Julius Malema: Part 1 Of The Madness

Politics in any country is difficult, but in South Africa it’s a wild, mud-slinging, playground scuffle with lots of name calling to go around. The forerunner of this is, of course, Mr. Julius Malema.

He was born to a single mother and joined some type of anti-Apartheid group at age 9, where his job was putting up posters. Now I, as a history lover, know that several of our leaders were major Apartheid's fighters in the Struggle. It just annoys me that Malema pretends he was rioting and imprisoned when in actual fact he was just a child.

And looking at the present, what has he really done for South Africa as a leader? You know, apart from spreading hate speech and attacking BBC journalists? He petitions for mines to be nationalised, and makes scandalous headlines but that’s about it. Who could forget the ANC Youth League rally in the poorest of townships where he,” Felt the people’s pain and suffering,” with a designer suit and Rolex?

Furthermore he slanders other politicians, and even the president who technically employs him. If he isn't singing “Shoot the Boer” (shoot the farmer) then he's calling Helen Zille a political toddler. I find it hard to figure out if he's the puppet master or if he's dancing to someone else’s strings.

Apartheid ended in 1994. Racism was supposed to die out when the new generation was born. Instead, Julius is teaching the youth hate speech and prejudice. He has been suspended, but I sense this is only the beginning.

Can’t we sing:”Shoot the slimy-former-ANC-Youth-League-president-with-a-bazooka" instead?