May those on Malema s payroll stand up,payroll i will mean those who work for his business and in return pay tax,if they are then no problem he is a great enterpreneur helping creates jobs and empowering the nation
On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 9:09 PM, Moses Moyo <[email protected]> wrote: > We will never be diverted > > We accepted the responsibility of leading the ANC YL fully aware that young > people in South Africa, particularly the unemployed and poverty-stricken > youth look up to the Youth League with justifiable hope that one day their > lives will change for the better because of what the Youth League does. We > were fully aware that Youth League generations before us had the greatest > impact in shaping history and are today the world most celebrated freedom > fighters, icons and beacons of hope for the oppressed. We were also aware > that one of the former Presidents ofthe ANC YL, Patrick Moloao died in > combat, fighting for the liberation of the people of Zimbabwe and > subsequently South Africa in the Wankie Spolile Campaigns in the late 1960s. > > When we accepted the responsibility to lead the African National Congress > Youth League two years ago, we were under no illusion that > being President of the ANC Youth League will be an easy task. We were > totally aware that we are stepping into the shoes of former ANC YLPresidents > Anton Lembede, Ashby Peter Mda, Nelson Mandela, Robert Resha, Joe Mathwes, > Patrick Moloao, Peter Mokaba, and Fikile Mbalula. We were also bound > with the responsibility to continue with the ideals of Oliver Tambo, > Congress Mbatha and Walter Sisulu. These are heroic and courageous former > leaders of the ANC YL who stood firm and never compromised principle even > when the prize for such courage was death. > > The conditions of struggle have definitely changed and present to > us the most dynamic and possibly most complicated platform to fight for > social and economic emancipation of the black majority and Africans in > particular. The founding generation of the ANC Youth League proclaimed > Freedom in their lifetime and they did everything possible to realise > freedom in their lifetime. They literally took up arms, were arrested, > exiled, tortured, labelled criminals and terrorists, and isolated from their > loved ones, yet they never surrendered the struggle to > emancipate the oppressed and exploited people of South Africa. As this > generation of youth, we are inspired by the founding generation > of the ANC YL and carry upon us a responsibility to usher in economic > freedom in our lifetime. Economic freedom means the total realisation of the > Freedom Charter objectives, and we are under no illusion that such will be a > easy task. > > Like in all revolutions, we expected the sort of opposition and diversions > we experienced overthe past week, where the profit driven media spread > damaging rumours and sought to question our integrity as leadership > of the ANC YL. All sorts of slander was spread associated with thekind of > work we do, somewhat with an undertone that wanted to link us to corrupt > practices. In more than one instance, our principle and values have always > been anti-corruption and our fight against corruption is not conducted in > Newsrooms, but through open confrontation of corrupt tendencies. We have in > more than one occasion called upon those who know corrupt individuals, both > on the private and public sector to approach the leadership of the Youth > League so that we expose them and report them to law enforcement agencies. > > When two Sunday Newspapers published stories they both believed were > exclusive and convinced were great exposition of myself in my responsibility > as President of the ANC Youth League, the leadership collective decided to > rapidly respond in order to dismiss the undertones that linked us to > irregular and corrupt practices. Our rapid response was never about > accounting to the media, but using the media as a channel to speak to our > many members and supporters of the ANC so that they are not victims of > profit driven media propaganda. We vigorously dealt with all the issues that > were presented to us and when satisfied with the response of Youth League > members and millions of supporters of the ANC, we closed the whole chapter > to focus on other important tasks of the organisation. > > Certain revelations came out in the process of engaging the entire > discourse of media conducted lifestyle audits. First is the racist notion > and supposition expressed by both black and white people that the success > and progress of black youth in the post democratic dispensation is > automatically a consequence of corruption. This notion should be openly > confronted and exposed as it has potential to undermine our hard won freedom > to participate actively in theeconomy. > > Second is the notion that seeks to criminalise all entrepreneurs that > provide services to government as inherently corrupt and unethical, and > labelled tenderpreneurs who have no brain and skill to do anything > productive. The question we should ask is who should provide services > to the State if all black entrepreneurs who put up consulting and > construction firms are going to be rubbished as inherently corrupt > tenderpreneurs. > > Thirdly is the possible reality that our friends in the struggle are not > always our friends and have potential to donate one of their own > to the opponents of change. The reality of the situation is that a > insignificant and potentially dangerous group within the alliance was > celebrating the fact that media scavengers as portrayed us as corrupt > individuals. This tendency is reflected within calls to > infiltrate the ANC in order to misguide it to something it is not. This > calls upon all of us, particularly youth to be more vigilant and > defend the national democratic revolution and the ANC. > > As a concrete way forward, we have already mentioned that we will never > allow young entrepreneurs to be intimidated out of doing legitimate and > corrupt-free business, including through proving services to the State. > These opportunities were denied to the African majority inthe past and > in the democratic dispensation, white dominated corporations in civil, > construction and other vital sectors continue to treat qualified black > people as non-entities and juniors to less qualified children of white > owners of the means of production. Entrepreneurs should be more vigorous, > more innovative and daring to bid for bigger projects from the State as a > way of ensuring that majority of our people are properly skilled and enjoy > economic opportunities that came with freedom. No one should ever be > apologetic for providing quality service to the State when called upon to do > so. > > The confusion that we should categorically clarify though is that young > people's involvement in business activities is in no way opposed to our call > for the Nationalisation of Mines. TheFreedom Charter guarantees all people's > entry into professions and trade of their own choice inthe context where > Mines, banks and monopoly industries are transferred to the ownership > of thepeople as a whole. We will never allow any sort of Right-wing and > Left-wing distraction to overcome our determination to > influence the nationalisation of Mines in our lifetime. Whilst not opposed > to the lifestyle audits, our conviction is that the capitalist system > is the one that should be audited and checked as how is it useful > in the empowerment of our people and improvement of their living conditions. > We will never loose focus and fight over insignificant amount of resources, > whilst we have a bigger struggle to fight. > > Aluta Continua. > > Julius Malema ANC YL PRESIDENT > > > On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 5:53 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! > > > > ________________________________ > > From: "Patrick Craven" <[email protected]> > > Sender: [email protected] > > Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 17:32:14 +0200 > > To: <[email protected]> > > ReplyTo: [email protected] > > Subject: [COSATU Press] COSATU calls for probe into Malema investigations > > > > > > > > COSATU calls for probe into Malema investigations > > > > > > > > The Congress of South African Trade Unions has noted the media reports > about the financial affairs of the President of the ANC Youth League, Julius > Malema. We call for an investigation by the ANC’s Committee on Ethics and > Members’ Interests, the SA Revenue Service and the Special Investigations > Unit into the allegations. As well as investigating possible tax evasion, > the SARS investigation should institute a lifestyle audit to discover the > truth about the financial affairs of the ANCYL President. > > > > > > > > > > > > Patrick Craven (National Spokesperson) > > > > Congress of South African Trade Unions > > > > 1-5 Leyds Cnr Biccard Streets > > > > Braamfontein > > > > 2017 > > > > > > > > P.O.Box 1019 > > > > Johannesburg > > > > South Africa > > > > > > > > Tel: +27 11 339-4911/24 > > > > Fax: +27 11 339-5080 / 6940 > > > > Mobile: +27 82 821 7456 > > > > E-Mail: [email protected] > > > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "COSATU-press". 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