SOUTH Africa’s public discourse has descended into the swamp of ad-hominem attacks as the DA’s Helen Zille accused Zuma of endangering his wives with his promiscuous behaviour and ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe said she was now an “enemy”.
The speed with which the national debate has soured was remarkable.
In the morning, The Sowetan newspaper ran a front page story quoting Zille as saying: “Zuma is a self-confessed womaniser with deeply sexist views, who put all his wives at risk by having unprotected sex with an HIV-positive woman”. Zuma an AIDS risk - Zille
She went on to say that the ANC’s “professions of support for women’s rights ring hollow indeed against this background”. Here is Helen Zille’s statement
By the afternoon, it had all turned very sour with the ANC Youth League reaching for the strongest language it could find.
It said in a statement that it was “disgusted by remarks attributed to the racist girl Helen Zille, who when failing to defend her stupid and sexist decision to appoint predominantly white males into her cabinet, attacks the President of the Republic of South Africa (sic)”.
It went on: “Zille has appointed an all male cabinet of useless people, majority of whom are her boyfriends and concubines so that she can continue to sleep around with them, yet she claims to have the moral authority to question our President (sic).”
Then came Mantashe’s response, signalling that Zuma’s brief campaign to reach out was over. That he went so far as to describe Zille as “an enemy” bodes ill for our political life.
ANCYL threatens "militant action" against Zille
Storm rages around Zille Threats of "militant action", insults and recriminations with a sexual undertone fly about Helen Zille.
The ANCYL is disgusted by remarks attributed to the racist girl Helen Zille, who when failing to defend her stupid and sexist decision to appoint predominantly white males into her cabinet, attacks the President of the Republic of South Africa. The ANC YL calls on Helen Zille to respect the office of the President of the Republic of South Africa and stop making stupid and degrading remarks against President Jacob Zuma.
Zille has appointed an all male cabinet of useless people, majority of whom are her boyfriends and concubines so that she can continue to sleep around with them, yet she claims to have the moral authority to question our President.
If the fake racist girl Zille continues to speak hogwash like she has been doing during elections, we will take militant action against her, and demonstrate to her that she does not have monopoly over the Western Cape. The fake racist girl who was dropped on her head as a child should understand that South Africa will never be a Mickey-mouse Republic like she wants to portray it.
An absolute majority of South Africans support President Jacob Zuma and will find it very disgusting for a fake racist apartheid agent to continue undermining the highest office in South Africa.
Statement issued by the ANC Youth League, May 12 2009
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