WILL THE NAME JULIUS MALEMA EVER DIE?



After the ANC announced the expulsion of Julius Malema
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The fate of the suspended president Julius Malema has come to an end as the national disciplinary committee of the ANC confirms his expulsion. Julius Sello Malema once said that if he got expelled from the party, he was going to invest in agriculture and said he was going to pursue his ‘dream’ of becoming a farmer. The time has finally come, is he really going to keep to his word?

However, his existence and role in the ANC had a very big influence on the South African youth politics because in the precious years young people were not as interested in politics as they are today. There are elements in which he was regarded as out of order and disrespectful but Malema communicated what the people were afraid to communicate within the organization. The involvement of students, scholars and young adults in the youth league has increased drastically and the engagement in the community has also improved. However the means of improving such developments has been through insults and disregard for the policy of the ANC, he nevertheless emphasized that he shall not surrender and will remain fighting this expulsion because of his accomplishment within the branch.

 According to political analyst of The University of Witwatersrand, Malema’s expulsion could be reversed and he might come back into his position because of him being 40 years younger than the current ANC leadership. http://www.news24.com/

Malemas Twitter, @Julius_S_Malema, is filled with supporting messages to uplift his spirit and maintain strength, but by his tweeting of Gloria Gaynor’s I will survive lyrics on his handle is some sort of acceptance of defeat and submission to the expulsion. As he wrote, and I quote: “At 1st I was afraid. I was petrified. Kept thinking I could never live without the org by my side... I will survive.” Malema was known for his unusual way of expressing his ideas and somewhat insulting towards other people.

COSATU's 'MOTHER OF ALL STRIKES' IS IMMINENT

According to Cosatu member David Masenya, the government has not yet understood that the e-tolling system will not work because it will supposedly be ‘setting motorists back financially due to their ridiculous rates.’ The South African National Road Agency Limited’s recently released new toll tariffs which incensed frustration within Cosatu. In the result of this, Cosatu has been mobilizing its large number of members to engage in another national strike which is supposed to cause an impetuous protest regarded as ‘the mother of all strikes.’  



Two Million Cosatu Members
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Cosatu members feel that this system is a way for government to rob the people from their financial freedom. However, according to Sanral, the government’s intention is not to rob the people but to ensure that the roads will have less traffic and better road usage by the motorists, as the roads will continue to improve in the near future http://www.nra.co.za/live




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  Patrick Craven, national spokesperson of Cosatu is confident that several rallies, marches, demonstrations and night vigils at the offices of the Sanral offices and the transport department across the country from April 23 will not only be supported by Costat members but also by thousands more angry residents and motorists who support their demand for the scrapping of these tolls. http://www.cosatu.org.za/show.php?ID=6038

In the event of the strike, they are issuing a national stay-away or socio economic warning in which the federation, on the 16^th of April 2012 issued a notice under Section 77 of the Labour Relations Act which enables workers to engage in a protected protest action, which will include:

•Rallies, marches, demonstrations, pickets, placard demonstrations, and siyalalas at or near the offices of Sanral and the Department of Transport, both provincial and national from 23 April 2012.

•Engagement of motorists and other members of the public to inform them of the reason for the protest action and to persuade motorists not to buy e-tags;

•A national stay-away or socio-economic strike which will commence on 30 April 2012.

DA Social Media: It Continues To Fail Them

Following last week’s publication, the Democratic Alliance Leader Helen Zille still cease’s to re-structure her Twitter account. According to Mail & Guardian reporter Nickolaus Bauer, Zille is losing credibility due to her inability of using her Twitter account.

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Being a political leader and an icon for many young people, Zille Tweets like an irresponsible teenager going through confusion. Her Twitter, @HelenZille was used to be the spot to go for well measured and eloquent tweets that offered Zille a certain sense of political diplomacy, now she has made it a platform for political dispute and unworthy of praise and one only needs to turn to excerpts from her feed for the reasons as to why.

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During presidential ellections, Zille projects herself as a leader of credibility and integrity; however her tweets say the opposite of what she is portrayed as. Zille’s tweets are filled with hate, racism and distortion, its either she breaks down the image of the ANC or insulting commentary on children and the people South Africa. Lerato Mashinini, a honours graduate from the University of Johannesburg asked if the DA could be given a chance to lead the country, would Helen Zille be able to handle the pressure of dealing with more people on a political level and would she be able to address the public? She is currently failing to decently tweet with her followers. http://www.twitter.com/HelenZille

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A political leader should be attentive and have credibility, communication skills should not be questionable, and must maintain a good relationship with the people that put the leader in power. Helen Zille as a ‘political’ leader does not have these qualities. The DA should re-think their Twitter account and provide a more effective and quality way to communicate with their people, because their current method is failing them dismally. The media complains about their messages on every social network that the DA has, it simply means that they are doing something very wrong.