ANCYL slams City Press over Malema story

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Johannesburg - The ANC Youth League criticised City Press newspaper on Wednesday, calling its journalists and editor "puppets" of "masters" bent on protecting ill-gotten wealth.

League spokesperson Floyd Shivambu said although the ANCYL had responded to the paper's report about its president Julius Malema's trust fund, there were "fundamental questions" it wanted answers to.

"We are asking these questions to educate and walk with members of the public about the ulterior motive of the capitalist, imperialists and their representative in the form of the Rupert family which will do everything in their power to maintain the status quo of massive racialised wealth inequalities in South Africa," Shivambu said.

City Press editor Ferial Haffajee said the ANCYL was trying to deflect attention from the real questions raised in the report.

"He is attempting to cover it up with bombast and rhetoric and absolute falsehood."

Editorial independence

It was insulting for Shivambu to accuse the paper's editorial team of being "puppets".

"I am not a political player, I have no political motive, I am simply a journalist and an editor of an investigative newspaper," she said.

Haffajee said her editorial independence was never interfered with.

She had also not heard from Malema or his attorneys on whether he would sue the paper over the story.

The Rupert family, which Shivambu said funded the apartheid government since the 1940s, was the major shareholder of the "Afrikaner dominated and controlled Naspers group".

"... all these publications replicate the apartheid ideology of white supremacy and portray black people as corrupt or superstitious human beings with no potential to develop and engage in conscious social, political and economic issues confronting South Africa," Shivambu said.

Naspers, a multi-national media group, owns Media24, with Rapport, Die Beeld, City Press and Daily Sun under its umbrella.

The Hawks on Tuesday confirmed receiving a docket on Malema after civil rights group AfriForum laid a complaint against him in terms of the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act of 2004. The docket was handed to its commercial crimes unit head, who would determine whether to investigate the matter.

'Fight political battles'

The questions the league wanted answered included whether the Rupert family and Naspers shareholders approved of the way its paper was used to "fight political battles". It also wanted to know whether they approved of the phone hacking employed by British tabloid News of the World.

City Press reported that Malema was allegedly using the Ratanang Family Trust to bankroll his lavish lifestyle. The trust, named after his son, was registered at the Office of the Master of the High Court in Pretoria in 2008, weeks after Malema was first elected youth league president.

Citing two "independent, well-placed sources with knowledge of Malema's financial dealings", City Press reported the trust was being used by Malema and "his benefactors" to fund his lifestyle.

"Thousands of rands" were deposited into the account regularly, according to unnamed sources. "Frequent deposits are being made from different banks, especially in Limpopo."

One source told the paper he had deposited R200 000 into the trust's bank account after Malema facilitated a government tender for his benefit.

On Monday the league said Malema was prepared to be investigated by the SA Revenue Service and law enforcement agencies. It said the trust was used for charitable purposes and was "tax compliant".

The ANCYL believed Malema was under attack because of his push for the nationalisation of mines and land expropriation without compensation.

Shivambu also wanted to know why DA federal chairperson Wilmot James was a director of Media24, the owner of City Press.

"None of the News24 [sic] publications has ever reported anything negative about the DA, but always jumps into an opportunity to rubbish through lies, the leadership of the ANC."
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http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/ANCYL-slams-City-Press-over-Malema-story-20110727
 
Floyd should do himself a favour and STFU, cause he's really starting to sound like an arsehole that's lost the plot and is just spewing venomous diarrhoea
 
OMB said:
Floyd should do himself a favour and STFU, cause he's really starting to sound like an arsehole that's lost the plot and is just spewing venomous diarrhoea
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He isn't even making sense anymore. The last few clashes with the press have been totally nonsensical. He sounds like one of those conspiracy theorists that run blogs with random words made larger and coloured red for no readily apparent reason. Example:

... and the anthronoids came DOWN from their spaceships and now run congress along with the ILLUMINATI!! Don't believe Obama's lies!!!!!!1!!@!!!
 
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These plots by the white man are so bloody secret that not even I knew that I was a part of them...:eek:
 
porchrat said:
He isn't even making sense anymore. The last few clashes with the press have been totally nonsensical. He sounds like one of those conspiracy theorists that run blogs with random words made larger and coloured red for no readily apparent reason.
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I am thinking that is perhaps the point; the classic 'ol misdirection trick. First everyone is shocked by the initial revelation, then they do something completely crazy or point out something else that is wrong which diverts our attention away from initial revelation and then all of us (read: general public) forget about the initial revelation.

Just like in the US with stories about birth certificates and sex scandals of US presidents.
 
DJ... said:
These plots by the white man are so bloody secret that not even I knew that I was a part of them...:eek:
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perhaps we've been incepted and just don't know it ... inadvertently carrying out our secret ninja missions in our sleep!
 
It's so sad the media/anc divorce has become so messy....
 
lol ... what is even sadder is the past and inevitable reason&intelligence&all-good-things/ANC divorce!
 
"... all these publications replicate the apartheid ideology of white supremacy and portray black people as corrupt or superstitious human beings with no potential to develop and engage in conscious social, political and economic issues confronting South Africa," Shivambu said.
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Not to say that this is what I believe, but then I have been called a thief purely based om my skin color, so please show us the track record proving otherwise. Surely, the easiest way to stop a certain perception is to show that the perception is incorrect. Well, go ahead and show us.

I suppose it's a tad difficult while your 'esteemed' leader has just been exposed as another one with his hand in the proverbial cookie jar.

In fact he's just stepped up as another 'economic issue confronting South Africa' and this is how you engage, by making it an issue about race and blaming everything from the Ruperts to the DA?
I rest my case.
 
The_Librarian said:
pink floyd and the wall...
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That would probably be the most insulting thing you could ever call him; Pink Floyd. HAHAHA!

I've noticed amongst some of the more extreme local blacks online that they don't call white people 'whites' or 'white' but rather 'pinks', 'pink devils' etc. Tell you what, I'm TOTALLY okay with being a pink devil. :twisted:
 
YL say they want answers to these:
"1. Is the Rupert family, shareholders of the Naspers Group, Fred Phaswane and Prof Jake Gerwel approving of the manner in which their paper is used to fight political battles?

2. Is the Rupert family, shareholders of the Naspers group approving the Murdoch hacking strategy of prying into personal accounts and private life of political personalities?

3. How much farm and agricultural land does the Rupert family own in South Africa today and how did they acquire such land?

4. Is the newspaper suggesting that the Master of the High Court in Pretoria has registered a secret Trust against the laws of the Republic of South Africa?

5. If this was indeed intended to be a secret Trust, would Cde. Julius Malema appear as a trustee and named his son as a beneficiary?

6. If indeed an amount of R200 000 has been deposited into the trust to facilitate a deal and this is illegal, why did the City Press not open a criminal case against Mr. Malema and the person who claims to have deposited a bribe into his account, because the laws of this country forces them to do so?

7. Why did City Press sensationalize the issue with the caption 'secret fund' uncovered and still acknowledge that the fund became known at the time when Cde Julius Malema donated the church in Seshego in 2009? What was secret about the fund or Trust?

8. What is the role of ABSA, whose CEO, Mario Ramos has publicly opposed the policy positions of the ANC Youth League, particularly on Nationalisation of Mines?

9. The relationship between News24 and rightwing formations, in particular Afri-Forum should be explained because Afri-Forum has been running “STOP MALEMA” adverts in News24 publications for free for many months now.

10. Why is Wilmot James, the Democratic Alliance Federal Chairperson a Director of News24, owner of City Press, and these right wing Newspapers? None of the News24 publications has ever reported anything negative about the DA, but always jumps into an opportunity to rubbish through lies, the leadership of the ANC."
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They might be a bit pissed off when they hear Mark Shuttleworth has bought himself an Island off Africa...

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I am sick and ****ing tired of all this racist bull**** this petulant cretin vomits out now, it's actually making me nauseous.

These people are pissing on everything this country is meant to be.
 
1. Is the Rupert family, shareholders of the Naspers Group, Fred Phaswane and Prof Jake Gerwel approving of the manner in which their paper is used to fight political battles?

The little I know about the Ruperts is that the business started in a garage.

As a shareholder, I care about the return on my investment. If the stories are selling papers, I am quite happy that they are earning money. If there is any libel and payouts have to be made, then I'll get less of a return and I won't be happy about that. I do take ethics into account as part of that 'return' and will dispose of unethical shares.

2. Is the Rupert family, shareholders of the Naspers group approving the Murdoch hacking strategy of prying into personal accounts and private life of political personalities?

I really don't know what Murdoch has to do with my shareholding.

3. How much farm and agricultural land does the Rupert family own in South Africa today and how did they acquire such land?

Sounds like a trip to the deeds office and I am fairly certain you'll find that it was all paid for.

4. Is the newspaper suggesting that the Master of the High Court in Pretoria has registered a secret Trust against the laws of the Republic of South Africa?

The creation of trusts isn't against the law. The activities that the trust is involved in may very well be against the law

5. If this was indeed intended to be a secret Trust, would Cde. Julius Malema appear as a trustee and named his son as a beneficiary?

Of course. The trustees can do pretty much what they like with the trust. And as a 5-year old isn't all that likely to object or even be aware of the goings on, it is the perfect set up

6. If indeed an amount of R200 000 has been deposited into the trust to facilitate a deal and this is illegal, why did the City Press not open a criminal case against Mr. Malema and the person who claims to have deposited a bribe into his account, because the laws of this country forces them to do so?

Ah, you see - there is that special role that the media plays in society.

The counter is that if the accusations are false why has Malema not laid a criminal case of his own?

7. Why did City Press sensationalize the issue with the caption 'secret fund' uncovered and still acknowledge that the fund became known at the time when Cde Julius Malema donated the church in Seshego in 2009? What was secret about the fund or Trust?

The secret isn't about the existence of the trust - the secret was about where Malema was getting his graft money from.

8. What is the role of ABSA, whose CEO, Mario Ramos has publicly opposed the policy positions of the ANC Youth League, particularly on Nationalisation of Mines?

Opposing the policies of the ANCYL is the role of the sane, not just ABSA. And having a go and Maria is really about trying to get at Trevor isn't it?

9. The relationship between News24 and rightwing formations, in particular Afri-Forum should be explained because Afri-Forum has been running “STOP MALEMA” adverts in News24 publications for free for many months now.

I am sure that New24 has a group of readers that share a common view and as long as they are earning money from those readers the relationship is just fine. Earning revenue from selling adverts also makes we shareholders happy too.

10. Why is Wilmot James, the Democratic Alliance Federal Chairperson a Director of News24, owner of City Press, and these right wing Newspapers? None of the News24 publications has ever reported anything negative about the DA, but always jumps into an opportunity to rubbish through lies, the leadership of the ANC."

Probably because we shareholders believe that he is competent to hold the position and adds value to the company. And, again, if lies have been told has the ANCYL wandered off to the police station to lay criminal charges?
 
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