But if Julius Malema continues this way, South Africans will be forced to have honest conversations about where we are as a country. The dinner table (for those with enough to dine) conversations are certainly going to change. He made interesting remarks about how Black people continue to go beyond meeting white people halfway. But I am puzzled by how he vindicates Nelson Mandela and praise him as martyr and yet criticise the deal reached after the famous Codesa. Nelson Mandela was the centre of all this. He received the political power on behalf of all of us without a guarantee of economic emancipation for the majority of the population.
Any way, back to Juju, personally, I am glad he is in that Parliament to help us all have the courage to call "a thing, a thing".
In my opinion his speech had more substance than that of Mmusi Maimane. Mmusi had the difficult task of validating himself before he delivered his party's message. A major turn off for me. Not even his good looks could help me listen to what he had to say. Maybe it's also because I don't think his party has the interest of the vulnerable at heart. Or maybe I am just not the target market for this party. I am also too sophisticated to align myself with the EFF or the ANC, but I appreciate the transition Parliament is experiencing. It might just be the answer to all our prayers. MPs will think twice before fucking up because EFF will expose them and it will not help them ahead of the 2016 local governement election. It is clear that our poverty and right to basic human rights is not enough to compel elected officials to do their job. So maybe having EFF in there will steer them into the right path, away from arrogance and selfish behaviour. Who knows?
