MK veterans seeking attention : ANCYL
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The Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) is just seeking attention by commenting on ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema, youth league secretary general Sindiso Magaqa said on Tuesday.
"They just want to show their girlfriend that today they will be on TV," Magaqa told reporters in Johannesburg.
"We find it very strange that the MKMVA released the statement. We believe this is not the statement of the collective but of an individual," he said.
Magaqa was addressing the media immediately after MKMVA held a press briefing at the ANC headquarters, Luthuli House.
Earlier, MKMVA chairman Kebby Maphatsoe called on the ANC's national executive committee to expel Malema summarily.
"Julius Malema thinks he is bigger than the ANC," said Maphatsoe.
"He has fed on the media frenzy against the liberation movement, casting doubt and aspersions on the ability of the ANC to formulate policies and govern South Africa in favour of all its citizens."
Magaqa said the MKMVA's statement had no content.
"We are dealing with people who do not have an understanding of ANC processes."
Magaqa referred to some MKMVA's not being veterans but being "sell-outs".
"They have a bad history... I won't go any further with that," he said when asked what he meant by sell-outs.
"Not everyone was a soldier of MK, some were cooks."
Magaqa said the disciplinary process was still ongoing and that Malema was still the ANC Youth League's leader.
"We are more determined than ever that we have an elected president until 2014," he said.
"Nothing has changed."






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Posted 417 days agoKgoele
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Mike123
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matlhabaEuric
Posted 417 days agothe unfortunate part is that the subject matter of the statement of MKVA remains uncontested, and we have an unnecessary casulty.
young lions please, rather we deal with issues.
Mike123
Posted 417 days agoSecretVoice
Posted 417 days agotefson
the_original_MommaCyndi
Posted 417 days agoThey are hell bent and determined to insult absolutely everyone.
AnotherTaxPayer
Posted 417 days agoI suspect a typo and he meant Crooks. Just a guess...
SecretVoice
BUDDYC
Posted 417 days agoAnotherTaxPayer
gengezi
Posted 417 days agotefson
Posted 417 days agoNEC ",malema showed no remorse while serving a supesion "
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innitial outcome from the ANC -NEC for expelling malema ,
1 malema started insulting mbeki and Zuma kept mum
2 malema went on to insult the women who accused Zuma and the NEC went mum
3malema went on rampage calling hellen Zille with names ,the NEC and zuma were once again mum.
4 malema insulted political parties in ZIMbambwe and praised mugabe,Zuma was again mum
i stop there i`ll tell you when Zuma started feeling the heat.
m1si2zi3nzo4
Posted 417 days agoThe more we are called upon to strengthen our democratic institutions and understanding, the more we run back to what we know best- suppress dissenting opinion. This is what we all inherited, 'black' and 'white'. Our past is where we draw comfort from. What are we teaching the generations to come? What have we learned from apartheid? From other African dictatorships? Trust me, the present practice of pinning our mast in individuals, is coming back to bite us. It is the seed of destruction to our stillborn democracy.
Instead of showing the generations to come that democracy works, even how difficult it is, we confuse them to save our individual @&$e$, at the expense of our future generations. Just because we won't be living, then?
Argus