On a Polemical Note
Like George Bush and his imperialist agents, the current incumbent president of the ANCYL, Julius Malema, has decided to launch a destructive pre -emptive strike in anticipation of a difficult ANCYL conference where his leadership (and I dare say his misleading) of the ANCYL will be challenged openly and on a wide scale for the first time.
He has decided to rush those provinces that seem to be sympathising with him, to quickly declare their support for him so that he can claim a psychological edge over those opposed to his leadership. How myopic if one looks at the close margin and other shenanigans that led to him declared as the preferred candidate by these Provinces.
As usual, he has also made scurrilous accusations against the leadership of the ANC, that the latter is planning his demise at the national conference of the ANCYL. He even opportunistically and patronisingly misused the name of the former president, comrade Thabo Mbeki, to discredit his opponents as being jealousy of the brilliance of the former President. How quickly vulgar opportunists change! The media has been having a field day with Julius dancing on the gallery!
Few though have been able to point out that the current incumbent president is suffering from a severe anxiety because he is not really sure what is going to happen during the national conference of the YL. The fact that he is seeing ghosts and conspiracies everywhere is a sign of a populist and an opportunistic leader that is fast losing grip of the ANCYL. He is therefore attacking anyone and anything that moves like a Mexican bull chasing a red cloth. He is mired in a serious quagmire and paranoia in that he is already planning the disruption of the ANCYL Conference by accusing the ANC leaders of the same.
The fact is that when we as members of the ANCYL started to raise our discomfort with the leadership of Julius, we were labelled and vilified by the current leadership of the ANCYL. They dismissed our concerns saying they were not going to have any impact on the general membership of the ANCYL.