WARNS JOBLESS YOUTHS ‘NOT TO TRUST THE RICH POLITICIANS’…
Oct 22 2011 – SAPA
Diepsloot township, Johannesburg. Filthy-rich ANC Youth League president Julius Malema left many township residents hopeful for the future in a speech at Diepsloot on Saturday. He promised them all jobs and an end of poverty for all.
“I hope Malema’s visit will soon lead to job creation and end of poverty in this area, resident Johanna Rabure said. Rabure, 30, was one of about 5,000 people who cheered the youth league leader when he arrived and left the Diepsloot recreation centre. Many people jumped for opportunities to see and take pictures of Malema with their cellphones.
His visit was an effort to drum up support for ANCYL marches from Johannesburg, to Sandton and Pretoria – on October 27 and 28. His march is also supported by the co-ruling Cosatu trade union movement. He got permission for the march by the Johannesburg metro-police department, but won’t be allowed to take it on the major highways, Sapa noted.
Peter Letsoalo, 25, showed support for Malema’s call to the residents to fully take part in the march. “I will definitely participate because I’ve been unemployed for the past four years despite being a college graduate,” he said. “We rely on the ANCYL to fight for our rights as the youth, and this is a chance to play a role as well in addressing our needs.”
“The youth league would not enjoy freedom as long as there was poverty in the country”, Malema said in his address. “We are here for everyone of you. We will not rest until you stop worrying about where your next meal will come from,” he said. “We will restore the land to the people and I will go to jail to fight for the poor. Every time we sing or speak for our freedom, other people take us to court,” he said. “When Nelson Mandela fought for land, they took him to prison just like us. This means there is no freedom in this country.”
He also claimed that “the nationalisation of the mines would create jobs and fight poverty in Diepsloot and other impoverished areas: Diepsloot children are exposed to dirty water running down the streets and when they fall sick, their parents can’t afford to take them to private hospitals because they are poor”, Malema said.
He lambasted ANC-cabinet ministers for “discouraging poor people from marching against poverty. Do not listen to them [ministers] because their lives are always surrounded by luxuries while you live in poverty.”
(Of course Malema does not shun a luxurious life-style himself: in fact he’s filthy rich yet nobody knows where his wealth comes from. (details below).
Malema said he was proud of the ANC-led government, but he would always pressure it to deliver its pre-election promises of a better life for all. He also took a swipe at the media over its coverage of his recent slander of Indians in Thembelihle in Lenasia earlier in the week. He claims his use of the word ‘makula’ did not mean ‘coolie’ and was an error in translation. “Certain journalists did not know African languages well enough and often translate things “wrongfully”.
The league’s Economic Freedom Youth Mass Action will take place on October 27 and 28. The march starts in Johannesburg: from Beyers Naude Square, to the Chamber of Mines in Johannesburg, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in Sandton and then they will place the Union Buildings in Pretoria under siege that night and the next day. He was scheduled to also speak at Ivory Park near Midrand later on Saturday and will also drum up support for the march in Heidelberg, Meyerton, Sebokeng and Everton.
Meanwhile the Star newspaper reported that Ancyl has dropped its plans to march to Pretoria on the N1 freeway after talks with traffic authorities. They were granted permission for the march but, said metropolitan-police official Edna Mamonyane, “it won’t be happening on any of the city’s highways.’ She would release the march-route only two days before it would start.
This report in The Star newspaper claims that the ruling African National Congress youth league leader Julius Malema owns a R3,6m house in Sandown and a R1m mansion in Polokwane, both of which he paid cash.
ANC Youth league leader Malema earns millionsYou do the maths … Julius is filthy rich
- Two houses: R4,6million;
- Cars: R1,2million’s worth of vehicles;
- Breitling watch: R250 000; at least one Gucci suit;
- Monthly salary: R20, 000…
Julius Malema, the ANC ‘s youth league president and thus possibly also the next president of South Africa; owns two multimillion-rand homes – both of which he bought for cash.
This disclosure, which adds to questions surrounding how the youth league president affords his lavish lifestyle, comes just a day after Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan announced that targeted lifestyle audits would be conducted this year. The Star has discovered that Malema bought his three-bedroom home in Sandown for R3,6-million in December last year.
And, according to the Deeds Office, he owns two houses. The other is a mansion he bought in Pietersburg/Polokwane in his Limpopo ‘homeland’ in 2007 for R1m. The house in Sandown is in Silvela Road and the Deeds Office indicates that he bought it for R36-million. However the previous owner indicated that the house was sold for R3,6m. The Sandown house has been described as luxurious, with three bedrooms, an office, a TV room, a lounge, a pool and a large garden. It is the same house in which Malema held a controversial house-warming party in September last year.
A police reservist said at the time that he was assaulted by the youth league leader. Neighbours complained about the noise and mess that Malema’s party had caused. It was a sophisticated bash. YFM DJ Oskido provided the music, and guests were treated to R700-a-bottle Johnnie Walker Gold Label whisky and Moët et Chandon French Champagne. When asked how he could afford to buy a R3.6m house cash, Malema reacted angrily.
“You and your husband and your family – that’s who you need to write about. You go away, just go away,” he said before slamming down the phone.
ANC Youth League spokesperson Floyd Shivambu said The Star was being nonsensical. “I think you need to rethink what you are doing. What business is this of yours? How dare you call me and ask for comment on this?” It’s not the first time questions surrounding the scale of Malema’s lifestyle have emerged.
Sources in the youth league have said he earns R20, 000 a month. At the same time that the transfer of the Sandown house went through, Malema attended a press conference in a Gucci suit, and sported a Breitling watch worth about R250 000. The 28-year-old politician also owns a black Mercedes-Benz AMG, which retails at R734 000, and reportedly drives an Aston Martin and a red Range Rover Sport, too. Last night he went to a lecture at Wits University in a brand-new white Range Rover – with no number plates – which sells for R1,2m.
Malema is the director of four companies: 101 Junjus Trading CC, Blue Nightingale Trading 61, Ever Roaring Investment and SGL Engineering Projects.
Democratic Alliance opposition party youth league leader Khume Ramulifho said he “had heard that Malema earned a lot more than the R20 000 he claims. It is said that he earns as much as a Minister, and that is why he will not go to Parliament or take up any other office,” said Ramulifho, who owns one car – an Audi A4 – and a house in Riverlea.
More resources – The Star
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