M and G online On 11/18/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Where was this article published?? > Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lerato Motimele <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:24:13 > To: Communist-University<[email protected]>; > <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] [CU] Sexwale aims to be president by 2017 > > *ANC national executive committee member Tokyo Sexwale's allies say that > the former Gauteng premier is eyeing 2017, not 2012, as the year in which > he will make a bid for the ANC presidency. > * > That would make him a likely candidate for the country's presidency in 2019. > > Human settlements minister in President Jacob Zuma's Cabinet, Sexwale was > recently in the spotlight in defence of the ANC Youth League and its > president Julius Malema. He turned down a request for an interview this > week. > > Three close allies of Sexwale, who asked not to be named, said this week he > was hoping that the youth league would support him for the position of ANC > deputy president in Mangaung. > > From there, he would make a bid for the ANC presidency in 2017. > > Sexwale has gone so far as to warn the ANC to think about the consequences > of undermining the league's influence. > > "He is starting to take more risks," said an ally. "He has already taken a > risk by appointing Winnie Madikizela-Mandela as his adviser, backing > Malema, and questioning his own organisation. > > "This is Tokyo's second attempt at the presidency and he knows it's a case > of do or die." > > Sexwale declared his interest in leading the ANC and South Africa six > months before the ANC congress in 2007 in an interview with the BBC's *Hard > Talk*. > However, he decided to throw his weight behind Zuma late in the race > because he lacked sufficient support to win the presidency. > > He has learned from the 2007 experience, said an ally. > > "Unless you have an institutionalised support base, you are not going to > make it. And you have got to start the push early; you need a year or more > to campaign." > > *Sexwale's impatience* > Sexwale's presidential dream could be realised come 2017. "He's rich, > meaning he won't be easily compromised by money," his ally pointed out. > > Sexwale appears on the youth league's current slate as deputy president. > Kgalema Motlanthe is the preferred presidential candidate, while Sports > Minister Fikile Mbalula features as secretary general. > > Those close to Sexwale said he was openly taking on Zuma because he was > becoming "impatient" with Motlanthe's silence about his intentions. "He has > already accepted that he's working for Kgalema for 2012. Kgalema can sit > back and watch as Tokyo and Zuma take on each other and benefit from that," > said an ally. > > However, some ANC members, including some in the youth league, believe he > is not presidential material. > > "His problem is that he wants to play Chris Hani or Nelson Mandela. He's > not original. Politics is not a movie, where one can choose to play any > character. You must be yourself," said an ANC member with close ties to the > youth league. > > A Gauteng ANC leader believes Sexwale is frustrated that some in the ANC > and government don't take him seriously as a political player. > > "He is getting irritated that the other guys don't give him the respect he > deserves. He feels Zuma doesn't respect him. That's why he's fighting him > [Zuma] openly." > > Some in the ANC also doubt that the youth league will continue to play the > king-making role it has in the past. > > "Some younger people like his political style, but the ANC gets more > conservative as it grows older and he won't get the same support from the > party," said an ally. "I don't think the youth league will deliver [the ANC > presidency] this time around." > > -- > You are subscribed. 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