ANCYL Mamparas

"Mampara of the week": Floydulence! Vapours! ST: 121/3/2010

So the ST team has awarded Floyd Shivambu, ANCYL Spokesperson, the mapara of the week accolade. He deserves it! Threatening to blackmail the media so that they would not publish any stories that would disgrace the ANCYL in particular its president, Julius Malema, is not a smart move Mr Spokeperson.

First of, one needs to know how to read, write and speak to qualify as a spokesperson. I doubt that Floyd possesses any of these skills to have him in that capacity. In fact, the majority of the members of this corrupt club called the ANCYL is unskilled and lack any meaningful competency to run a national youth organization of this magnitude. The ANCYL ought to define a youth agenda for the young people of this country; to galzanize the youth on issues that require their attention and for their benefit. From the day Julius Malema and his cronies took office in Luthuli House, the ANCYL has been involved in nothing but controvesy that represents and benefits the interests of Malema and his crownies.

We hear about their foolish decisions and actions in the media more often than not, and to my surprise they are always protected by the ANC. The recent controvesy involves a song titled "kill the boer, kill the farmer" that Malema sang at the University of Johannesburg. In response to calls from FF+ and other groups to prosecute Malema for hate speetch, the ANC came out in support of Malema and explained that the song must be understoond within its context and that no harm is intended. In addition, the ANC accused the FF+ of putting Malema's life in danger. Oh my GOD...talk about that! This guys has literally put the entire afrikaaner race in danger by inciting his followers to take up arms aginst them, and he is the one that must be protected? Take a second a think about that. Do you agree with the ANC? I don't. The song reached its sell by date in 1994 when the 'Rainbow Nation' was born. The Rainbow Nation promised all citizens a united South Africa.

The ANC has defended Malema on this one and no one within the ANC is wiling to reign in this boy and discipline him. The FF+ alleges that Malema is inciting violence and causing divisions withint races. I support this allegation and I am black! The ANC says no, he is not. How can this be so when a few years back a song by an afrikaans artist titled 'Dela Ray' was frowned upon by both the ANC and the ANCYL, citing that the song was sowing divisions. The afrikaaners came out in numbers to explain the context of the song, that it was about 'self-determination' of the afrikaaner. Notwithstanding, the song was banned. So, again I ask, how can a song calling for the killing of boers not be against our Rainbow Nation code? The ANC has come out to attack the FF+ and anyone else who is calling for Malema to be prosecuted for hate crimes. Unbeliavable.

In both the Dela Ray and the kill the boer songs, the issue should not be its meaning or context but the fact that considering the contexts thereof, both these songs do not have a place in the Rainbow Nation. If you want to sing about self-determination, then, all races must partake in the process of creating songs that would represent the entire SA.


I hope the ANC is aware of what they are doing? They are jeorpadising the positive gains we have achieved in building a trully united society. The new democracy must benefit all races and it is wrong when the wrongs of black leaders are swept under the carpet and those of the minority whites are dealt with harshly. Selective democracy must be uprooted from our society. We must have courage and boldness to tackle any ill discipline within our society. If we fail to do so, crooks like Malema and Shivambu will ultimately tear us apart. We must be careful of these things and we must act against them together as a matured democracy.

A country led by the current leadership of the ANCYL will ruin us!

Come on South Africans, let's call a spade a spade.

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