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His humble origins make him a liberator for poor, black South Africans. His fiery mouth make him feared by some and a nightmare for many others, black and white. Whichever way you look at it, Julius Malema has become one of South Africa's most controversial and influential political figures.
In a recent BBC interview, Malema has defended his behaviour after being disciplined by the ANC over a series of outbursts about race, Zimbabwe and President Jacob Zuma.
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-- I believe in Mandela's dream, I have a poster of him on my wall, and the fact that Zuma and Malema are in any sort of power, proves that, that dream is dying, and fast. 20 years to go from Mandela to Zuma! HOLY ****!
That's really sad to read. Malema seems to be being prepared or groomed for eventual leadership. What's unclear is how he was chosen or even why?
There was only one Mandela however aren't there any alternatives to the ANC in South Africa?
Julius Malema has now gone from singing "kill the Boer" to "kiss the Boer" but has been reprimanded by the ANC leadership (though only for criticising Zuma's leadership apparently.) but still seems unrepentant.
It's hard to see where South Africa will go if a man like Julius Malema becomes leader of South Africa. Mugabe's policies have destroyed Zimbabwe so what an ignorant populist like Malema thinks he'll acheive by admiring such failures is beyond me.
There is that horrible old saying about becoming that which you hate - and Malema seems as bad as the white supremacists that Nelson Mandela struggled to remove from power.
Jetboogieman, I have a question if you don't mind.
I have a couple of S African friends who've voiced the opinion that SA is still very driven along tribal lines and that although Mandela hasn't been in power for a long time he is still a figurehead that unites the various tribes.
They believe that once Mandela dies the inter tribal unity will quickly collapse and SA will see a period of prolonged violence and tribal warfare.
I'll be honest, I don't know enough about SA politics to have an opinion whether this is correct or not so I'd like to ask your opinion on it.
No one will like what I have to say most likely but this is a prime reason why democracy is a foolish endeavor for a developing nation like South Africa.
-- The real issue is what will happen between the Zulu and Xhosa's following Mandelas death --
No one will like what I have to say most likely but this is a prime reason why democracy is a foolish endeavor for a developing nation like South Africa.
The populists get everyone all riled up with foolish, pie in the sky, rhetoric and then everything starts to go south ward from there.
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