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JULUIS MALEMA THE LAIR

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12/05/2018

he DA leader was reportedly taken on by senior members of the DA for using the term ‘white privilege’.
Answering questions in parliament on Tuesday, President Cyril Ramaphosa threw his weight and that of the ANC behind DA leader Mmusi Maimane, who has reportedly been facing criticism from his senior colleagues in the DA.
Building up to this, the president offered a brief history of colonialism and apartheid, before acknowledging the challenges that still remain in South Africa, including severe inequality divided by “race, gender and geography”.
Maimane was reportedly taken to task last week by his three most senior DA colleagues in parliament over his comments on white privilege made during a rally on Freedom Day last month.
While addressing DA supporters in Soshanguve, Pretoria, Maimane at the time said South Africans had to confront “white privilege and black poverty” to bring about the true meaning of freedom.
City Press reported that during a heated caucus meeting on Thursday, DA chief whip John Steenhuisen, his deputy Mike Waters, and MP Natasha Mazzone, apparently supported by DA MP Ghaleb Cachalia, raised their concerns with Maimane.
The senior MPs were said to be frightened of alienating white voters ahead of next year’s general election, particularly because the DA wants to take control of Gauteng from the governing ANC.
The meeting had apparently been described by party insiders as an “orchestrated attack” on Maimane.
The trigger of the confrontation was said to be fears by some DA members about how the thorny issue of diversity and race within the party will affect their positions, as well as the impact this will have on jobs for senior white DA members in parliament and in government.
On Saturday, Maimane, however, told City Press that he was not apologetic for his Freedom Day comments and his stance on the need for change in the DA.

27/02/2018

Less than two weeks after he hinted that
change was coming, President Cyril
Ramaphosa made sweeping changes to his
cabinet, including the return of Nhlanhla
Nene as the finance minister.
Other major changes to key economic
portfolios include the appointment of
Pravin Gordhan to the ministry of public
enterprises to replace Lynne Brown; the
appointment of ANC chairperson, Gwede
Mantashe to replace Mosebenzi Zwane at
mineral resources and the choice of Jeff
Radebe to replace David Mahlobo as the
minister of energy.
Zweli Mkhize, the former treasurer of the
ANC, and one of the names that had been
tipped as a possible finance minister will
replace Des van Rooyen as the minister of
Cooperative Governance and Traditional
Affairs
The overhaul did not however touch the
economic development, trade and industry
or small business portfolios – with
Ebrahim Patel, Rob Davies and Lindiwe
Zulu all remaining in their respective jobs.
Nene’s return to the finance ministry is
expected to be warmly welcomed by both
political and economic observers. Several
reshuffles in Zuma’s cabinet caused major
policy uncertainty, but none more so than
the changes made to the finance portfolio
– which saw the currency yo-yo and the
credit ratings downgrade ensue.
Nene was a well respected minister
following his appointment in 2014. He cut
his teeth in parliament’s standing
committee on finance, and served as a
deputy minister under Pravin Gordhan.
But in late 2015 he was unceremoniously
removed from the job by former president
Jacob Zuma and replaced by the then, little
known ANC backbencher Des van Rooyen.
The move tanked the rand and caused an
outcry among business leaders.
Zuma was forced to backtrack and replace
Van Rooyen with Gordhan just days after
ousting Nene.
At the time it was reported that Nene’s
exit was due to his attempts to prevent a
financial crisis at South African Airways,
during which he locked horns with its
former chairperson and Zuma ally, Dudu
Myeni. His apparent resistance

18/12/2017

New ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa hugged his opponent, Nkosazana Dlamini- Zuma, as she conceded the race on Monday evening.
Ramaphosa won by 179 votes more than Dlamini-Zuma, who had received 2,261 votes.
Mpumalanga Premier David Mabuza won the deputy presidency of the party by a landslide, gaining 2,538 votes.
His opponent, Lindiwe Sisulu, fell short by more than 300 votes, receiving 2,159 votes at the national conference held at Nasrec, Johannesburg.
Mabuza’s victory caused a celebratory frenzy among his supporters from his home province, Mpumalanga.
Former ANC secretary- general Gwede Mantashe will remain in the top six after he won the position of national chairperson.
The new members of the ANC top 6, deputy secretary-general Jesse Duarte, secretary- general Ace Magashule, national chairperson Gwede Mantashe, president Cyril Ramaphosa, deputy president David Mabuza and treasurer-general Paul Mashatile hold hands after they were announced at the 54th ANC elective conference at Nasrec on Monday. Image: Masi Losi
Mantashe received 2,418 votes over Nathi Mthethwa’s 2,269.
Only 24 votes set apart Ace Magashule to become the incoming secretary-general. He was up against Senzo Mchunu.
Jessie Duarte retained her position as deputy secretary-general, winning the position from Zingiswa Losi.
Meanwhile, Paul Mashatile was elected overwhelmingly as treasurer-general, defeating Maite Nkoana-Mashabane.
The newly elected leadership – containing three leaders each from the two factions in the ANC – hugged each other and posed for a picture as their contenders came on stage, accepting defeat.

01/12/2017

Reportedly speaking in an interview on SAfm, Malema apologised for throwing his weight behind the then deputy ANC president at the party's Polokwane elective conference in 2007. Malema also played a large part in seeing former president Thabo Mbeki recalled as state president.

The former ANCYL leader also famously said that he would "kill for Zuma" to keep him in power.

"I've made a terrible mistake and I am trying everything in my power to reverse that. This crisis was made by some of us... we will do everything in our power to correct this terrible mistake we committed in Polokwane," News24 reported Malema as saying.

"We once more sincerely apologise for having given you a president like President Zuma."

In the interview, Julius Malema also apologised to President Jacob Zuma for comments he made about the African National Congress Party leader.

Malema admitted that he should not have insulted the struggle veteran and said that the comments were made in anger.

He, however, made it clear that the apology did not apply to policy matters.

"We apologise to him, but we do not apologise for disagreeing with him on policy direction and his leadership style."