Zuma, die kommuniste se tydbom

Die afgelope tyd het ek nuus rondom Zuma fyn dop gehou. Dis nou een karakter wat my bekommerd het, hy belowe ELKE groep wat hy toespreek alles wat hulle wil begeer, van Cosatu tot die Jode tot (my gunsteling) Solderiteit (die blankes). Dis nou tipies swart politiek, vol lee beloftes en skets altyd hierdie mooi prentjie (net soos Mandela) tot dit by betaal kom !

Na wat ek die laaste tyd gesien & gehoor het is ek bekommerd, baie bekommerd want Zuma neem nie 'n standpunt in nie, 'n regte ja broer maar sy woorde is altyd mooi uitgewerk om nie die SAKP, Cosatu & ANC Jeug Liga teen te gaan of in 'n swak lig te plaas nie. Die een keer toeeen van sy lee beloftes teen Cosatu gaan het hulle hom vinnig gestriem en hy kon nie vinnig genoeg sy storie verander nie. Hy (Zuma) is 'n skaak stuk vir die geharde kommuniste en paai nou almal sodat hy sy mags basis kan verseker vir sy oorname as president in 2009.

Die Mail & Guardian het vandag die beste bekrywing ooit vir Zuma gehad en ek haal aan:

"Zuma, Cosatu's trojan horse"

Mense, hier kom groot moeilikheid, Zuma is 'n pop wie se stringe deur die kommuniste getrek word en dit gaan behoorlik na vore kom met sy oorname as president. Lees bietjie die artikels wat volg.

Zuma asserts ANC power over Mbeki

Johannesburg, South Africa
07 March 2008 12:19

African National Congress (ANC) leader Jacob Zuma asserted, in an interview published on Friday, that power in South Africa rests with the ruling party, not with his rival, President Thabo Mbeki.
"Power lies in the ANC," Zuma -- who ousted Mbeki in a bitter ANC leadership contest three months ago -- told Britain's internationally circulated Financial Times newspaper."It's the ANC that wins elections, the ANC that has the power to identify people who must be part of the government ... If he [Mbeki] is not part of the ANC leadership, he doesn't have authority."
Zuma ousted Mbeki at an ANC conference in December, riding a pro-poor ticket with the backing of the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party -- an alliance that has reportedly been under strain in recent weeks.
Zuma said economic policy would not necessarily shift leftwards on his watch.But he was equivocal on leftist calls for nationalisation, saying: "I think, let the issues be put on the table so that we discuss what are the merits of that argument."
Confidence in the South African economy has dipped on the back of divisions within the ruling party and slowing growth fuelled by a national electricity crisis.
Zuma (65) is the ANC's candidate for the state presidency when Mbeki retires next year, but he is facing a trial in August on 16 charges of fraud, corruption, racketeering and money-laundering.On Thursday, Zuma backed the idea of a referendum on the reintroduction of the death penalty to deal with rampant violent crime, despite the ANC's stance against capital punishment."I said, if you want a referendum, I think we must speak on it," he told journalists in Pretoria on Thursday evening, also calling for stricter penalties for crime.
"Democracy does not suppress the freedom of speech."
The death penalty was abolished by the Constitutional Court shortly after the ANC took over the reins of government in 1994 following the collapse of the apartheid regime.
'Political polygamist'Meanwhile, Zuma is a "political polygamist" elected for his lack of leadership, according to Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Helen Zille.
Writing in her weekly newsletter on the DA website on Friday, she said a good leader leads by example, setting the bar himself.
"On this count, Zuma is quite obviously flawed," she said.
A good leader is also not afraid to take unpopular decisions if he believes they are right, because he has a clear vision of how things should be.
"And this is where Jacob Zuma really falls short. He has no vision. In his words he is just 'a loyal ANC cadre' implementing what he claims is 'party policy'.
"This is a leadership cop-out if there ever was one, especially in a party that is still a 'broad church' with widely divergent policy approaches," Zille said.
In the absence of any clear vision of his own, Zuma is incapable of taking a firm and independent stand on issues, or giving direction to his followers, let alone the country, she said.
"Instead he simply bends in the direction of whoever he is courting at that moment. He is best described as a political polygamist, trying to satisfy many different political brides simultaneously," she said

Zuma seeks common ground on affirmative action

07 March 2008 07:45

Common ground on affirmative action should be found, African National Congress president Jacob Zuma told a largely white Afrikaner gathering on Thursday night.Addressing a dinner hosted by trade union Solidarity, he told union members that they had no home other than South Africa and as such, their concerns should be taken seriously."Whatever issues you raise are aimed at making our country more successful, and to create a better future for your children," he said.Zuma, who arrived early, met separately for almost half an hour with the Solidarity leadership.He then addressed a dinner gathering."Being a former trade unionist, I feel at home in a gathering of workers such as this one," Zuma said.He highlighted several issues of concern, including the country's skills shortage, the crime and electricity crises, but focused on affirmative action. He said affirmative action was needed to ensure the sustainability of freedom and economic growth. "The majority of the population in any country have to feature prominently in the economy to ensure long-term growth and sustainable development," Zuma said.He said the implementation of affirmative action was not an easy task."Some perceive the efforts to remove white or male privilege as an assault on the rights of white South Africans or on the rights of male South Africans. We need to answer such perceptions," Zuma said."The lack of discussion and debate creates assumptions and suspicions that are not very real."Common groundThe only way to do this was by sitting down and discussing the issue."I know your concern that young white South Africans feel they cannot enter the labour market, and the fact that positions remain unfilled because the necessary affirmative action skills are not available. "Let us find time to engage on these issues thoroughly and see how we can find common ground, for the common good of the country. We all seek a society in which no person is privileged at the expense of another, and that no person is oppressed for the benefit of another."On crime, he said "drastic action" was needed."We can not sit with this problem for another decade. I am aware that you seek further and more intensive engagement on issues, and we would certainly welcome that opportunity,” Zuma said.Solidarity general secretary Flip Buys said the fact that Zuma was prepared to speak at the gathering showed that he was committed to the cause of people and workers in South Africa.He said Zuma had highlighted several questions which were troubling Solidarity members. These include the skills problem, affirmative action, the crime and electricity crises, mother-tongue education, what they termed new poverty, and problems and solutions."Mr Zuma, it is our view that our country urgently needs strong leadership that is aimed at restoring the confidence of the citizenry in the state –- not just government."Buys said the government could not single-handedly solve the country's problems."It is a fact that there are serious problems to which nobody pays attention, problems that are so serious that approximately one million people have already abandoned the country and thousands of others are so despondent that they are also considering leaving."These are problems that can be resolved, if only government were prepared to listen to us," Buys said

My mede Boere, word bewus van die gebeure rondom ons en haal af daardie oog klappe, die moeilikheid is om die draai !