What is really going on in the ANC? Unity or divergence?



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I can still remember when Mr Thabo Mbeki was harshly removed from his position as president of the Republic of South Africa and Julius Malema was the one provoking and sustaining his removal. Everything was all about “Comrade Zuma” this, “Comrade Zuma” that. “He would openly say and I quote Mbeki must step down” without even considering any repercussions of his actions. When we date back the situation, most of us can still remember just how much he was disrespectful towards Mr Mbeki and today we can witness the fact he is acknowledging him as his “Comrade”.

It is amazing just how the tables have turned from sweet to sour between Julius Malema and President Zuma. It is saddening as an individual to hear of people plotting against you and no one deserves such treatment but President Zuma deserves what’s coming to him. If he carefully examined and evaluated his environment then he would have known better that the same thing he did to Thabo Mbeki was going to come and bite him.

The question is where is the ANC looking? I mean now Julius and his subordinates are saying “Zuma must go!”ANCYL. What kind of a leadership are they building in the faces of their supporters and the South African nation? On Saturday the 25^th March 2012 the ANCYL members at their centenary celebration at Nkowankowa Stadium outside Tzaneen were saying that Motlanthe should replace Zuma25 March 2012.   Much as we can anticipate about the future of President Zuma we can well do so to anticipate the future of the ANC in the country, because the party has so any imbalances, “members are being bribed, intimidated and even promised government post if they backed one faction over the other”Live.  The ANC has failed to unite the country utterly because they have lost what they stand for therefore it is simple for them to fall for anything.

It’s okay if the ANC leadership wants change but according to S’Thembiso Msomi of Times live the ANC should reform their outdated nomination procedures for internal elections and allow more structured process so that those seeking to be voted into positions can openly canvass for votes. More debates should be allowed amongst the party members and not plot against other. In that way many will be able to voice their interests and advance the party.

The ANC should carefully examine their environment because their boat is sinking, many of their supporters are losing hope in their leadership because from a public relations perspective an organisation has to adapt or it will perish because systems must constantly learn and renew themselves. Therefore if “YOU STAND FOR SOMETHING YOU WILL FALL FOR ANYTHING”.



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Is it only about Sharpvillers?





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21 March 1960 is one of the most important and a remarkable event to the South Africans, particularly to the people in Sharpeville BUT is it really only about the Sharpvillers???Read more.

Early on 1960 ANC and PAC organised their members to prepare themselves for a proposed nationwide because on 16 December 1959, the President General of ANC, “Chief Albert Luthuli announced that 1960 was going to be the Year of the Pass” 21 March 1960.

I was surprised to hear in the news that people in Sharpeville were complaining that Human Rights Day is all about what happened in Sharpeville. The argument was that Human Rights Day should not be celebrated in Kliptown, Soweto and that President Jacob Zuma was not adhering to their concerns Sharpeville. For moment I was so much baffled with their actions that why on earth they would do such a thing instead of looking forward to the future and start making a change within their society.

Human Rights Day is about coming together as a nation to build a unified, free and fair nation not about protesting, burning tyres and burning other people’s properties. According to COPE president Mosiuoa  Lekota,” political parties had a duty to educate South Africans on the fact that human rights were not about the Sharpeville and Langa Massacre and make the society aware that it is of high importance not to take the human rights for granted” Lekota.

From a public relations perspective is important to know your history but we need to adapt and learn new ways of adhering to the environment we find ourselves in-we need to seek ways of educating our nation about what it means to have a right to life, equality before the law, human dignity, freedom and security of person, freedom to slavery, servitude or forced labour Rights for all. 

South African citizens need to be taught that not everything is about violence and that messages can be transmitted without having to burn tyres or without having to protest and organising riots-Rights go hand in clove with Responsibilities so let us learn from what happened on the 21^st of March 1960 that we need not to repeat history but reshape and convert our nation. Therefore HUMAN RIGHTS DAY IS NOT ALL ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN SHARPEVILLE it’s ABOUT SOUTH AFRICANS COMING TOGETHER AS A NATION AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE!!! Enjoy your rights safely and contently.   

Hands up to Mr Deputy!!!

On Tuesday 12 March 2012, Deputy Kgalema Motlanthe asked the National Public Protector, Thuli Mandonsela to investigate any corruptions levelled to him and his partner Gugu Mtshali regarding the issue that she is said to have been involved in a bribery connection.

The Sunday Times has reported that Gugu Mtshali has asked the a R104-million bribe to get the government support for a South African company to secure a R2-billion sanctions busting deal with Iran.( for more info). Gugu Mtshali is a high profiled business woman who was listed as a director of Imperial Crown Trading (ITC).

What is most impressing is that Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe was honest from the very onset that the public protector, Thuli Mandonsela should take a look into the allegations thoroughly into his partners claims of wrongdoing, because this just goes to show just how much he can build and maintain his image as a public figure and a hero to those who see him as one.

The Deputy President has proven just how much he respects his position when he was still general secretary of the Nation Union of Mineworkers by speaking his mind and that he is a straight forward man who has integrity and who humbles himself at all times. He surely knows how to keep a lasting impression to the public and is very inspired by his work because he walks what he is all about.

As a public figure he has shown a sense of right and wrong, democracy, his position standing nationally and internationally, and all that makes him a man of honour and of high values by standing by his words as a figure across the whole globe. Therefore hands up to Mr Motlanthe for his valuable integrity and showing his loyalties lie.  

It's about time!!!

For a very long time the African National Congress took time to see that it is necessary to discipline Julius Malema and his subordinates until, things got out of hand. Julius got away with so many things and made sure that he tells his story irrespective of the circumstances and the context he finds himself in. From the very on-set he never showed any respect for his leaders, yet himself he is a leader. One might wonder what kind of a home this leader was brought up in, as they say "charity begins at home”, does this reflect how he brought up from an early age?

It was a long time coming for the ANC given the lashes Malema always forwarded to the highly ranked officials of the party. To name a few, the lashes at the previously minister of higher education Naledi Pandor, former president Thabo Mbeki and many other political figures from other political organisations. Malema should have been ceased by the ANC at an earlier stage to avoid the public deterioration.

In public relations field is to sit back and bask in the glory a public image (Seitel 2005:51). The ANC certainly didn’t react on the issue of Malema quickly now the people are arguing that matters should have been solved a very long time ago, as the ANC should reflect what it is all about (http://www.iol.co.za/article/2012-03-06-malema-to-challenge-expulsion-from-anc.-anc1.124).

His expulsion from the party has shown that at least the ANC has seen just how much this matter could have got worse because the image is just in the verge of being destroyed by simple little things of not protecting the environment that you are within. He was expelled for bringing the party into disrepute and sowing divisions in its ranks (http://mg.co.za/article/2012-03-06-malema-the-youth-want-change-with-or-without-me).

It is important to always walk what you preach so that and to all always draw people into the right if you want them to side. The silence within the ANC was motivating factor of some sort because of it took time for them to see their mistakes and rectify them in a manner that is accepted. IT’S ABOUT TIME that he be shown the right path and not lose the liberal struggle that was fought by the previous leaders who made this country and the ANC what it is today.