Julius Malema, African National Congress Youth League president, says that Boer journalists are after him. Malema has been targeted by the media in South Africa over various statements he has made and his own business dealings.
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CAJ News-Herald Reporter.
AFRICAN National Congress Youth League president Cde Julius Malema says the world needs to be told the truth about the root cause of Zimbabwe’s problems instead of relying on lies from the Western-sponsored imperialist media.
Addressing journalists at the ANC headquarters at Luthuli House in Johannesburg yesterday about his recent visit to Harare, Cde Malema blasted the international media for misrepresenting facts about Zimbabwe.
He urged Africa to seriously consider its own destiny without depending much on "colonialists".
Cde Malema hailed President Mugabe for remai-ning resolute, steadfast and unshaken against imperialist forces that have imposed illegal economic sanctions on Zimbabwe.
"I think we need the same fearless leadership in the ANC that will represent the people’s interests instead of pushing interests of the minority imperialists.
"South Africa needs militant, courageous but non-violent leaders to tackle our land reform issue once and for all. We are going to take the land, minerals and transfer them to our majority blacks.
"Here in South Africa the so-called willing buyer, willing seller is not paying results . . .
"Our own people are still living in abject poverty yet the minority, who are not producing much for the country, continue to challenge us in the courts."
Cde Malema accused MDC-T of being a stumbling block to Zimbabwe’s efforts to defend its sovereignty.
He described it as a "popcorn and mushrooming" political party.
Cde Malema said while the ANC Youth League would not interfere in President Jacob Zuma’s facilitation in Zimbabwe, the youths would never socialise with "puppets" and "unpatriotic" political parties trying to reverse the gains of the liberation struggle.
"It has to be known that as the ANC Youth League we are not power-sharing mediators in Zimbabwe and we should seriously work with our fellow liberation movements like Zanu-PF and President Mugabe without fear.
"We would like Zanu-PF to retain its rural support and lead again without sharing power with anyone.
"We don’t care about popcorn opposition parties, mushrooming political parties which address its meetings in offices full of air conditioners in expensive Sandton hotels.
"We don’t associate with popcorn opposition parties, but work closely with our liberation movements to achieve our aims and goals of redistributing resources to the people."
Cde Malema blasted the Voice of America pirate broadcast, Studio 7, for invading Zimbabwean airspace.
"We know that VOA are operating illegally in Zimbabwe while disseminating falsehoods. We hope you won’t do the same here in South Africa, otherwise we don’t take such nonsense," he said.
Cde Malema also ejected a British Broadcasting Corporation journalist, Johan Fisher, for interfering during the Press briefing.
"Whites have tendencies of undermining blacks, here you can’t do as you please. You covered rubbish about Zimbabwe, and you would like to keep doing the same here, nonsense, bastard, bloody agent!
"When you are here, you are in our terrain and should know that this is the ANC head office. You should respect our own home. In Rome you do as Romans do, not as you please.
"You must behave according to our rules, not yours. We do not even care if you don’t come for our Press conferences, we have our own SABC."
Fisher had tried to defend MDC-T rallies held in Sandton.
"The MDC should go to Zimbabwe to face challenges with fellow Zimbabweans, not addressing meetings in air-conditioned hotels in Sandton."
Meanwhile, the ANC Youth League has hailed Zimbabwe’s land reform and economic empowerment programmes.
In a statement yesterday, the ANC Youth League said the "courageous and militant" land reform programme has contributed substantially to the empowerment of Zimbabweans.
"From the 4 000 white farmers who used to own farms and land in Zimbabwe, there are currently more than 350 000 Zimbabweans who are in farms. Young African people are involved in agriculture and not reliant on few white farmers who do not have the interests of the people of Zimbabwe at heart.
"In essence, the State’s greater role in land redistribution and mechanisation will contribute a lot in durably empowering the people of Zimbabwe."
The ANC Youth League also hailed the indigenisation and economic empowerment drive as a "very brave, militant but correct method of transferring wealth from the minority to the majority".
"There will be challenges in the implementation of these policies, but they have a potential to give the people of Zimbabwe real economic power as they will be in ownership of more than 51 percent of Zimbabwe’s wealth.
"The resilience, dedication, courage and fearlessness of the Zimbabwean political leadership, particularly the Zanu-PF leadership has far much greater potential to bring Zimbabwe to stability."
Cde Malema was in Zimbabwe on a four-day solidarity visit hosted by the Zanu-PF Youth League.
During the visit he had an opportunity to learn more about Zimbabwe’s land reform programme and economic empowerment drive.
He also met President Mugabe at State House. — CAJ News-Herald Reporter.
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