A-N-C Another National Crisis

A-N-C Another National Crisis

This is what South Africa, our beloved country, is heading towards unless something changes in the way that our country is being run. We find that we live in a society where right is right and wrong, well wrong is acceptable as long as you don't screw over the wrong people. Well, you have to know the right people as well to get away with corruption. Just ask everyone in parliment and they will tell you.

I have been watching all media events over the last few weeks and I am shocked to see what is happening within our mists. On the one hand you have Julius who is currently fighting a battle over a struggle song. I found it rather amusing to see how the defense tried to push their argument by getting a white afrikaner to explain what the black youth league president meant when he said "boer." Then you have Julius making the comment saying that he finds it funny how the prosecutor is changing his argument from race to nationalization of land and that the ANC is going to take the land. "What a chop!"
What I want to know is, what does Julius have on Zuma that makes him untouchable. Makes him able to run his mouth, say absolutely anything no matter how stupid or insulting, and then still get away with it. Must be something big.

Then you have the services delivery protests that are happening. Mind you, not that much in Cape Town hey. People in ANC lead municipalities are protesting due to poor service delivery and mainly the selection of ANC candidates contesting in the municipal elections. People have raised their voices and even attacked and confronted police officials due to this. This just shows the serious nature of the matter and this has lead to the death of a protestor in Ficksburg, 300km south of Johannesburg. A shocking incident which led to a senseless killing. There is currently trial underway do determine if the police officers will be granted bail and we will without a doubt hear more about this in the future. But we should not forget what led to this incident. The dissatifaction with the way the ANC is running their municipality.

I have always asked the question. How strong would the ANC be without the backing of COSATU? I thought that how would be able to answer this question when COSATU started questioning the ANC about issues and demanding changes. But alas! That was just a show put on for the COSATU members to make them think that their best interests are being looked after. I take it, the miners working the Aurorer mines owned by family of Jacob Zuma and Nelson Mandela. The miners have been waiting for salaries owed to them for over 5 months, yet one of the owners of Aurorer mines could donate R1 million to the ANC for their election campaign. Not only that, when the ANC was approached and asked to return the monies so that it could be given to the unpaid mine workers and the families, they refused. And then they say they have our best interests at heart.

We are at a fork in our political path. With all the happenings with the ANC, it is difficult to see how they can still win the majority wards. But that will happen.

And where is our president?
When will he comment on what is happening currently in our country?

Struggling with the "Struggle Song"

Yet again Julius Malema finds himself in the spotlight. He has been a bit quiet over the last few months and it's good to see him back to his old self. The matters surrounding his return to being the centre of attention is his singing of a "struggle song" that includes the words, "kill the boer." This has shaken a group of people, noticably "white people" in feeling offended and they are asking for the banning of this song.

Julius Malema, with the backing of the ANC of course, is saying that this is a struggle song and is part of our heritage. It is sang in rememberence of the struggle in the apartheid regime. My question to that is, "Why is it required to sing struggle songs considering that we have been "free" for over 15 years now?" I know it is always important to remember what has happened in our past, but if that results in us becoming attacking and threatening towards others, then we should really consider our position. This will only make us the same as those that many people fought against to ensure our freedom. We will become our own worst nightmares and everything that was gained through the struggle will filter into nothing.

Coming back to the topic, "Why is the ANC still singing struggle songs at this point in time?"
Throughout history, wherever there have been people who have been oppressed, people have been singing songs to motivate themselves to stand up against those who have took away their rights. These would normally been people in power, in control, GOVERNMENT. But wait, this doesn't make sense to me. The ANC is in power are they not. They are the ones ruling most of South Africa. So why are they singing struggle songs. They are in control.They are the ones who have the power. If they see struggling and oppression, they can step in and ease the situation. So why?

I unfortunately don't see this matter just blowing over. In todsys society, winning is everything and this will ultimately lead to this matter dragging on and on. Julius will never admit defeat and will fight for all his worth. And there is no stopping a person with the attitude of, "I am right and you are a BLOODY AGENT!"