What will ANC do to Malema?
Monday, August 15, 2011
In the last two weeks the ANCYL leadership said they want to help the united opposition in Botswana to wrestle power from the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP). In fact ANCYL president, Julius Malema had indicated that they would set up a command centre in Botswana to help the opposition. Malema had further stated that Botswana is an imperialist state highly controlled by the Americans.
This is a deplorable statement no one expected to come from a pan-Africanist organisation like the ANCYL. But the intervention by the ANC president should lay matters to rest.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...