Herald, Zimbabwe.jpg ANC, Zuma rule despite relentless attacks from corporate platforms Udo Froese, The Herald, Harare, 1 June 2016 South Africa's owners of the economy, academia, media and heads of civil society circulated before the ruling ANC's National Executive Committee meeting this weekend, starting on May 27, 2016, that its president and head-of-state, Jacob G. Zuma, would be asked on Sunday, May 29, 2016, to step down immediately. This will however, not happen. President Zuma will finish his term of office when the next elective ANC Conference in December 2017 takes place. Zuma being recalled, or pushed out of his position and the ANC, is not likely to be part of the ANC NEC agenda this weekend. The above-mentioned have gone out of their ways to force President Zuma's early retirement from office, building their attempts of character assassinating him up to the ANC NEC's gathering this weekend. But, all their efforts to sink President Zuma and collapse the ANC will come to nothing, as those capitalist forces do not understand the movement and its history. Mashatile Meanwhile, the forthcoming local government elections are under threat of being hijacked. At worst, this could lead to a split of the ruling ANC. All political parties campaign for as many votes, as they can muster, be it local government elections, or presidential and national elections. It is common practice that the contesting parties usually have their respective presidents' faces as the face of the party. A leading member of the ruling ANC in the local government explained, "The Gauteng Province's ANC MEC for Human Settlement, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Mr. Paul Mashathile, plans to have his face copied on to the ballot papers in stead of that of the ANC president. But, President Zuma is still the president of the ANC, head-of-state and commander-in-chief of the armed forces of South Africa. Nonetheless, Mashathile wants this matter to be debated at the ANC NEC's gathering over this weekend." "It would mean that Mashathile attempts to split the ANC into two, with the Democratic Alliance (DA) thus capturing some of the metros in the Gauteng province. Would the ANC NEC have the courage to fire Mashathile at this weekend's NEC gathering will be seen by Sunday, May 29, 2016? Mashathile clearly works outside the ANC's framework." Anarchists They observe that State Security Minister David Mahlabo seems to be doing a good job. Particularly his analysis of the threats South Africa is currently debated. There are about 453 foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and additional foreign foundations operating in South Africa. Some 68 NGOs are being registered daily in this country. At the same time there are "service delivery unrests", students' protests and unemployment. A restless youth has been infiltrated and has become the catchment area for opportunistic political anarchists and anti-democrats. They instigate destabilisation and threaten civil war. It is important to repeat what State Security Minister David Mahlobo observed regarding political and other destabilisation efforts that require "a deep understanding of the actors and tactics involved": "State and non-state actors are hard at work in certain parts of the globe, using various role-players to promote their agendas while undermining the national security of various countries. These actors are in the mass (corporate) media, non-governmental and community based organisations, foreign multi-national companies, funders of opposition, religious and student organisations, prominent and influential persons running covert intelligence networks to destabilise other countries, who do not share a similar view as them." From: http://www.herald.co.zw/anc-zuma-rule-despite-relentless-attacks-from-corpor ate-platforms/ -- -- 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] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
