Cosatu announced recentlythat it is starting its own youth wing. Cosatu Young Workers will target youth, particularly those in learnerships through Setas, who they feel are being exploited. The cut-off age will be 40. Yet another youth league. That brings to… well, many the number of youth wings in South Africa. Youth leagues...
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To some this would be a rhetorical question. For others it would be a resounding YES. I would have answered in the same vein, but after hearing the ramblings and sometimes threats from the ANC Youth League and strong denials from the broader ANC movement; I have been compelled to delve into this issue. The idea of nationalising...
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Julius Malema, love him or hate him, is in the news again. Or shall I say, still. It’s no secret that the South African media love the ubiquitous ANC Youth League President, or as Floyd Shivambu, the League’s spokesperson likes to refer to him, “the President”. And why not? His near-daily exploits are the...
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Julius Malema and his posse are right: the unemployment situation in South Africa, the inequality, the lack of economic freedom, is a ticking time-bomb that cannot be ignored. The poor will eventually stop being okay with rich people riding around in fancy German cars, wearing expensive, imported watches and drinking x-year old...
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