As Nelson Mandel´s dream fades a little everyday and the new
regime is exposed for underhanded dealings and backhanders, the regular media
is at a loss as to how they should play the same old tune about the gold price and the qualities of
Rooibos Tea as platinum looses it´s shine.
When in fact; “We the people are calling and Julius Malema
is coming to listen to us ” is their war cry. Most of the regular media remains
rudderless and too afraid to stand of someone politicians Gucci shoes. Yes, Malema is taking advantage of the current
situation. However, he is showing that he has the balls to take on the ruling
party and expose them for what they have become.
In and around South Africa 2003, the connected and selected became
restless and called for changes as to how the cake should be cut as they wanted their share of the country. As we all know this change have come at a cost
to the people. Julius Malema was there to rally the change, as he always does
and he himself had benefited from the internal proposal and got more than just
some crumbs.
By 2007 Malema become
restless as always and seized the opportunity when Tabo Mbeki was showing signs
of boredom with his extended term in office. Malema again was throwing his toys out the cot and with
that his now not so favorite teddy Tabo Mbeki was added to the pile of
discarded and used toys. His new rattle at the time was Jacob Zuma. For a more public effect he started beating the Jacob
Zuma Drum.
As Tabo Mbeki´s term
allowed the tide to lift all yacht´s belonging to the connected and selected. Downstream and totally
neglected by the regular media the little boats continued to bob up and down in
the stagnant water waiting for the tide to come in and lift them out of the now
smelling water. The outside fires still burned, as they always did prior to
1994, in the perforated drums that held the blackened pot were the pap now
started to burn. As winter approached the cold and damp became a reality and
the smell of the burning pap was becoming a recurring dream. A dream which always
ended with Mandela´s image barely visible on the horizon as the fading colours of the rainbow nation now
started to run down the canvass distorting the vision of a once great leader.
This time Julius Malema did not return to his cot as he was
now ostracized from the ANC party as a juvenile delinquent and every attempt
was made to confine him to a reformatory.
Instead he braved his critics and wadded into the stagnant
water pushing away the dead fish while making his way towards the boats; brandishing
his traditional weapon like a modern day Saint Christopher. As he organized the boats the north wind was picking
up and getting stronger, he braved the waves and pointed the sails into the
wind while aiming for deeper water with the intention of confronting the masters of the yacht´s and publicly exposing their offshore license´s.
Julius Malema has shown courage and leadership in the past two
weeks and I think it ´s only fair for him to tell the boat people what his
intentions are i.e. is he running for president and if so will he be able to
lift the boats out of the stagnant water and keep them afloat.
If he is beating a drum for another, should we trust his instincts
as he seems to admit that he got is so wrong with Jacob Zuma, that he himself
is taking on the responsibility to set the record straight.
So if Julius Malema is stirring the pap and improving the
mague receipt, he must be able to serve it at all times. And if his intention
is to become the new leader he will always be held responsible for the second
helping.
