How is Juju's wedding attendance wrong? On 10/30/11, Dominic Tweedie <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sunday Times > > > *Let Them Eat Cake* > > /Hours after march against poverty, Juju jets off to R10m party with the > rich / > > > *Subashni Naidoo in Mauritius and Monica Laganparsad, Sunday Times, > Johannesburg, 30 October 2011* > > JUST two hours after leading thousands of desperately poor people on a > march for "economic freedom" on Friday, Julius Malema jetted out of > Johannesburg for an all-expenses-paid weekend of booze, parties and > luxury at a R10-million wedding in Mauritius. > > Malema couldn't get away from the masses fast enough. He was whisked > away in a blue-light convoy to catch a business class flight to party it > up at the five-star resort. > > The wedding was that of his friend, Limpopo-based property developer > David Mabilu, who booked out the entire Long Beach resort for 300 guests. > > Yesterday Johannesburg Metro Police Department spokesman Wayne Minnaar > could not confirm whether metro officers had given Malema an escort to > the airport but said such service was provided in "emergency situations". > > "If it did happen, there's nothing wrong because members of the JMPD > assist members of the community on a daily basis and in different > circumstances. Where the community needs certain assistance in emergency > situations, officers do assist them." > > On Thursday, marchers spent the night at the Caledonian Stadium in > Pretoria. Chasing a tight deadline on Friday, Malema stepped onto the > stage at the stadium at 4:20am and addressed marchers before they left > for the Union Buildings. > > He spent most of the time at the Union Buildings sitting in an ANC Youth > League truck. At one stage he seemed barely able to stand and was seen > limping. > > Calvary > > A memorandum was handed over to the Minister of Public Works, Thulas > Nxesi. Two hours later Malema, still wearing a yellow ANC-branded > T-shirt bearing the image of former president Nelson Mandela, flew out > to Mauritius. > > Minister Thulas Nxesi waits to receive memo > *"We always get what we want"* > > Yesterday Mabilu, 42, married his fiancée, Phala Mokgophi, 38, at a > glamorous beach ceremony in front of about 300 guests. > > The couple had splashed out more than R10-million on the three-day > ceremony, including flights and accommodation for their guests. > > On Friday, once Malema was seated on board the Air Mauritius aircraft, > the pilot announced: "Please welcome Mr Julius Malema, president of the > ANC Youth League, on board." > > When the flight landed at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International > Airport, Malema was picked up from the aircraft in a private vehicle and > shuttled to the terminal. > > He later checked into the exclusive five-star Long Beach resort, where > rates start at R4648 a night for a beach-facing room and go up to R14 > 784 for a suite. > > At the couple's pre-wedding party at the resort, Malema, who had changed > into a pale pink and white long-sleeved shirt and beige trousers, joined > the celebrations at 1am. > > Earlier on Friday, addressing his followers before sunrise in Pretoria, > Malema said: "When they ask you why you are marching, you must say you > are marching because you want to live like whites. Everything that > whites have, we want it also." > > Outside the Union Buildings, placards carried by the crowd read: "Ninety > percent of the economy is still in the hands of the minority" and "Down > with white capital monopoly". > > The march started on Thursday, a day after testimony in Malema's > disciplinary hearing was concluded. > > He and several co-leaders face charges of bringing the ANC into disrepute. > > > *From: http://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2011/10/30/let-them-eat-cake* > ** > * > * > > -- > You are subscribed. This footer can help you. > Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to > this message. > You can visit the group WEB SITE at > http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery > options, pages, files and membership. > To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . > You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to > put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to > this address (repeat): [email protected] . >
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