New Telkom phones don’t ring my bell
The youth league, under Malema, became so influential that the mother body always consulted and informed them before making any decisions. No political pronouncements were ever made without the knowledge and consent of Julius’ young brigades.
Was he not the first politician to inform the whole world that Thabo Mbeki would be deposed as the president of South Africa? This move had never been heard of anywhere in the world. Yes, Malema committed some mistakes that are common among young people, and like all humans, will continue to make mistakes.
When the whole country laughed and made a mockery of him, because of his not so excellent matric results, he quietly enrolled for tertiary studies, and he now has an honours degree which remains a pipe dream to those who laughed at his poor matric results. If this is not great leadership, then I don’t know what leadership is. Even as leader of the EFF, Malema has continued not only to fight for the poor but has continued to say all the things that none of our current politicians are brave enough to say.
Under Malema’s stewardship, the EFF has continued to grow unlike the other two flash in the pan political parties that were off-shoots of the ANC. His leadership continues to influence and shape the country’s political discourse, for example, gender-based violence never received as much coverage it is now receiving ever since Malema denounced it and challenged his male counterparts in Parliament to do the same.
He showed leadership, maturity and excellence when he was prepared to lose support before last year’s general elections by categorically denouncing xenophobia even though most people who were at the forefront of xenophobic attacks were the youths that his party wanted to attract.
Even when he was challenged in Parliament about GBV, Malema continued to address matters of national importance. He refused to be sidetracked from his prepared speech. He only, sadly, delved into personalised GBV after protracted demands by the ruling party members to respond to the GBV question.
Let’s celebrate Malema while he is still around and help mould him to be a better leader that the whole world respects. I boldly state that the whole world has never seen such a great leader, such a wonderful orator.
WE WERE recently offered a free wireless telephone which would avoid problems with stolen phone wires, which seemed to make sense at the time, only to find that the phone, apart from an almost inaudible ring, constantly tells us that there is no or a weak signal
And so off to Telkom I go, to be told that in my area they partner with Vodacom for their wireless signal, and I know that there is no signal because I also have a Vodacom cell phone.
The Telkom employee’s solution is for me to cancel the service. exposed both the factionalism he is driving and his complicity.
In his role as MEC he launched an investigation into allegations against the mayor of George, Melvin Naik. That government investigation was used by the DA to suspend Naik, ask for his resignation and lay criminal charges against him.
Naik was suspended by the DA
– a political party – and is being removed from his executive role in the George council by the DA, which put him there.
The fact that the DA was given a government document – the provincial forensics report – is a breach of the separation of party and state and shows the true manner in which Bredell operates.
But that is beside my point right now. My claim is that the DA is acting selectively in how it has acted in George. That same forensic report found that DA councillor Gerrit Pretorius – who is speaker of the council – failed to execute the duties of his office in dealing with all these allegations about George corruption and maladministration.
He failed to act on them when they were brought to his attention. The DA as a party has not suspended Pretorius or asked him to resign as speaker.
A separate set of forensic reports implicates DA councillor for finance Stag Cronje in an unlawful investment scheme involving R350 million being placed with Old Mutual. Cronje thus orchestrated unlawful investment so that his son, an Old Mutual mandating agent, could earn a referral fee.
Despite the forensic reports, the overwhelming evidence and Old Mutual’s confirmation of the transaction and the involvement of the councillor and his son, the DA, as a party, has not suspended Cronje nor asked him to resign. They hide behind the fact that there is a criminal investigation into Cronje and the scheme.
Cronje and Pretorius are being treated differently to how the DA acted against Naik. Bredell’s denial of this is dishonest. He conflates the state investigation as action in its totality.
With Naik there is a criminal investigation and the DA took action as a party. With Cronje and Pretorius the DA has taken no action.
On the contrary, it is protecting these two DA councillors.
Bredell must tell us if this is because the DA benefited financially from the Old Mutual investment.