The ANC Youth League (ANCYL) in Mamelodi, east of Pretoria on Tuesday called for the suspension of 5FM DJ Gareth Cliff.
Comments Cliff made after the death of former health minister Manto Tshabala-Msimang were unwarranted, chairman Ghandi Magolego said on Tuesday.
"As the Mamelodi zone were are issuing a memorandum to lobby for support..."
Following the former health minister's death last Wednesday, Cliff posted the following message on Twitter: "Manto is dead.
Good. A selfish and wicked bungler of the lowest order. Rotten attitude and rancid livers --all three of them." The station could not censure Cliff as he did not make the comments on air.
The league wanted the radio station to suspend Cliff with immediate effect and possibly take him off air permanently. It intended to lobby the support of its national office to organise a protest march to the SABC to submit a memorandum on 5FM.
Meanwhile Theunis Botha, leader of the Christian Democratic Party and acting chairman of the Christian Democratic Alliance, said Tshabalala-Msimang's failures as health minister were ignored at her memorial service, where she was praised as a struggle hero.
Hundreds of thousands of people died as a result of her "callous disregard for modern scientific fact", he said in a statement.
"It does appear that hypocrisy is the accepted norm when someone has passed on. History however is not so kind when judging the legacies of those who are no longer around."
Comments Cliff made after the death of former health minister Manto Tshabala-Msimang were unwarranted, chairman Ghandi Magolego said on Tuesday.
"As the Mamelodi zone were are issuing a memorandum to lobby for support..."
Following the former health minister's death last Wednesday, Cliff posted the following message on Twitter: "Manto is dead.
Good. A selfish and wicked bungler of the lowest order. Rotten attitude and rancid livers --all three of them." The station could not censure Cliff as he did not make the comments on air.
The league wanted the radio station to suspend Cliff with immediate effect and possibly take him off air permanently. It intended to lobby the support of its national office to organise a protest march to the SABC to submit a memorandum on 5FM.
Meanwhile Theunis Botha, leader of the Christian Democratic Party and acting chairman of the Christian Democratic Alliance, said Tshabalala-Msimang's failures as health minister were ignored at her memorial service, where she was praised as a struggle hero.
Hundreds of thousands of people died as a result of her "callous disregard for modern scientific fact", he said in a statement.
"It does appear that hypocrisy is the accepted norm when someone has passed on. History however is not so kind when judging the legacies of those who are no longer around."
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Since Cliff came along I've wanted to drive off one.
