Motoring With Malema's Mouth

[Lycanthrope]

Diplomatic, articulate and media-savvy, the ANC Youth League's (ANCYL) new spokesperson, Magdalene Moonsamy, is all the things its controversial leader Julius Malema is not.

Her appointment this week fuelled speculation that it is a strategic move by the youth league to offset negative publicity and garner the support of female youth in the wake of Malema's recent pejorative comments against women.

In an interview with the Mail & Guardian this week she denied the claim, saying: "It's not strategic. It's part of the struggle of women in this country. Let's see it as an achievement instead of reducing it to tokenism." She said she was appointed to assist with the league's tasks, including publicising its policies and accomplishments.

Moonsamy has been active in youth politics since high school. She joined the ANCYL in 1998 while studying law at the then University of Durban-Westville and is serving her second term on its national executive committee. She is explicitly loyal to Malema and steadfastly defended his outbursts of the past week. "There are no apologies. There's no need to justify or defend any statements," she told the M&G.

Malema caused an uproar last month by suggesting that the woman who was allegedly raped by Jacob Zuma had a "nice time". This week he said that DA leader Helen Zille should not comment on circumcision as "women are not allowed to speak about it". Malema was responding to Zille's below-the-belt remark at the weekend that he is an inkwenkwe, which refers to an uncircumcised boy.

Moonsamy was tactfully critical of the media, saying it prejudices the youth league and Malema by focusing on scandal instead of its successes. "We are on the brink of elections, which requires us to be ready for combat to defend our democracy. But Malema is completely misrepresented by the media ... they take the things he says out of context," she said.

• On his comment that the woman who was allegedly raped by Zuma had a "nice time" with him, she echoed Malema's comments: "As a woman I'd like to say there is no court in this country that has found Jacob Zuma guilty of any offence ... That automatically disqualifies the issue of rape."
  
  
• On Malema's remark on Sunday that Zille is a "racist, colonialist and imperialist", she said: "Our role is to protect democracy from colonialist forces. The ANC is the only political party in the country which has engaged with all sectors of society. Everything else outside the ANC which doesn't support a national democratic revolution must be challenged."
  
  
• On Malema's comments last Saturday that he will not debate with "Helen Zille's garden boys", she said: "That statement is not derogatory... Malema was speaking in the broader context of imperialism and colonialism ... There's nothing derogatory in speaking the truth about the DA's policies."

Source: M&G

Oh goodie... Julius "Inkwenkwe" Malema gets replaced by Magdalene "Huh? What's Wrong With That?" Moonsamy. I think this suffices as proof that the ANC only hires the most thoroughly brainwashed, thought-free hypocrites possible.

I have to say, my favourite part of this article is, "It's not strategic. It's part of the struggle of women in this country." Talk about "YEAH, RIGHT!"

 

[ToxicBunny]

Is this creature stupid?... she may be well-spoken and articulate, but she is clearly lacking in the reasoning department.

ANCYL's "role" is to protect democracy from colonialist forces? I thought the ANCYL's role was to recruit the youth into the ranks of the ANC itself, or at least thats the role it should have.. whereas currently it just seems to embarrass the ANC and itself on a regular basis.

 

[blunomore]

She's from KZN. What did you expect?

 

[stoke]

It's part of the struggle of women in this country. Let's see it as an achievement instead of reducing it to tokenism.

Her first sentence creates the "token" issue, her second sentence dries to dismiss what she just created.
LOL

I wonder if the ANC are capable of hiring honest people.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Oi!.. watch it...

I prefer to be more granular in my detail.. She studied at UDW.... says it all really.

 

[BBSA]

ANCYL's "role" is to protect democracy from colonialist forces? I thought the ANCYL's role was to recruit the youth into the ranks of the ANC itself, or at least thats the role it should have.. whereas currently it just seems to embarrass the ANC and itself on a regular basis.

They start to sound more and more like ZANU-PF

 

[Balstrome]

Colonialist Forces means in fact, us white guys.

Does not matter that I have been in this country, longer than Malema and his mother.

What this malema fool, does not want to acknowledge, is the colonialist forces, took him off cattle guard duty and gave him a cell phone and benz.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Actually that would be an interesting thing to check...

The maternal side of my family has been in SA since about 1850ish.... Wonder about Motormouth over there.

 

[BTTB]

Is this creature stupid?... she may be well-spoken and articulate, but she is clearly lacking in the reasoning department.

ANCYL's "role" is to protect democracy from colonialist forces? I thought the ANCYL's role was to recruit the youth into the ranks of the ANC itself, or at least thats the role it should have.. whereas currently it just seems to embarrass the ANC and itself on a regular basis.

Yes that point was also glaring out at me. What colonialist forces in the sense of the old fashioned word? She should name these people or countries and debate it further as making loose accusations of colonialism a century or more after the fact is bordering on ignorance.

Besides Colonialism in the sense of the word is virtually outdated. The rape of the world's economy is the new form of Colonialism. In other words the elitist can own anything they wish by the manipulation of money and it seems Africa is greedy for money and status so they will be colonised financially. The survival of the financially fittest, almost like nature.

Furthermore when it comes to Settlers which is the actual people who come with Colonialism there is an abundance of people moving within Africa's borders into South Africa, so Miss Moonsamy should take note as our countries resources are being drained by these people who do not actually originate from here nor perhaps produce anything in return.

I would assume looking at Miss Moonsamy's picture and by her surname she is not Black but from Indian descent so any comments about people not native to Africa is pretty rich coming from her.

 

[dappled]

Source: M&G

Oh goodie... Julius "Inkwenkwe" Malema gets replaced by Magdalene "Huh? What's Wrong With That?" Moonsamy. I think this suffices as proof that the ANC only hires the most thoroughly brainwashed, thought-free hypocrites possible.

I have to say, my favourite part of this article is, "It's not strategic. It's part of the struggle of women in this country." Talk about "YEAH, RIGHT!"

Her ticket to ride on the gravy train was booked long ago!

 

[CrazyMadMan]

Another moron, my word... it never ends, please vote people.

 

[RVFmal]

"Malema is one of the most vibrant leaders of the youth league. I appreciate his accuracy on issues. He doesn't see grey, he sees black and white," she said.

And therein lies the rub.

 

[Flanders]

So they've upgraded Zuma's mini-me with an articulate chip and all's well? Too bad the reason and morality chip is incompatible with anything in the ANC series.

Zille is a "racist, colonialist and imperialist",

Since Malema is incapable of breaking this down for us and illustrating just how exactly he comes to this conclusion, maybe the new drone could take a crack at it? I somehow doubt it.

 

[TMoose]

I want to vomit when I read the word colonialist coming from these fools. Somebody should tell them there is no revolution and no colonialists. Wake up idiots, it's 2009 already.

 

[Lycanthrope]

I want to vomit when I read the word colonialist coming from these fools. Somebody should tell them there is no revolution and no colonialists. Wake up idiots, it's 2009 already.

I agree. As ToxicBunny has said - most of our families have been here for centuries. Some of us have been living here before Inkwenkwe was even born.

Out of curiosity... Moonsamy, as an Indian (she is Indian, isn't she? Correct me if I'm wrong, please) isn't she also a "colonialist?"

 

[ToxicBunny]

At best for her, she can class herself as from a line of indentured slaves which is what alot of Indians were brought into Durban as...

Chances are though that at some point her family chose to come to this country of their own free will.

I wonder if it would be possible to trace back her "heritage" as well as Malema's

 

[BTTB]

I agree. As ToxicBunny has said - most of our families have been here for centuries. Some of us have been living here before Inkwenkwe was even born.

Out of curiosity... Moonsamy, as an Indian (she is Indian, isn't she? Correct me if I'm wrong, please) isn't she also a "colonialist?"

Miss Magdalene Moonsamy
I don't want to say what Miss Moonsamy is or isn't, you be the judge of that.

Inkwenkwe was born the other day, hence the term "wet behind the ears".
The truth be told I doubt Master Malema even knows where his ancestors came from and it is likely that his ancestry were the same people as many other blacks in this country that were trekking southwards at the time the white settlers were trekking northwards.
Both tribes were settlers, colonialists if you like.

The only nation or remnants of such a nation that can lay claim to South Africa are The Khoi, The San and The Strandlopers. The difference between those three groups you can look up on the internet.

 

[PeterCH]

The title made me thought that Jeremy Clarkson went on a road trip with Julius Malema and they discussed the newest automotive technology in it's utility to denounce the enemies of the people.