Daily Archives: April 27, 2014

Open letter to Gayton Mckenzie


Dear Gayton,

I normally don’t respond to trash, let alone read it but I took the chance with your letter….boy did I laugh at the hypocrisy…

Political relevance is not launched or promoted by senseless open letters, it is launched by having policies and ideologies that talk to the needs of the masses. It is promoted by working on the ground. I see you are trying to pull a ‘Kenny Kunene’ on us. Well, Kenny’s letter was teeming with nothing but the truth while yours is full of manufactured balderdash. While Julius Malema is travelling South Africa mobilising and wooing the masses on the ground to vote for the EFF you are busy twerking with your big mouth.

You sound more like a bitter girlfriend, but then again for a male ex-convict with a visible bum I’m not surprised. You claim to be paying your debt(of heinous crimes you committed) by speaking to millions of kids all over the country and trying to get them into the mainstream of the economy. Who do you think you are fooling mrena? When did a bed become a ‘mainstream economy? We know you and Kenny go beyond talking with these kids. Your partner in crime unashamedly appears in public with a bevy of kids which you two ‘talk to’ as you claim. How do you equate that to paying the debt? You are ruining the lives of poor black girls.

You are trying to compensate your morally and politically bankrupt leadership using the media to display your political jealousy as the EFF is thriving politically. If you are looking for more members you must not write open letters on Twitter, there’s no Twitter in Sun City. Floyd Shivambu offered you free political education on the debate you had on SABC News Election Debate last week…maybe it’s high time you considered it. Your political IQ is less than that of COSAS comradelets.

The reason you will never ever fathom the EFF’s policies is because you are in the pockets of the capitalists. You have the guts to call Julius Malema a thief but everyone knows you are the one who’s on the Database of Department of Correctional Services. Your claim that Malema bankrupted Limpopo through his stake in On-Point is so funny. I personally don’t know how many shares Malema or Ratanang had at On-Point but I know the company got a ±R52m tender. Limpopo has a budget of billions of rands…where did the rest of the money go to? Did Julius Malema take the billions for himself? If your brain was as big as your head you’d know the ANC-led government in Limpopo failed to run the province. Making Julius a scapegoat for their mismanagement of funds is like blaming Derek Van Damme of eNCA for a bad weather.

Malome Gay, please stick to what you are good at…making money and having fun. Leave politics to politicians. Oh…and writing books. I loved reading The Hustler’s Bible. Your next book should be titled The Chancer’s Bible…and it must talk about you.

Lastly, please ask your friend Kenny where the followers he claimed to have evaporated to. When he left the EFF he claimed some leaders in the EFF were threatened by how he had so many followers. He went as far as claiming some leaders feel he’ll end up challenging them. What happened to those followers? I guess they only followed him because he was a Fighter. Without his red beret on, all they see is Kenny the Sushi-Eater.

Xoxo,

Lesego Maake (Asijiki, Asidlali, Asijoke)
-TDN
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Battleground in the gardens of Edendale


Pietermaritzburg – David Ntombela invites us in from the sniping wind. He is 91 now, his eyes rheumy and his gait pained. Gnarled toes poke out of plastic sandals as he eases into a faux leather couch, and night falls on the hills outside.
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Icasa rules against EFF ad


Johannesburg – Icasa’s complaints and compliance committee ruled in the SABC’s favour on Saturday by upholding the broadcaster’s decision not to flight the EFF’s advert.

“The CCC ruled that the [advert] may be perceived as condoning or lending support to unlawful acts, in that, it talks about destroying e-tolls which would be perceived as damage to property,” Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) spokesperson Paseka Maleka said.

He said the committee made its ruling on Saturday around 11:30.

The Economic Freedom Fighters rejected the ruling and said it would march to the SABC offices in Auckland Park on Tuesday.

“Icasa by its ruling has confirmed that it is working together with all undemocratic interest groups that imposed e-tolls on the people of Gauteng,” spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi said in a statement.

“These interest groups do not want e-tolls to be on top of the agenda for the elections out of fear of costing the ANC votes.”

Late complaint

On Friday night, Terry Motau, for SABC, told the committee that the broadcaster had advised the party on 16 April that its advert had been rejected. The EFF lodged a complaint on 22 April.

Motau asked the committee to dismiss the EFF’s complaint for being late, and on the merits of his case.

He said the language used to discuss e-tolls in the EFF’s manifesto was not the same as that used in the advert.

The advert, mostly in black and white, is entitled “Now is the time for economic freedom”. It was posted on YouTube a week ago and had been viewed over 159,033 times by Saturday afternoon.

It starts with a woman, identified as Mrs Zameka Nungu, talking in Xhosa about how she was left heartbroken when her husband was killed during the Marikana shooting in August 2012.

This is followed by a slideshow of photos of police officers pointing their guns at mineworkers in Marikana, and at Bekkersdal residents.

I know your pain – Malema

Malema then introduces himself and urges people to vote for the EFF.

“I know your pain and suffering. Let us vote against empty promises of the last 20 years, vote for economic freedom in our lifetime. Let us restore the dignity of the African child. Vote EFF,” he says.

The advert ends with images of posters with Malema’s face on them and slogans such as “let’s stop Nkandla corruption” and “destroy e-tolls physically!”

SABC spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago said on Saturday that SABC rejected the advert because it contravened section 4(12)(b) of Icasa’s regulations on party election broadcasts (PEB) in that the advert contained words which were likely to provoke or incite unlawful, illegal or criminal acts.

“The SABC, in terms of the regulations, gave the EFF the opportunity to remove the offending words from the PEB, the EFF refused to do so but instead elected to refer a complaint to the CCC.”

The SABC had also presented its case to the CCC last week on why it had rejected a television advert by the Democratic Alliance stating that an image used in it would incite violence against police.

The broadcaster then changed its legal team and asked that the matter be adjourned until further notice.

DA ad ‘incites violence against police’

On Saturday, Kganyago said the broadcaster would no longer pursue its case against the advert.

He said the CCC’s ruling on Friday between the DA and the South African Police Service (SAPS) had dealt with the issues which were the basis of the SABC withdrawing the advert initially.

CCC chairperson Wandile Tutani decided to uphold the SAPS’s complaint on Friday night.

The SAPS contended the advert would incite violence against the police.

The televised advert shows DA’s Gauteng premier candidate Mmusi Maimane standing in front of a mirror talking about the current state of the country.

At one point he states that “the police are killing our people”. This is accompanied by a photo of a police officer firing rubber bullets at two unarmed people.

“The election period tends to bring about a lot of volatility. The police should not be seen as a threat to the community,” Tutani said.

“The offending part of the advert [must] be excised. That is our decision.”

Maimane, who was present at the ruling, disagreed, stating it was not right that conversation and commentary be restrained.

“It’s an injustice and in fact we will be taking this decision under review at the high court.”

Amend ads – SABC

SABC’s Acting Chief Operations Officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng said in a statement he was pleased with both rulings.

“These decisions nullify the allegations made that the SABC was not partial in its decision making and was not compelled by external parties.

“This is also an indication that the SABC upholds its editorial independence and editorial policies,” Motsoeneng said.

The broadcaster urged both parties to amend their adverts if they wished to have them flighted.-Sapa