Winnie Mandela should have been SA's first woman president‚ says Malema
"If Winnie joined the EFF‚ she would be president right away‚" Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema said on Friday. "She should have been the first female president (of the country)‚ a real president who was not going to be a front for male leadership." In an interview on Metro FM with DJ Fresh‚ he waxed lyrical about veteran politician and activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and others who influenced his political career. "I was nurtured by braves not cowards: Winnie‚ Peter Mokaba and others were amongst them‚" he said. He first met the African National Congress stalwart as an impressionable teenager. "Mama Winnie is special. We met at Shaft 17 at a Cosas congress and from time to time we had to consult with her." Malema was 16 when‚ in 1997‚ he became the chair of the Congress of South African Students for the Limpopo province. In 2001‚ he was elected as the Cosas national president. He was elected as president of the ANC Youth League in 2008 before his breakaway from the...
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