Posts Tagged ANC
Corruption and the different faces of the ANC
Posted by Zackie Achmat in Political parties, South African politics on 01/08/2010
Deputy-President Kgalema Motlanthe made a clarion call to ANC branch leaders in Gauteng saying that “the fight against crime and corruption must first start within the ANC”. It is the duty of every decent ANC member to take up this call. The ANC National Executive Committee has to set the example. Two major corruption scandals [...]
Is the DA the racist old National Party in disguise? Is the ANC inexcusably arrogant?
Posted by Zackie Achmat in Political parties, South African politics on 26/07/2010
I could never bring myself to watch a DA congress because of the self-congratulatory, self-satisfied racial superiority complex of the majority of its members and the ritual denunciation by its Black members of “affirmative action”, ANC (read black) mediocrity. The DA leadership under Premier Helen Zille and strategist Ryan Coetzee promotes this arrogance. Of course [...]
Was apartheid only white rule: Bantustans, collaborators and traditional leaders
Posted by Zackie Achmat in Political parties, South African politics on 24/07/2010
The National House of Traditional Leaders is demanding that that the Constitution be amended in rural areas to do away with elected local government and give the amakhosi the power to govern. Under the guise of “tradition and culture”, they wish to re-establish old bantustans. (See Mail & Guardian report below) Apartheid was a complex [...]
Vuvuzelas, Racism and The World Cup
Posted by Zackie Achmat in Uncategorized on 21/06/2010
A White critic of the vuvuzela writes: You know what vuvuzela stands for? Its the sound of the vacuum cleaner your african auntie is hearing each day all day long in her misserable [sic] job in Europe. After fleeing from vuvuzela sound through Sahara and Mediterenean [sic] Sea for 2 years. har har har har. [...]
Cosatu: “Self-enriching tendency in the ANC want to discipline Vavi” & SA Ministry of International Relations and Co-operation Issue a Démarche to Apartheid Israel
Posted by Zackie Achmat in Uncategorized on 01/06/2010
Cosatu has condemned elements of the ANC National Working Committee who wish to cover-up corruption with a threat of disciplinary action against its general-secretary Zwelinzima Vavi. This is a very important development and all decent ANC members must demand action against corrupt Ministers, party leaders, business people and civil servants. Support Cosatu! Oppose Corruption of [...]
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