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Does 'elminate' mean kill?
14/07/2008 11:00  - (SA)  

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  • Dear Editor,

    "We must... intensify the struggle to eliminate the remnants of counter-revolution, which include the DA and a loose coalition of those who want to use state power to block the ANC President's ascendancy to the highest office of the land."

    These are the chilling utterings of Julius Malema, president of the ANCYL.

    Does this man even begin to understand democracy? I think not! If he did he would not be labelling the DA as "counter-revolutionaries". He would recognise that any healthy democracy needs an opposition party that is going to continuously challenge the ruling party when necessary.

    I would love to know what he means by "eliminate". Has he found what he thinks is a more acceptable way of saying "kill"? He is also always on about the revolution. For Gods sake man, the "revolution" is over. The ANC has control of the country.

    Wake up Malema, the only "struggle" the ANC is involved in is its members struggling to steal as much as possible and then stay out of jail by any means possible.

    There are no doubt many good men and women in the ANC but we do not hear their voices above the senseless noise made by the likes of Malema.

    Nick,
    Randburg

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      Noise!
    14/07/2008 11:07
    The only way a useless organisation such as the ancyl can make headline news, is through controvetial statements. They have NEVER made the news for making any positive contribtion tosociety. The best thing we could all do is to simply ignore them. - Juan
     
      Careful Nick,
    14/07/2008 11:08
    your comments could be seen as counter-revolutionary, and they might just have to eliminate you too! Viva la resistance! Viva! Death to the counter revolutionaries! Death to the constitution. Long live Jacob Zuma! - GB
     
      intensify the struggle
    14/07/2008 11:11
    This oak ( Malema ) is defined by his so-called struggle. Who needs a democracy when you can have a revolutionary struggle against vapours from the comfort of your armchair/podium? - Okkie
     
      Zuma doesn't deserve to run
    14/07/2008 11:13
    He only RECENTLY paid up his outstanding Taxes (He wants to be President, but has only recently started paying taxes). Corruption case etc. I will eliminate anyone who doesn't stand in his way. - Sinudeity
     
      ancyl's main attraction
    14/07/2008 11:15
    The country doesn't need the likes of Julius Malema. He constantly spews forth hate speech, and obviously wants civil war. The ANCYL have replaced a clown with a snake...but the circus is still in town. - VinnyTheSaffer
     
      I rest my case,......
    14/07/2008 11:15
    it all started with peter mokaba,fikile mbalula and now julius malema.these are empty vessels that should be ignored by those with common sense.one wonders,how such irresponsible fools get elected in the first place.do they offer cool drinks and biscuits to their electors? - Givenchy
     
      Julius Malema
    14/07/2008 11:16
    I wonder if Julius ever tried out for a spot on Isidingo, or Generations, or the phenomenally awesome Sokhulu and Partners (the one SA drama besides the Lab that I manage to watch fairly regularly)? Julius has all the rubbings on an irate actor who never got the recognition he "rightfully" deserved; now doing anything for attention. Intelligent and articulate, Julius just reminds me too much of that failed Austrian painter some 90 odd years ago. Tisk tisk! - Ryan Matthews
     
      Idle Threats
    14/07/2008 11:17
    I think that he is doing what Zanu PF did in Zim. He wants people to fear going against electing or speaking out against Zuma. He wants the perception in the peoples mind that if they don't rubber stamp Zuma, chaos will ensure via the country's youth. But in a country shell shocked by violent crime, his threats and tough guy stance is laughable. Bring it on ANCYL, what happen in Zim won't be tolerated here. - Ivan
     
      Opposition?
    14/07/2008 11:17
    There will not be any opposition if JZ and his cronies can stop it. Julius is merely booking a coach on the gravy train. It is the ramblings of fools like this that the masses believe instead of looking at things with open eyes. They (Julius and his ilk)believe they are the custodians of the presidency and can speak for the country as we are too stupid to be trusted to elect our leaders freely. A one party state is all that is allowed in Africa. Bet he was misquoted again. - Birdman
     
      Malema is arrogant
    14/07/2008 11:18
    I take it that this was a recent statement made by Malema,Can any one explain why JZ is the only candidate for the next President of the ANC.Malema and Kolobe surely think so. - NAZ
     
      Careful
    14/07/2008 11:18
    Malema is an idiot so are all followers in the ANCYL, but be careful, making statements of this nature can invoke a place in the white community that is sleeping at the moment. Malema is treading on dangerous grounds by provoking the wrong nation, we have been submissive for the last 15 years but he is treading on grounds that are very unstable and rocky at the moment. Note to the editor, bet you will not publish this again, seeing that none of my responses has ever made it!!! - Martin
     
      Malema's job
    14/07/2008 11:18
    What is this guys job description? It seems that he has none, does nothing and can only stay relevant by making silly statements. What revolution? It's over. The only thing you need to overcome is the people in your own party who can see right from wrong. Somebody give this idiot a thesaurus so he can expand his list of words that might mean "kill". - johnnoh
     
      Zanu Mindset...
    14/07/2008 11:18
    Malema seems to more and more adopt the mindset of ole Bob and the Zanu PF...if in the next elections the majority didn't favour the ANC - would the majority then all be counter-revolutionaries? Would they need to be eliminated in a similar fashion to the ones in Zim? To make them understand how hard the ANC has fought to be where they are! *sigh* - kevin
     
      Malema
    14/07/2008 11:20
    Regardless of whether or not he uses eliminate to mean kill, its the people that listen to him we should worry about. What is their interpretation? This is yet another example of why "colonialists" will not take African politics seriously. The ANC were elected by democratic means and we now hear those elected spouting about eliminating opposition parties, in by democracy, stay in by dictatorship. Does Malema believe in the same free election process as Bob. Up the counter revolution! - Simon P
     
      Malema is a joke
    14/07/2008 11:23
    This guy is a joke and desperately looking for attention, unfortunately he is willing to accept any type of attention he can get. - dhv
     
      ANCYL must be eliminated
    14/07/2008 11:25
    ANCYL seems like the only group that needs elimination. Hey Julius Malema, follow your previous leadership and you will very well eliminate yourself. - HugoHero
     
      what do you want from Malema
    14/07/2008 11:25
    Great to see that the English you forced down our throats is being used in the most effective way. he said he will never use "kill" now what do you want? Are you bitter that you were ELIMINATED from the Sasol share scheme :-) - mxhosakazi
     
      Leave them...
    14/07/2008 11:26
    Just leave them to it. These guys are doing us all a big favour. The last dying embers of the ANC. Look at the Western and Eastern Cape. Keep it up ANCYL! - John Camp
     
      @GB and ANCYL
    14/07/2008 11:29
    Due to comments like these, I am emigrating. And people wonder why South Africa is experiencing a brain-drain? - HB
     
      The downward spiral is sinning faster and faster
    14/07/2008 11:31
    Get used to the mindless, hateful ranting of Malema, he is simply following hot on the heels of his predecessor, and the next embarrassment to the country, Zuma. Its time to leave, or accept being ruled by a bunch of violent, criminal, clowns. - AC
     
      "ELIMINATE"
    14/07/2008 11:32
    The ?kill for Zuma? and ?shoot to kill? remarks of Malema, inciting people to commit crimes / violence, his reckless abuse on public platforms, followed up by statements alike in meaning and purpose is outrageous. ?Eliminate? means ?to defeat somebody in competition?, ?to get rid of something? or ?to murder or kill somebody?. Julius Malema uses the term synonymous with "kill" and to act ?without mercy? grossly irresponsibly! - Pierre Hough
     
      Learning from Mad Bob
    14/07/2008 11:33
    Malema and probably alot of other up and coming African leaders are learning by example from Bob. They see that he can do what he wants, blame whites for all the troubles and stay in power, no matter the cost. Although I agree his statements are "silly" it should be concerning. He wants to spill South African blood, and if we are not careful, he will be successful. I believe he should be fired immediately. - Jacques
     
      Attention seeking
    14/07/2008 11:34
    Just leave this confused young man alone. he is just seeking attention and im sorry to say that by even writting this, we are playing along with his game. he is just not worth it. - Boni
     
      ANCYL are a plague
    14/07/2008 11:36
    The ANCYL follow the same ideas as Zanu-PF. They are anti-democracy and they are willing to use violence to ensure the ANC's continued top-spot. I wonder how the ANC views the ANCYL - are they a disgrace, or the military wing of the organisation? - James
     
      Malema
    14/07/2008 11:38
    This guy is playing a dangerous game. He is playing a power play and he uses semantics to disguise revolutionary ideas. I think that he has to be silenced as a spokesman for the ANC, because what he says is indirectly ANC beliefs. - Skeptic
     
      wake up Mxhosakazi
    14/07/2008 11:40
    your silly comment speaks volumes in representing the voice of the milli-ons of unthinking masses that pollute SA. Idiots like Malema make it big becos of your stupidity in putting him there - if you guys try and apply a little common sense and critical analysis in life, you will see the light. but i doubt it- not in SA, not now. like sheep u will all follow your leaders to more suffering and hardship. Learning English is v. good and Sasol Shares - i am not so sure. time to think about things. - Cleopatra Jones
     
      ANCYL
    14/07/2008 11:41
    -mxhosakazi. We are not bitter that we were eliminated from the Sasol scheme. We are bitter that you and the likes of the ANCYL are eliminating South Africa as a whole - Anti elimination
     
      What's wrong with this guy?
    14/07/2008 11:41
    Is this Malema clown from South Africa,because he sounds like some kind of war lord.If he wants to start killing and eliminating people he is clearly not aware of the country he is living in.He sounds like a complete idiot and should be sent packing before he does serious damage with his idiotic statments. - Joe
     
      They are all crazy!!!!!!!!
    14/07/2008 11:43
    I really think this confuse guy and his crazy crew the ANC is only looking for attention,can we please give this confuse guy a bit of attention,cos it seems it is really all that wants so desperately. - Clinton
     
      Malema
    14/07/2008 11:43
    It's become obvious that Julius Malema is an idiot. We are trying to build a country here but he insists on destroying that effort.He's desperate for a course to fight for...get over the past already man.Today's (real) youth is really fed up with all this rubbish;they are not keen to vote for anyone.Clean up your politics...!!!!! - Blackstar
     
      Revolution
    14/07/2008 11:44
    Anyone who still uses words like 'revolution' and 'struggle' and 'comrade' should be taken out back, and dealt with. But if he really wants it so bad, then he shall have it. Viva counter-revolution! - ramone
     
      Not another Zim
    14/07/2008 11:44
    Hear Hear Martin. Thought I was the last SAn to think like this. Am glad to see there are other reasonable people out therewaiting for the Sh.. to hit the fan. Not another Zim in SA. - Aubrey
     
      Hope
    14/07/2008 11:45
    I hope people making statements incouraging revolutions understand their complications. ?As long as we hate, there will be people to hate.? George Harrison - Jan
     
      Malema you are only making enemies in this world
    14/07/2008 11:47
    You come accross as a fool and an idiot. It is the sort of rubish that comes out your mouth that gets a man killed or assasinated. You must understand this is not Zimbabwe and the followers of the DA are armed and ready to protect themselves from the likes of you and other idiots in your comic party. I surely hope you read this you bloody idiot. - terence
     
      ANC/Government, going nowhere fast!
    14/07/2008 11:50
    The ANC has proved itself over and over that they are rive with incompetence and is shot gunning down the road of derelict governance. Unions striking because of food and fuel prices - thus helping in further increases due to revenue loss, ANCYL still fighting a non-existing struggle, Zuma chopping off non-supportive premiers. It will end in civil war the way it is going now. The best of all is that all these incompetents still blame their incompetence on apartheid and the white man/west. - CH
     
      mal
    14/07/2008 11:54
    i challenge the writers and columnists of my favourite site(News24) to come up with new topics and have us debate real n important issues, we're giving a lot o respect to people who don't deserve it. if Malema hadn't said the things that he did, what would you have written about? exactly that, i'll be waiting! - yungsta
     
      This guy is a moron
    14/07/2008 11:54
    Julius the Genius. The best thing he can do is keep his mouth shut. It seems the ANCYL's mandate is to try and undermine the progress that the current ANC leadership has made. He may be clever enough to try and replicate the success of Zimbabwe. The best thing JZ and the ANC can do is stand up to this garbage of a human and tell him to get lost. He is like the Zim war vets that were born after the war was over. - James
     
      South African time bomb!!!!!!!
    14/07/2008 11:55
    Some people suffer from the notion of thinking that words are synonymous with ideas. As much as Malema does not understand the gravity of his words but its suffice to say South Africa is currently sitting on a time bomb. Remember how Xenophobia started and how it spread. The ANC must be seriously considering the fate of this Malema unless they want to go the ZANU PF way. - Assa
     
      FOCUS ON JZ
    14/07/2008 11:59
    I think that Malema wants to intimidate the court that will have to decide JZ's fate,wich Judge will ever find JZ quilty with the remarks of Malema,even Madiba is silent on this matter wich is very disturbing.We should focus on JZ who is the real problem. - NAZ
     
      United we stand
    14/07/2008 12:01
    Hear hear Martin. I wrote the same thing a while ago and it wasn't posted. Seems that Kolobe can spew forth his hate speech but if the whites say anything it won't be published. We won't all lie down belly up I can assure you we still hold the financial power in this country. - Tim
     
      Elimainate vs permanently removed from society
    14/07/2008 12:02
    In the 80's a military signal went out that certain people had to be permanently removed from society.As far as I remember this was accepted by the law as an order to kill... I was wondering what the difference is.In the academic field we talk about publish or perish - if you are not writing or saying something people will forget about you.Maybe it's the same in politics - if you do no make enough noise you loose face, or is that if you do not rattle the cradle the baby (ANCYL) is forgotten - CJD
     
      @Cleopatra Jones
    14/07/2008 12:03
    Your stupid comment of labelling people as "unthinking masses" and that they "pollute" their fatherland speaks volumes about your brain power. I know you certainly DO NOT represent white people, because my white hockey team mates think far better than you. - Zee
     
      To Martin...
    14/07/2008 12:06
    well said my friend.. we agree with your words, and trust me, so do MY brothers. The difference between us Saffers and Zim, is that we will not be silenced. and we do not condone idle threats. and we will not vote for incompetence. what is wrong with these ppl in anc? why cannot they not just govern in peace? they ARE in power! No-one is actually against them, except that they make stupid decisions and then pass the buck. so pathetic and childish. but yet so typical. get a life malema. - Greg
     
      Struggle
    14/07/2008 12:08
    The only "struggle" left now is the struggle with the following question, am I a criminal because I support the ANC or do I support the ANC because I am a criminal? That is the true struggle today. - BigBang
     
      ANC has real chance of losing the election...
    14/07/2008 12:08
    Malema is carrying out a mandated spewingn of hate and fear speech to do what ZANU-PF did... make people to scared to vote ofr anybody other than them. Thing is... they are in real danger of losing next years elections and they know it - lousy service delivery, soft on crime, vulgar levels of self-enrichment, absolute incompetence, power mongering (etc., etc.) - hey you gotta protect all that! Malema is a Zuma puppet and it would seem, an utter moron. - Alex
     
      The Secret...Forget him!
    14/07/2008 12:14
    As angry as I am about Malema and his way of thinking...by allowing it to upset us just fuels the attention towards him and so adds to both his publicity and the energy around him! BECAUSE we are all against him, will cause his 'flock of sheeps' to grow! Honestly...the man is an idiot - just forget about him and focus on something positive...like winning the Tri-Nations! - kevin
     
      Malema
    14/07/2008 12:14
    Malema this, Malema that. I think this is won't help by commenting arrogantly agaisnt someone who has moved on with his life, hopefully trying to improve his personality. I have a problem with the Human Rights Commission.If they really can't solve this problem(BECAUSE i think Malema must still apologise for this), i think there no need for us to recognise them anymore as it would seem that anyone can say whatever they want about anything and not be responsible or accountable for the outcome. - j
     
      Interpretation?
    14/07/2008 12:15
    Once again, you see shadows along walls and cows jumping over the moon. I sometimes wonder if contextual interpretation depends on the understanding of the language you are pretending to understand. Guess, even a literal comment will go over the heads of the likes like you! Julius or any ANCYL member,is not as stupid as you idiots pretend them to be. Heh Heh - Cape Town Kid
     
      Anger Management
    14/07/2008 12:18
    Cleopatra Jones:You need anger management.I think if you can apply your little common sense and critical analysis as you have said , you will realise that Julius malema does not have a sense of direction and don't drag innocent people into these. - Mmule
     
      Eliminate = kill
    14/07/2008 12:18
    Of course "eliminate" means "kill". Why pretend anything else? - Dan
     
      Malema
    14/07/2008 12:18
    I doubt whether Comrade Julius could pass a blood test, but incitement is illegal and prosecutable, something that may not have dawned on his limited intellect. As for democracy, well that may be too subtle for him so he would not know how to be accountable to it. However, his rhetoric is about positioning the upcoming Zuma trail and that does have implications because it is going to get warm - this may be a watershed period for all of us. - pete
     
      yes the revolution is comming
    14/07/2008 12:20
    If we do not learn from the past we are destined to repeat the mistakes. Looks like there are going to be more revolutions in southern Africa. - green goblin
     
      Dangerous Malema!
    14/07/2008 12:22
    This Malema guy is either very dishonest, ignorant or very misinformed and his demons need exorcism now rather than later. Why on earth do the ANC need people like him especially if they are to win next year's elections. These are the signs and symptoms of disaster and surely it doesnt need a rocket scientist to tell you that there is a crisis in the ANC leadership. - Nelson
     
      Incite the masses
    14/07/2008 12:34
    Does 'elimintate' mean to send someone on sick leave? I guess not. Let us vow to eliminate Malema himself and see how he handles it... - Frank II
     
      @Nelson
    14/07/2008 12:38
    I agree with you 100%, I dont even know who is actually in charge of the ANC as everybody does what they want when they want without blinking a eye lid. There is no responsibility in the ANC, they have no direction and stand for what they feel like on the day - with the anything goes attitude. DA are just getting stronger and stronger so lets just let them be! - wb
     
      Correction
    14/07/2008 12:39
    To correct Nick from Randburg on his e mail "does eliminate mean kill". I think he suffers from the same political deficiency his accusing Malema of. Firstly i find it hard that he fails to apprehend the word "revolution. For us Africans revolution is not over when: (1) the majority of people are still poor. (2)_economic power is still in the hands of few. (3) the judiciary is still being haunted by the apratheid ghosts. (4) ownership of the land still resides with a few. We might say the first phase of revolution that is political power has been won but the second phase of revolution that is economic emancipation of Africans has not been achieved. - Zakhele Mnisi
     
      Attention not Necessary
    14/07/2008 12:40
    Does this guy really desrve the attention we're giving him? I know I was young back in the days of Malusi Gigaba, but did he ever make the kind of comments these two stupids (Mbalula and Malema)have subjected us to for past few years? - Pal
     
      @ Mnisi
    14/07/2008 12:51
    Mnisi don't you think this could have been achieved already if the ANC took time out from lining their pockets or fighting each other for power. If they could stay out of court long enough to do their job, SA would have been an eutopia by now.It's been fourteen years now MAN!!! - Ivan
     
      ANCYL PRESIDENT SPOT ON
    14/07/2008 12:52
    It is rather amusing to see how naive people really are. The national democratic revolution is about the creation of a nation-state that is truly non-racial, non-sexist and truly emancipated. Anyone opposed to that ideal has no place in our society. The persistent agenda to bedevil the ANCYL President is nauseating to say the least. Viva ANCYL President! - Zola Nxesi
     
      @ Mnisi
    14/07/2008 12:52
    Mnisi don't you think this could have been achieved already if the ANC took time out from lining their pockets or fighting each other for power. If they could stay out of court long enough to do their job, SA would have been an eutopia by now.It's been fourteen years now MAN!!! - Ivan
     
      @ mxhosakasi
    14/07/2008 12:54
    PLEASE answer the question put by Simon P. The struggle was fought for many years for democracy. You have it now. How can you now demand to stay in power by dictatorship? What makes those expounding this view better than the previous regime? If you are not DEMOCRATICALLY elected into power then you dont belong there, just like the apartheid government had to get out. You have NO leg to stand on! - DW
     
      This man deserves the money.
    14/07/2008 12:55
    Well said Nick. - Eugene
     
      Send Malema to Somalia
    14/07/2008 12:58
    Malema's comments just proves how backward he and he's thinking is. He obviously has no respect for the Constitution or for the rule of law. People like him should be sent to places like Somalia for a year to see what it is like to live in a country where the rule of law has disintegrated. - Frank II
     
      Malema Rethorics
    14/07/2008 12:58
    I just think this guy is full of uncalculated rethorical statements wich from my side are not timed and always with him lands him in hot potato.The first thing that he must do is to go for a training course on public speaking so that he can make a distiction between a platform that is obviously tolerable of his comments(Ipresume those comrades who share his utter garbage sentiments)and the platform of South africans of respecting other peoples point of view. Thanks - Mavumba
     
      Zakhele Mnisi
    14/07/2008 12:59
    unfortunately in SA you can just take peoples land and destroy the country like the idiots in zimbabwe did. We as south africans be that white,asian and black all have to live togeather now and in peace amongst each other and find a way for everyone to be happy there is enough wealth for everyone in this country. I see many blacks everyday living it up if you are not maybe you need to take that up with your political party.But simply taking one mans wealth and giving it to another is not the way. - macbeth
     
      I'm ready
    14/07/2008 13:01
    I too am ready to rise and take up counter-revolutionary action against the likes of the ANCYL. Its time some of them are eliminated from the face of this earth. Idiots, all of them. - The fisherman
     
      Malema
    14/07/2008 13:02
    "Counter-revolutionary" rhetoric is not representative of the disadvantaged: the enlightened group that fought for our democracy. Malema neither honours their legacy nor is he a legitimate heir of that era, for he seeks to sacrifice democracy by silencing dialogue and imposing his will - what a shame, what an insult from such a naive and disturbed young man. - Inkululeko
     
      Let it begin
    14/07/2008 13:03
    Let Malema go ahead and flap his gums, we're lying in wait for him... - Punk
     
      @ Alex
    14/07/2008 13:06
    You are deluding yourself if you think ANC if anywhere NEAR to losing next year's election. Yes people are sick of non-delivery. Yes they are tired of broken promises. Will this make them vote for someone else? Of course not! They believe that the Mbeki camp is the one who broke the promises, so now they will give Zuma a chance. Same party different leadership so they WILL win the next election, whether we like it or not. - DW
     
      @ Alex
    14/07/2008 13:08
    You are deluding yourself if you think ANC if anywhere NEAR to losing next year's election. Yes people are sick of non-delivery. Yes they are tired of broken promises. Will this make them vote for someone else? Of course not! They believe that the Mbeki camp is the one who broke the promises, so now they will give Zuma a chance. Same party different leadership so they WILL win the next election, whether we like it or not. - DW
     
      Zakhele
    14/07/2008 13:09
    I fail to understand your reasoning. I really do. You seem to have a Zimbabwean mindset regarding land ownership and the monetary system. How about working for something? How about earning something? Or do you feel you deserve all of the above because of your ethnic group? You defending malema's backward,idiotic, dictatorial comments answers all the previous questions. When will you stop struggling? He isn't thinking of you or your people my friend. Just himself. Just like the ANC - Viparo
     
      MALEMA
    14/07/2008 13:11
    Now I believe the Human Rights court will still say he did not threaten to kill anyone, as eliminate could have two meanings, the same as kill does, according to them. Jail the MF, he does not know what the struggle was about and was not part of it. His struggle is to spend all the money he gets for doing nothing. - Ray
     
      African revolution........
    14/07/2008 13:16
    I don't know if your comments scare me or make me laugh Zahhele Mnisi, but I am sure confused. If those are the things still keeping your "African revolution" alive, then how long will it still take to "free" Zimbabwe? After 28 years under Bob almost all of the people are poor, economic power and land are in the hands of a few (new people) and judicially well, it does seem that the law only applies to and is applied by a few. Are we also going to wait for another 28 years and longer? - Confucious
     
      Zola, put the Zol down
    14/07/2008 13:17
    "It is rather amusing to see how naive people really are." Yes, yes it really is. I would love to know how you gathered your conclusion of what malema's vision is. You my friend, seem to be the most naive of all. "The persistent agenda to bedevil the ANCYL President is nauseating to say the least" No, there is no agenda (No 3d force either,sorry) He does it all on his own very effectively. You will, however bear the fruits of your "visionary" leaders one day. Good luck. - Viparo
     
      @mnisi
    14/07/2008 13:20
    It is this type of thinking that will start cival war in this country.With incompetence and not creating new opportunities but just taking the little resources that exist from other population groups created by them you will find no revolution but war.This mindset was created in the cremlin to eliminate not just the infrastructure but the social and cultural fabric of the "enemy" and replace it with a "better" ideology.Unfortunately Communism is like Bafana-Bafana.It only looks great on paper. - shane
     
      malema
    14/07/2008 13:23
    i think we take every massage siad by Cde Malema very seroiusly. he is the president of youth organisation not the ANC. Zuma will be a president of South not Malema. Lets stop use the speech of Malema as if is said by Zuma. The way South Africa will govern after next general election depends on the ANC not malema as president of the Youth League. malema is still young, he will learn to be responsible but if we jump every word he said, he will became arrogant. - DOPLA
     
      Revolution
    14/07/2008 13:25
    I have empathy for the idea that the revolution is not over whilst so many remain disadvantaged. But revolution is still about democracy, not absolute power. Democracy is the only sustainable building block of great economies. Absolute power does the opposite - it deprives the masses of freedom by enriching the elite. Africa needs to learn how to use democratic power to uplift all sustainably. - Tim
     
      African revolution?
    14/07/2008 13:27
    I can't begin to describe how sad it is that someone who should be setting an example for the youth to aspire to chooses such an example. The rhetoric of tyrants is hardly helpful. Yes, there is stil a massive economic divide (though some have managed to make the leap), but exactly how does this sort of mindset help matters? It hasn't helped in other African countries. - CTheB
     
      Experience
    14/07/2008 13:32
    I dont understand how someone born in 1981 was part of the stuggle did he attack the police with his tri-cycle. In 1994 he still attended or were suppose to attend St 5. I assume his haterate is inhereted form elders and not through experience , this explain the crime in RSA. - Jan
     
      ooh really now!!!!
    14/07/2008 13:46
    I do not know what to say about this character, he seems to be getting attention for all the wrong reasons, but why do n't you find something esle to write about?This MF is the one member who deserve to be elimnated from our media, this dude seems to be the favourite among the columnist of this country's media. I wonder what David Bullard will have to say about him!!!!!! - Syd
     
      All this will be cleared up...
    14/07/2008 13:48
    when Malema comes out in a few days' time to make a public statement that he was "mis-interpreted" and "misunderstood". Its unbelievable how predictable these ANCYL fools are. - konstabel
     
      Revolution
    14/07/2008 13:57
    In every oppressed nation on earth, there is a movement standing up and apposing the oppression. The ANC itself took up the armed struggle against oppression. When your fellow countrymen no longer have a home, are being systematically murdered, disarmed and marginalised, are we realy surprised to see the birth of resistance. De La Rey? Retaliation? defence? freedom? - Malema should perhaps be a little more circumspect about elimination it may well be on an agenda not of his composition. - Rumblings
     
      Zakhele Mnisi
    14/07/2008 14:05
    Well dude you are free to work earn money and buy some land , Just like we did , Or do you think we where given the land because we are white ? Wake up and smell the coffee , But yeah as with every things ells , The africans must just be given , land, education , jobs, pathetic !!, just like the ANC , They where given a well operational country and ran in down to the dumps in 14 years - charlie
     
      Shane, your naked racism and threat of not so veiled boeremag civil war talk nausiates!
    14/07/2008 14:05
    Shane et al criticizes Malema, what for? Just look at their racist tirades, and begin to understand the Honourable Malema when he justifiably talks of remnants from the past which must indeed by all means be eliminated permanently from the face of our country! - MJZ
     
      :(
    14/07/2008 14:12
    A democratic society should be encouraged, not put down. Malema doesn't have the faintest idea of how a democratic state should work. Does he honestly think a dictatorship will lead to prosperity and economic success in South Africa? - DangerousDave
     
      @Charlie
    14/07/2008 14:43
    why are you taking cheap shots at Zakhele for spelling out the facts? Get yourself a history book and see how african land was STOLEN for indegenous people. The settlers did not work for any land, they STOLE it!! - Nada
     
      MJZ
    14/07/2008 14:47
    Carry on my friend, permanent elimination is exactly how a lot of folks in this country are feeling towards malema and co. I think a great many people are tired of appolagising for the past and are moving ever closer to deciding their own destiny - better to live at war than die in your so called "peace" - Rumblings
     
      @ MJZ
    14/07/2008 15:08
    Malema was talking about eliminating, amongst others, the DA. By no stretch of the imagination are they "remnants of the past" as you so eloquently put it. Their leaders have stood against apartheid in its time and they stand for freedom and democracy, not this rubbish dictatorship that the ANC youth are bandying about nowadays.But you only want the rules that break down your opposition to stand.Any laws that might find your own leaders guilty of anything must be scrapped in your stupid opinions. - DW
     
      Malema proves the HRC are idiots
    14/07/2008 15:23
    By his new actions Malema has shown just how wrong the so called Human Rights Commission was in doing nothing against him... - Dries
     
      Let the world know
    14/07/2008 15:26
    I hope that the world's media latch onto this latest ranting from Malema. Let it be clear to all the path that this man wants to take South Africa on....and they will walk away from Africa, it is not worth the bother. Where are the leaders ? - How sad these days are
     
      struggle is over Malema
    14/07/2008 15:26
    IM TYPING IN CAPITAL LETTERS TO SHOW MY DISGUST. I HATE ALL THE NEGATIVE COMMENTS AND VIBE I ALWAYS READ FRM THE MEDIA EVERYDAY. I BELIV STAYIN SOMETHING GOOD WILL EVENTUALY HAPPEN TO OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY. IF THE YOUTH LEAGUE IS LED BY SUCH IGNORANT, XCUSE MY LANGUAGE, F UP IMBECILE, I DON WANT TO THINK OF OUR FUTURE. I HAV ALWAYS HAD A BELIEVE THAT OUR YOUTH GENERATION SHOULD BE SMARTER THAN OUR ELDERS WHOM WE GAVE CREDIT TO BECAUSE THEY FOUGHT FOR OUR FREEDOM, BUT THIS IS SHAME TO THE NATIO1 - Mr Disgusted
     
         
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