Daily Archives: August 12, 2012

ANCYL “delirious” over Semenya medal

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By Obakeng Maje

Johannesburg- African National Congress Youth  League could not hide their excitement after Caster Mokgadi Semenya scooped a silver medal in the 800m marathon.

They released a statement a minute after Semenya finished in position two after a Russia runner.

 “We are very delighted after she bagged a sixth medal for TeamSA in London Olympics. After trials and tribulations she experienced, we are very pleased and that really shows how strong she is” They said in a statement.

Caster Semenya came under scrutiny back in 2009 after she won a 800m gold in the last edition of Olympics in Beijing.

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ANC riddled with corruption-Phosa

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By Obakeng Maje

Mpumalanga- ANC in Mumalanga had a gala dinner at White River yesterday and invited top brass of the party.

ANC general treasure, Matthews Phosa took a swap on his colleagues and send a stern warning to them that the ruling party will not tolerate those who serve their personal interests at the expense of ANC  its people.

“The ANC branches does not owe any its NEC member a econd term. If the ANC does not need any member to serve a second term so be it” he said.

According those who are close to the ANC NEC Members, the decision to out Jaco Zuma might be on te card and most members are against Zuma second term.

The gala dinner was a preparation to Mangaung, even though I was not directly said.

The gala dinner was supposed to continue as other ANC Provincial members were against it.

However Ndinisa vehemently refutes that some of  members were against the gala dinner.

“How cn we b aainst omething that we were not aware of. We were not informed that a gala dinner will take place, so we didn’t even know that it will take place” he said. 

ANC does not care about the youth-DA

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by obakeng maje

Soweto- Yesterday DA were campaigning is South Africa’s biggest township, Soweto.

The party’s Mmusi Maimane said the ruling party does not care about the youth and abandoned them.

“A clear pattern emerged. Almost every family visited had young member who could not find job, or who was concerned about not bg able to fnd work in the future” he said.

Unemployment is one of the burning issues in the country as unemployment rates sitting on 25% and mostly amongst the youth.

DA outlined that they having a sustainable plan that can be implemented to create job opportunities n is working tremedously in Western Cape.

We saw te official opposing party marching to Cosatu Headquaters to convince them to agree into the gvernment initiative plan, but the march eventually turned into bloodshed where members of both organizations hauled stones at each other.