Julius Malema, Future President of South Africa?
It appears that Jacob Zuma has annointed Julius Malema as a future president of the South Africa.
My first reaction when I heard Gareth Cliff mentioning it on 5fm this morning was: HEAVEN FORBID!
Malema hasn’t exactly shown himself to be anything other than a stirrer – making one controversial statement after another.
And on occasion it appears that the media elevated Julius Malema to rockstar status – quoting his nonsensical rantings, even when it wasn’t necessary.
I guess he sells newspapers.
However what struck me was within a few minutes of ridiculing Malema’s possible presidential candidacy, Gareth mentioned his influence in getting underperforming municipal workers fired after the recent service delivery protests.
Imagine what that must look like to the striking residents of these townships.
Julius Malema = Hero!
Now a blog post on timeslive.co.za speaks of a Malema faction.
Again the media are making Malema into a populist leader in the same way they advanced Jacob Zuma – by demonising and ridiculing him.
It didn’t work with Zuma and it in all likelihood will not work with Malema.
Because both those politicians know how to work a crowd. They say what they think many people want to hear.
Personally, I wish I had never heard of Julius Malema and that he crawls back into the hole he came out of.
But mine is not the only opinion that matters.
Perhaps if the media stopped singing the same old song or hire journalists with a bit less bias, we might have fewer us against them votes in the next election.
Then maybe people will vote on the issues and not just for the man.
The media got it very wrong when the chose a side against Jacob Zuma in the last election and they will undoubtedly get it wrong again if they take the same stance with Julius Malema.
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4 Responses to “Julius Malema, Future President of South Africa?”
By Trackback - Free Internation Call >> How to make free international call on Nov 20, 2009 | Reply
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By anna on Feb 16, 2011 | Reply
malema should be the next president
By me on Apr 30, 2011 | Reply
Have you read his comments on land reform on page 2 of die Burger (30 April 2011)?
By Richard Calf on Sep 14, 2011 | Reply
Malema wants power. If he has his mansions, sports cars and leer jets. he will be happy. He’ll screw anyone to get what he wants. He does NOT care one bit for the poor.