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Malema, the story

The African National Congress Youth League leader will be expelled from the party following a series of divisive statements made by the charismatic political figure, according to AFP.

Julius Malema has stood trial a South Africa court for hate speech and of saying divisive things it would harm the powerful political party. His ouster clears the path for President Jacob Zuma’s re-election to party leader, given he was Zuma’s major challenger within the party.

Here’s a look at Malema and the controversy.

* Malema will be barred from ANC positions and functions, though he remains at his post until the length of his suspension is announced.

* He has advocated the nationalization of mines and of white-owned land, but he has come to attention for singing the song “Shoot the Boer” at rallies. Boer is another term for “white farmer.” The song led him to stand trial for hate speech.

* In contradiction to official policies, Malema has called for the ouster of Botswana’s president and vocally supported Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe.

* He’s also been criticized for living an extravagant lifestyle. He’s known for driving expensive British cars and owning luxury homes. A criminal probe regarding his finances are underway, while the National Treasury is looking into his business dealings and ties with Limpopo political allies.

* The Christian Science Monitor reports there has been gunfire in Polokwane, Malema’s hometown, between Malema’s supporters and rival Youth League factions. Polokwane is located in Limpopo, near the borders of Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique.

* AFP is reporting Malema has two weeks to appeal his expulsion.

* The fiery orator told public broadcaster SABC that “I’m not a soldier who is prepared to fall in the battle, I will die with my boots on, I will die for what I believe in.”

* CIA Factbook acknowledges ANC infighting has “grown in recent years,” which indirectly led to the resignation of President Thabo Mbeki. Malema has at times supported Mbeki and Zuma, later pulling his support for Zuma and going so far as to sing a song that directly criticized the president.

* Malema has decided not to respond regarding the matter. On Friday, the ANC Youth League issued a public statement saying “the leadership of the ANC Youth League will not grant interviews, nor respond to any media enquiry from media institutions until the Press Conference on Monday and after the interview President Julius Malema will do with METRO FM on Monday from 19H30. Members of the media are advised to respect this approach.”

Slowly people are waking up, should be fun youranonnews: “Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to it. To deprive it of oxygen. To shame it. To mock it. With our art, our music, our literature, our stubbornness, our joy, our brilliance, our sheer relentlessness – and our ability to tell our own stories. Stories that are different from the ones we’re being brainwashed to believe.  The corporate revolution will collapse if we refuse to buy what they are selling – their ideas, their version of history, their wars, their weapons, their notion of inevitability.  Remember this: We be many and they be few. They need us more than we need them.  Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.”  ~ Arundhati Roy

Slowly people are waking up, should be fun

youranonnews:

“Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to it. To deprive it of oxygen. To shame it. To mock it. With our art, our music, our literature, our stubbornness, our joy, our brilliance, our sheer relentlessness – and our ability to tell our own stories. Stories that are different from the ones we’re being brainwashed to believe. 

The corporate revolution will collapse if we refuse to buy what they are selling – their ideas, their version of history, their wars, their weapons, their notion of inevitability. 

Remember this: We be many and they be few. They need us more than we need them. 

Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.” 

~ Arundhati Roy

WHAT KIND OF DEMON EVIL SPEAK IS THIS ???!!!!!

Budget Speech 2012:

Excise duties on tobacco and alcohol products

Dhiveshan Naicker has offered the following tip, Mister Speaker: “Raise the tax on alcohol and cigarettes so that people will stop drinking and smoking too much”. This is good advice. The increases in duties on tobacco products will be between 5 and 8 per cent this year.

In respect of beer and spirits, an increased benchmark tax burden is proposed, to be phased in over two years. The excise on spirits will increase by 20 per cent to R36 for a 750 ml bottle this year, the tax on beer goes up by 10 per cent to R1.01 for a 340 ml can and wine will contribute 8 per cent more to the fiscus.

Malema appeal to continue Suspended ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema’s appeal hearing was scheduled to continue at the ANC’s Luthuli House headquarters in Johannesburg on Tuesday. The start of the hearing on Monday was marked by an information blackout, with party spokespeople saying they had been instructed not to comment.“The media have been kept out and we don’t know anything about it. The media might receive information once the hearing is completed,” spokesperson Keith Khoza said on Monday. Pic Taken with instagram High-res

Malema appeal to continue

Suspended ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema’s appeal hearing was scheduled to continue at the ANC’s Luthuli House headquarters in Johannesburg on Tuesday.

The start of the hearing on Monday was marked by an information blackout, with party spokespeople saying they had been instructed not to comment.

“The media have been kept out and we don’t know anything about it. The media might receive information once the hearing is completed,” spokesperson Keith Khoza said on Monday.

Pic Taken with instagram