Hopefully this is the start of reigning in of that horrible "youth" Malema!
'Disrespectful' Malema blasted
28/09/2008 21:18 - (SA)
Johannesburg - Senior ANC Cabinet Minister Zola Skweyiya has criticised the "shocking disrespect" shown to Thabo Mbeki in the last year, the Sunday Independent reported.
Skweyiya, singling out ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema's behaviour as unacceptable, described Malema as an "embarrassment" to the ANC.
"People... call me every night complaining 'What are you doing about this child?' " Skweyiya said in an interview with the newspaper.
He criticised the ANC for not acting against those who had tried to humiliate Mbeki.
"We kept quiet... The way Thabo was treated was really shocking to me. Thabo was our president, whether we liked it or not.
"The fact is he was President of this country and he represented the people of South Africa... that needs to be respected if we respect our constitution."
Malema's ridiculing of Mbeki was unacceptable. The Youth League leader was an embarrassment to the party and he had to be brought into line, Skweyiya said.
Skweyiya added that Malema's conduct was un-African.
"We are Africans and an elderly person is an elderly person. We say: you shall not dishonour your parents."
It was sad that Malema had claimed he could fire ANC president Jacob Zuma.
"Who is he? He's not even a member of the National Executive Committee," Skweyiya said of Malema.
There was a nice Zapiro cartoon in the Sunday times about this... must try and scan it today...
Mmm you beat me to this one Cherry .. What were my words on the old order , values and the breakdown of family and the disrespectful demanding child .. ??? maybe we get some common sense , responsibility and accountability from the new order ..
"We are Africans and an elderly person is an elderly person. We say: you shall not dishonour your parents."
My words from the beetroot doctor topic >>>
@ Cherry .. Another comment on the silence of the Malemic mouth Julius ... In any culture ,, My analogy .. the youth are supposed to respect their elders , that is an obvious result if the elders are active , present , have morals and are principled , .... Our scenario here was one of absent parent , corrupt parent , .. so yes in any "family " discipline will crumble and the children will try to take over ... The youth league are supposed to represent the youth , have common sense discipline and interact sensibly with the parent ,, instead we had ranting and demanding out of control "children" ,, and yes most puzzling still is the age of the youth league leadership .. ?? they no longer in their youth or is it an indicator of their level of maturity .. ??
methinks the temp pres is of the old school and yes will demand the respect if he is the principled man he is touted to be ....
So maybe he has told the children to shut up ... ??
I think that the ANC even though they got swept up in the kangaman hype and hysteria ( or too afraid to break ranks and speak their truth ?? ) know deep down that JZ and his rabble of followers are not good for the goose that lays the golden egg ... ??