22 February, 2012 06:32
5 Comments

Sapa

Malema says ANC lied to voters

Mpumalanga residents must demand that President Jacob Zuma make good on his promise to build a university in Nelspruit, ANC Youth League president Julius Malema has said.

Image: Gallo

He told a gathering in Bushbuckridge,in Mpumalanga, that African National Congress leaders had to be held to their commitments, The Times newspaper reported on Monday.

"Anybody who promised you the university and never acted must never be a friend of the people of Mpumalanga because he promised you lies. He only wanted votes," Malema reportedly said.

"And now 2014 is coming and we'll be having another round of elections and there is no university," he said.

In his state of the nation address, Zuma said R300 million would be allocated to build universities in Mpumalanga and the Northern Cape.

Malema also told the crowd to invade Nelspruit and demand that the university be built.

Referring to his possible suspension, Malema said former president Nelson Mandela and his generation had also been regarded as disrespectful.

"They were impatient and wanted change now... Even if some of us can be expelled from the organisation, do not be afraid," he said.



COMMENTS

Avatar
  • *
Hacker

Patsekg Feb 22, 2012

Malema must be fired finish and klaar. This is the first time in my whole life i hear an ANC member who claim to love the organisation campaigning against it. Any disciplined member of the party will tell you that you remain loyal even if things don't go your way, but what Malema is doing is way out of line and against the culture and traditions of the party. I never thought that an ANC member can encourage the masses to protest against the very same party he claims to belong to, let alone to call the leadership of the party liers. It is time for Motlanthe, who everyone believes he's a man of principles to come out clean and tell the country on which side is he. How can a principled man who is respected by the majority of the membership of the party be supporting this kind of behaviour? If he is not, then he must not be afraid to say it in public, but knowing what a coward he is, he will not want to upset Malema as his hopes of becoming the next president are pined on him. As for people like Matthews Phosa, people should be reminded that this is the same man who has always had ambitions to become a president. His attempts to challenge former president Mbeki at one stage failed, now he sees a last opportunity to try again, and what better way to do that than to support Malema in an attempt to get himself nominated for deputy presidency under Motlanthe, which will eventually paves him a way to realise his long held dream of becoming a state president. That's why the real ANC supporters must not be suprised by the atturances he is reported to have made in Limpopo about Malema's charges and the decision by National Government to place five departments in Limpopo under administration. The man is just desperate to become the president and he will do everything to appease Malema's supporters. This is opportunistic at its best.
Avatar
  • *
Hacker

Patsekg Feb 22, 2012

Malema is not honest at all, why don't he tell the people of Mpumalanga that they must not again do the same mistake done by Limpopo of electing corrupt leadership that has squandered the whole provincial budget and expected the National Department to bail them out without demanding an explanation of what happened with the previous budget? The answer here is simple, he can't talk about it as the people who squandered the money are his friends. If he can tell everyone that Zuma is a lier who promised to build a university in Mpumalanga but failed, then he can also tell the them that his friends in Limpopo have led the province to bankcrucy, and they must be recalled. People who blindly support this man must ask themselves this one question, why is he talking all the bad things about the people he dislike, but never say anything about the maladministration of funds that is taking place in Limpopo under the leadership of his best friend Castle Mathale? If you can answer that question, may be for once your eyes will be opened and you will be able to see Julius Malema for who he actually is.
Avatar
  • *
Hacker

MoBlaq Feb 22, 2012

Malema is correct. A whole lot of infrrastructural development is happening in KZN, especially the village that the current President hails from and nothing is happenig in Mpumalanga.

If Zuma promised people of Mpumalanga a university in exchange for their votes, he should make good of that promise. The people of Mpumalanga kept their side of the burgain and voted for him.

Besides, Mpumalanga is the only province in the country without a university. We would like to desist from the notion that any seating President develops only the place where they come from and neglect the rest of the country.

Only people who have a selective memory make comments based on speculations overlooking blatant facts.
Avatar
  • *
Hacker

Investor44 Feb 24, 2012

Malema's company built a road costing millions in Limpopo, and it was washed away with first rains .... hahahaha
Avatar
  • *
Hacker

Investor44 Feb 24, 2012

Malema must set an example for the youth and go back to school and finish his matric. Then he must close down his tax free family charity trust fund. Then he must get a job and work hard. Most successful politicians have already proved themselves in business first...but not by building Limpopo roads taking millions in profits,and the road gets washed away after one drizzle of rain !