Colonialists, dictators and rogue apartheid leaders should be prosecuted for crimes, otherwise we’re setting a precedent with undesired consequences for future generations. The Truth Commission was just one credible but inadequate attempt to bring those who committed crimes to account.
Former colonial countries should compensate (not only aid) Africa for plundering her mineral resources and human resources (slavery and exploited labour) leaving her in a denuded and destitute state, ravaged by wars. The ICC should be restructured, mandated with impartial, coherent powers to try any country and leader found on the wrong side of the law including the “infallible” superpowers. Our furtive, laissez-faire stance and approach has trivialised our protracted struggle for freedom, leaving perpetrators and their offspring holding on to ill-gotten (forged through apartheid laws) wealth and land with impunity.
Africa as is, is in a compromised, destitute state that needs radical, revolutionary change. All caring humans (irrespective of race or creed) need to work together to salvage the situation. Africa has the min- eral wealth and human resources to be the beacon of hope. We need innovative leaders with a focus on education, technology and justice to take the plucky Africa forward.
Patrick Mphuthi
PRESIDENT JACOB Zuma’s cum laude graduation from the University of Guptanomics was confirmed by his Saxonwold office. Elated family and friends ululated spontaneously and broke into harmonious song and traditional dance when his results were released. Msholozi is of the opinion that his junk status will no longer be under scrutiny as his report card suggests otherwise. He portrayed a buoyant figure and giggled uncontrollably when giving the press a glimpse of his certified results: obstruction of justice A+, state capture A+, pillaging A+, constitutional breaches A+, Accountability must fall A+. Although a tender issue, inside sources say his capture price tag has now risen significantly.
Sipho K Chipiwa
THE deafening silence from the very vocal and demonstrative ANC Women’s League (ANCWL) regarding the sexual harassment activities against minister Jeff Radebe shows the true colours of the ANCWL.
As soon as a high-profile personality from the ANC is implicated in an unsavoury sexual scandal, the ANC Women’s League goes underground. Its hypocrisy is revealing. The scandalous exposure by the Sunday Times on Radebe needs at least condemnation from the women’s league and society as a whole, and this bunch of opportunists are quiet.
Has the ANCWL decided that the humiliation of young Siyasanga Mbambani is not serious and that they should rather defend Radebe’s political career and leave the woman on her own? Cope wants to applaud Winnie Madikizela-Mandela who has come forward and expressed disappointment on Radebe’s scandalous actions.
For a while the women’s league tried to make us believe that it was at the forefront of the battle to protect women’s rights and to take a stand against rapists and molesters of women.
Now, we see that it will act selectively and that it will exclude targeting any ANC male leader who violates the rights of a woman to bodily integrity and freedom from sexual molestation.
ANCWL’S SILENCE TELLING
Dennis Bloem, Cope spokesperson