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Mister Nasty

2010-03-14 14:00

LIKE a cornered tiger, ANC Youth League president Julius Malema’s claws are out.

Occasionally bequeathed with a maturity way beyond his years you can understand why President Jacob Zuma believes Malema has good leadership qualities that need nurturing.

Faced with louder and louder calls for him to take action against the youth leader, Zuma has steadfastly stood by his man, declaring his colourful effervescence to resemble that of founding president Nelson Mandela’s when he was young.

That may once have been true, but Malema is the worst of politicians and not the best.

He preaches for the poor but lives the life of a rich man. He speaks the language of delivery but his companies betray the very development he has built his career on punting. Disintegration and delays stalk his corporate interests.

He speaks the language of entrepreneurship while using his influence to win contracts ­valued at over R150?million and counting. Entrepreneurs roll up their sleeves and put their noses to the grindstone.

Malema sub-contracts work and runs a bare-bones operation that has failed to submit ­returns and has not secured the tax clearance certificates without which tenders should not have been granted. While real entrepreneurs struggle to get a foot in the door and have to jump through regulatory hoops, the politically connec­ted youth leader is the consummate tenderpreneur – a word he despises.

Malema is also the nation’s bully in chief. Since he became youth league president Malema has scarred the body politic, taking on everyone from ­bankers to opposition politicians, activists and his own ­allies in the unions and the communist party, insulting all in base language that holds no content but only contempt.

It is the way of the bully and if he is not stopped it will be the way of the demagogue politician who insults anyone who stands up to him while cultiva­ting constituencies among the most vulnerable. Look at how he speaks only to students and the old to see how he can accept only adulation, never debate or difference.

This week he turned his guns on the media, releasing a four- page document on City Press’s Dumisane Lubisi alleging ­corruption and exposing all of the journalist’s most private details, including his address, his children’s identity numbers and his wife’s business inte­rests.

It is a mish-mash of fabrication, hyperbole and nonsense mixed in with factual detail like identity numbers, bank accounts and telephone details.

It bears the hallmark of state dirty tricks we have seen in the hoax email saga deployed in the fight between former president Thabo Mbeki and now President Zuma.

Other journalists have been maligned as unprofessional ­liars and loose women who sleep around for stories.
This is dirty tricks against the media which has exposed his substandard business practices, his tax-dodging ways and the million and one ways in which Malema is no ­Mandela.

- City Press

Comment on this story


TS 3/14/2010 3:01:08 PM
What is there to say? The (man?) is so obviously a loose cannon, uncontrolled and with an unmentionable IQ and no logic to support anything he spouts, that one can only If they represent the African standard then I am afraid that no better can be expected for the next 5000 years.
Papi 3/14/2010 8:34:10 PM
He's not nasty. Everybody must come clean, including journalists.
LL PONN 3/15/2010 6:38:19 AM
Where is Boeremag?
Jack Kukard 3/15/2010 7:39:11 AM
He's rubbish.
Ekke 3/15/2010 10:45:59 AM
In the end, Zuma will find out he is backing the weakest link.
Patric 3/15/2010 3:43:43 PM
We still want to hear from the president himself why he thinks Julias is "our future president". What is it that he sees about him that we can't see? And what's with the irony of the of their shared weakness?
Very concerned... 3/16/2010 7:42:29 AM
If Malema is not stopped pretty soon he will become the downfall of our country. He will become the next president, by hook or by crook... What the people of this lovely country of ours don't seem to realize is that although a lot of them see him as a harmless idiot not to worry about, he is in fact becoming the most dangerous man in South Africa. Surely the people should be able to see that we will turn into Zim if he continues his free reign...
Thokozani 3/16/2010 10:02:21 AM
To me, the City Press has actually betrayed the core principles of reporting news in a balanced, unbiased and without prejudice but has actually taken a war against Malema to the street. A declaration of war against Malema is not going to help the Paper's credibility that much but will further fuel the perception that the paper is being used by some for political reasons. While reporting about Malema in the most negative way may help sell your paper and may be praised by the opposition and a few individuals, it does a huge disservice in terms of confidence ordinary citizens like me have in the media.
Thande 3/16/2010 1:40:54 PM
Thokozani!!!! you part of the Malema disgrace and also part of killing the nation, I know where you staying and will come fetch you to open your eyes towards our brother, his a useless prick!!!
africaprophet 3/16/2010 2:56:35 PM
Maybe the president is not really concerned about the future of our lovely country. Maybe he is just concerned about his future in our lovely country, just like his good friend Robert Mugabe, as well as the ruler of just about every single other sub-Saharan country. Why don't people in South Africa just learn to accept it: in Africa leaders have to be stinking rich (more than their western counterparts), and their sub-ordinates must live in famine, filth & disease. The nationalization of all productive farmland will help us achieve this noble goal in no time! His little prodigy Malema will further help accelerate this process, while at the same time getting rid of these bother some whites who just won't stop nurturing cattle and planting seeds in the ground!
Louise 3/16/2010 3:29:30 PM
City Press journos are heroes for exposing the road and bridge corruption in Limpopo province!The truth may hurt some like Thokozani, who was the first to comment. But that's after all the job of a good journalist and newspaper; exposing the truth/public watchdog. Congrats, City Press!
Mondavo+H 3/16/2010 5:07:50 PM
@Thokozani which dream world are you living everything the author wrote about is public knowledge.
expat 3/17/2010 6:04:31 AM
THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO SORT THIS MAN OUT.
WE NEED TO TAKE HIM OUT. HE HAS PISSED THE PEOPLE OFF. HIS TIME IS RUNNING OUT.
No Rassist 3/17/2010 10:03:11 AM
The problem is Malema is enhancing rassism. I see my children and sports people playing together, hugging each other not worrying about colour but Malema worries so much about hurting the whitties, not caring about this country. We are going to end up like Zim because he hate whites and anyone who doesn't feel the same. He is an evil, manipulater, self centered liar and thief
Pothole 3/17/2010 11:08:25 AM
Opportunistic individuals like Malema are not my main concern. What really worries and concerns me is people like Thokozani who have a soft stance against the wrongs the man is doing and actually condone it. The reality is that this man Malema is a very bad character who portray himself as a revolutionary. What is the revolution about. Your guess is as good as mine.
thato 3/17/2010 12:11:28 PM
I do not support Malema but he did not say loose women, he just said journalists who sleep around, he did not use the word woman you can play back the interview if you want to.
MR T 3/17/2010 3:48:10 PM
People are not honest. I am not condoning what Jub Jub did, but lets look at it this way. If nothing had happened on that fate full day, everyone would be ranting and raving of how Jub Jub diced his car and how cool he was. Besides no one knows how they will leave the earth only God knows. He did not wake up in the morning and say I want to kill 4 children and injure 2, he is much of a victim in this as the poor souls lost. Yes he should go to jail but he should be treated as a human being not as a monster that people portray him to be. Who are we to judge? he will get his judgement oneday.
Velaphi 3/17/2010 4:24:59 PM
Will Malema improve the life of black people in South Africa if he becomes the president. I don't think so..! He looks more like a Mogabe. For my childrens sake rather give me even Zille or any honest person !
Negativity sucks 3/17/2010 4:53:47 PM
City press has hit the nail on the head. This person that the ANC keep on backing is in the news for all the WRONG reasons. When we start standing together in this country and not against one another we'll accomplish more. All we are doing now is focusing our energy on Mr Malema where as we could have been focusing it on creating JOBS, building houses etc.People are hungry and will listen to their "heroes" but when the "heroes" fail to provide they will seek revenge from the person once the "hero"Good luck and all the best of luck Mr Malema. I hope you'll start seeing S.A in a new light.City press, keep up the good work
Black Beauty 3/17/2010 8:29:17 PM
As long as this country is run by its owners and not foreigners i am happy. this is Africa
Jujuson 3/18/2010 4:38:18 PM
Jujuman is very clear, he says things that people see but are scared to say. Nobody, even the media, can destroy Juju. He is a gift from heaven to save the poor black people.
Thuli 3/18/2010 6:30:55 PM
Did you hear about JuJu's love affair with Jub Jub? Now that explains a lot about our little Ju Ju, doesn't it? South Africa is going to have the most politically correct leader of all time! He will be Black, Disabled (no brain) AND Gay! In some languages a person's gender is denoted by the letter that his/her name ends with. Names ending with an "A" (Malema) denotes female and names ending with an "O" (Molemo) denotes male. Clever of our two boys, don't you think?
Jujuman 3/19/2010 10:44:55 AM
I am a milionaire
I drive fancy cars
I wear designer clothes
I wear a R250 000 Breitling watch
I build roads and bridges for the poor which collapsed after the first rain
Do you still like me?
Thanks for being an idiot

Juju
Aj 3/19/2010 10:47:42 AM
Juju son wake up and smell the coffee comrade, he feels nothing for the poor black people, he only loves himself and those that can help him.
bADwES 3/19/2010 11:25:58 AM
@Jujuson - And how many of the R150 mil that Malema acquired through corrupt dealings have found its way to the black poor dear? He doesnt give a rat's ass about the black poor, he is using them to stay in the position he is in order to continue living like a king. How many bread and foodparcels has he bought for the poor and homeless? How is he going to save the poor? He has his houses, cars, clothes, money, and he doesn't even know your name.
Robert 3/19/2010 11:30:08 AM
Less than 10 years ago if you tested people forAIDS you may have found 1/10 tested positive. Today the ratio is almost 10/1 – just the opposite. 360 Months ago Zimbabwe was one of the richest countries on the African continent - if you ask them today what went wrong - 90% answer "Greed and Corruption" is what went wrong. Up to 10 years ago corruption was reported approximately up to 5 times annually, currently we are standing at the same amount per month and it dominates reports in the South African news papers. The problem is not isolated to a particular province but almost throughout South Africa which deals with the very same disease that led to the current position of Zimbabwe. The ideal of freedom has somehow blocked the view of ordinary citizens in South Africa to challenge government on the issues relating to corruption and greed. Did Zimbabweans think, 360 months ago that there will be no food in their shops or that their people will run to the last remaining African country that has something left for them to do to get some food and money for their survival? Freedom in Zimbabwe came at a price - more lives were lost in recent years than any liberation struggle put together. We may say this and that about this and that in the media - fact is if you don't look after your money - soon you will not have any - Government is not looking after ours, the signs are clear - and everybody in government is looting because they know the gravy train will stop at some point in the future. It is time to change or we will want change when it’s too late. 192 months after the release of Nelson Mandela - service delivery protest action is on the increase while political officials squabble over who will be the next ANCYL president or ANC president and the masses were forgotten by the elite riding in their fancy 4x4 range rovers fighting for political power or keys to the safe holding millions for the taking once you have reached the appropriate position or office. Warnings are just warnings – if they fall on deaf ears at least we can say you have been warned.
LL PONN 3/20/2010 12:53:10 AM
Mr Malema is far better than any member of the Freedom Front or Solidarity. Mr Malema has done no wrong. Stop the noise.
Henk @ Black Beauty 3/21/2010 7:20:38 AM
My ancestors landed in the Cape in 1712 from Wurzburg in Germany, and we've been here ever since. I speak no German, know no Germans, have no family over there, have never been there. I was born in Volksrust in what was then the Transvaal, thirty-odd years ago. Would you say I'm a foreigner, or do I have a legit claim on a tiny little speck of land here?
Henk @ Jujuson 3/21/2010 7:30:02 AM
Jujuson, sit back a little and think for a second how building sub-standard bridges that wash away after three weeks "saves the poor people". Especially when it cost R50,000 to build, but you charge R27-million for it. R27 million which, of course, came out of the poor people's pockets which you now say Malema is "saving". If you honestly believe that incredibly stupid and ignorant utterance you made in your above post, then you probably deserve Julius's rule. Your single braincell can keep his single (albeit fat and severely overweight) braincell company in your little jelly-tot paradise.
Sipho 3/22/2010 9:02:24 AM
Zizi Kodwa, is that Mike Peega on your facebook page the same Peega dodgy spy? Oh dear! I thought he had no relations with anyone?
BadWes 3/23/2010 7:42:54 AM
Its terrible to think of the road this country is actually on. We preach this wonderful nation to the rest of the world but on the inside it is actually rotten to the core. Why can we not have a leader, black, white, pink, green, I dont care, that can lead this country and his/her government in an effective and non-bias manner, actually serving the country and not himself. We all know that what happened pre-1994 was terrible and wrong, but where are we going to end up with this continued hatred towards each other. Think of the endless possibilities this land has with white and non-white hand in hand working towards a collective goal, an efficient, productive, beautiful land where anyone can walk in the street safely, and sleep at night safely. Why must we burn, kill and destroy and stoop to such a low level when we can be great together.Everyone born here in this land is a South-African, white and black, and everyone now is trying to make this work together, why should there be racial hate? I pray and dream for that one day, at least that is what will happen in the afterlife, but until then, please change and realize that hate is going to get us nowhere.
JennyN 3/24/2010 11:54:02 AM
What a relief to see so many people can see the little man for what he is, the damage that he's doing to the country as a whole a the racial hatred that he's spreading. There will always be supporters of the fanatics - even the tired old Klu Klux Clan in America still has supporters! Malema is not doing black South Africans any good at all. He is greedy and crooked. We deserve much better than that.
LL PONN 3/25/2010 11:18:44 PM
@ Thokozani: Well said. Some media are in the pockets of the foreign secret service working hand in hand with the local opposition parties controlled by caucasians. @ Velaphi: how do you know Zille is honest? @ Henk: A European remains a European until death same goes for other ethinic groups. The main world races are European [caucasian] , African, Asian[chinese/Indian] and Arabic. No one can change from one to the other.
jjk 3/27/2010 10:26:00 PM
Living from handouts! Please...but the poor blighters hanging onto his lips don't know any better. He's so damn ignorant and arrogant but his time will come!
Fedup 4/5/2010 5:58:32 PM
Anybody with IQ will know that Malema is a stupid moron like Mugabe and anybody who supports him have no brains. They can see what happened in Zimbabwe but they are too stupid to see it will happen here too. And these cowards that can only attack old people and women in their homes may they rot in hell. The ANC is to blame for all the problems in this country.
MORAKALA 4/12/2010 12:42:09 AM
Malema is the future of this country as to why people try to silent him i don't know.People should be honest with themselves particularly black people that racism is still viciously alive and HONERABLE Malema seems to be the only person in the intire cabinet who is trying to address this. Even in the first era of apartheid prior to 1994 they were people who were criticising the likes of Nelson Mandela, Albert Lethuli, OR Tambo just to name the few so Malema is no exception, the comport of a Black academic who think is smart will always fail the masses of black chilren because they have salaries and try to impress their bosses or should I say their so called 'BAAS' by crashing Malema. Blacks wake-up and smell the coffee the world is anti-black and I and the likes of Malema are prepared to die for this like Steve Piko, Solomon Mahlangu, Chris Hani etc. We are not recist but realist the only reason why white people are threatened like they always did is because the humble and respecting blacks are starting to standup for themselves and they might endup having to clean their own houses, clean streets, make coffees, in nutshell they only want us to remain their RAWMATERIAL thats it. Times have changed and you should accept.
Lauren@LL Ponn 4/12/2010 2:36:50 PM
With that brilliant reasoning of yours, where do you put the millions of mixed race decent? Hang on to your archaic ideas of race and who belongs where. Fact of the matter is, nobody needs your permission to live anywhere. But that's for you to get over. Grow up and get over it. The world has become a very small place indeed and there isn't much place left for your aparteid type views. Trying to put everybody in little boxes and regions. Feel a kinship with a certain other political group of you think about it carefully? Pfft.
oom joop 4/12/2010 4:21:03 PM
Do not misjudge the young Malema.at the moment he is a "walking eagle" and with the right guidance he will become a "flying eagle" flying higher than Mbeki and Zuma. He must 1.) improve his qualifications. 2.) realise that his ego is much taller than he is3.) develop interpersonal skills 4.) realise that the EUROPEANS, with their know-how and capital developed SA. Yes black labour was used5.)realise that the English was responsible for the death of 26 000 boere women and children and lots of boere fighters at bay for 3 years.5.) mr Malema do not cultivate hatred, love your people and set an example to earn a living and not depend on white tax handouts7.) clean HILLBROW and townships before 2010 soccer. 6.) turn to GOD BECOME A SECOND DESMOND TUTU rather than a second MUGABE who had 20,000 MATABLIES killed
Botsman 4/18/2010 8:34:43 AM
I've a problem with the way the media conduct its self especially African reporters! Who in Africa can forget what these whites have done to our fathers to get all the land they so call theirs? God bless Juju! He is the best thing to ever happen to Africa after Mugabe. Imagine if the money they say Juju has was in the hands of some white boy... life will be just normal! Please stop referring everything to what Mugabe did, that old man has done a good job, for him to take that land back from white foreigners and give it to its rightful owners, it’s a great achievement by its self! Do you think a white man after killing your fathers to get their land can easily give it back to you? Please open your eyes Africans! Don’t be (lied to) by this thing of scaring investors, it’s just a lie! Please get your land and those investors will always come back now to invest in the land you now proudly own! In my country Botswana, we have more diamonds than water but we are the poorest, all the millions are with the whites! Mugabe did a good job, his people own the land and that’s the first step in the right direction! Now the BLACKS own the land and only people like Malema and Mugabe can give a black man that! So South Africa get your land back! These whites killed to get the land because they know how important is the land to a man! Don’t be fooled by them! We support Malema!  
Botsman 4/18/2010 8:34:46 AM
I've a problem with the way the media conduct its self especially African reporters!Who in Africa can forget what this whitties have done to our fathers to get all yhe land they so call thiers? God bless JUJU! He is the best thing to ever happen to Africa after Mugabe. Imagine if the money they say JUJU has was in the hands of some white boy..life will be just normal! Please stop refering everything to what Mugabe did, that oldman has done a good job,for him to take that land back from white foriegners to to its rightful owners its a great achievement by its self! Do you think a white man after killing you fathers to get their land can easily give it back to you? Please open your eyes Africans! Dont be bullsited by this thing of scaring investors, its just a lie! Please get your land & those investors will always come back now to invest in the land you now proudly own!In my country Botswana, we have more diamonds than water but we are poorest, all the millions are with the whitties! Mugabe did a good job his people own the land & thats the first step in the right direction! Now the BLACKS own the land & only people like Malema & Mugabe can give a black man that! So South Africa get your land back! This whitties killed to get the land becuase they know how important is the land to a man! Dont be fooled by them! We support Malema!
Howard 5/11/2010 8:47:02 PM
leave Malema alone and city press must stop trying to destroy JUJU because they will end up destroying thenselves. Boring city press.Take Helen Zille on about farmers killing workers
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