ANC National Youth Task Team disgusted by Julius Malema’s utterances
9 June 2020
The ANC NYTT is dismayed by verbal diarrhoea which EFF owner, Julius Malema, resorted to where he called President Cyril Ramaphosa names during his gathering with his entourage at the American Embassy in Pretoria yesterday.
Malema failed dismally in his attempt for relevance and his conduct is a slap in the face to the struggle to defeat systematic racism that black people continue to be victims of.
Demagogues and bigots like Malema will not contribute anything meaningful to the noble cause of confronting and defeating the deep-seated racial inequalities that Africans are subjected to in America and elsewhere in the world.
Malema is known for exhibiting plethora of thuggery and his ill-mannered gimmicks disguised as revolutionary will never fool South Africans. He dare not forget that not only does president Ramaphosa command respect of majority of South Africans who overwhelmingly endorsed the ANC he leads, but the broader Africa supports him, hence they entrusted him with chairing the African Union. Our diaspora and the rest of the world also holds him in high esteem and his voice carries weight on any global platform.
Narrow minded capitalists, nincompoops and comical characters like Malema who thrive on anarchy will continue to be rejected as they have nothing to offer except insults. In his verbiage, Malema was at his usual self-praising theatrics with the usual career saving nods by his supporters who have to outdo themselves to please him, least they are removed from whatever roles he has assigned them.
We know that Malema is beyond reproach and is a lost cause and therefore we urge South Africans to reject his foolishness at a time we are all galvanised to fight against racial injustices where black people's lives do not matter in certain parts of the world. Black people cannot continue to be killed by racist elements in law enforcement agencies and the law must severely punish those behind such horrific deeds.
The NY TT will continue to mobilize young people across the country to join campaigns to ensure that black people do not continue to be victims of police brutality and all manner of barbarism. It cannot be correct that black people continue to be victims of race based violence and here in South Africa, we have shown the rest of the world that racism will never be allowed to manifest in society and where it raises its ugly head like it has in America, we must confront and defeat it.
We call for global solidarity in the fight against racism, hard gained freedoms of black people around the world were never free and we can't fold our arms when they are under threat as that will erode countless struggles led by Dr Martin Luther King, Oliver Tambo, Peter Mokaba, and many others.
Issued by Tandi Mahambehlala, ANC NYTT convener, 9 June 2020
