MALEMA ATTACKS ANC OVER SD’S DEMOCRACY

MBABANE – Swaziland is politically older than South Africa! This is a statement that was issued by Government Spokesperson Percy Simelane when reacting to South African politician Julius Malema’s attack on the African National Congress (ANC), saying it had not promoted democracy if it did not ensure that it was practiced in Swaziland.

Malema, the Commander in Chief of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and revolutionary activist for radical change, mentioned Swaziland when addressing journalists at a post-plenary media briefing at the party’s headquarters in Johannesburg yesterday.
The media briefing was broadcast live on SABC News and most Swazis commented on social networks including Twitter and Facebook, with most of them making fun of the fact that Malema always made it a point that he attacked the kingdom.

This is not the first time the controversial politician has criticised Swaziland as he has done so in previous conferences.
“We must be asking the ANC what their programme is in order to address the issue of Swaziland. What stops the ANC from leading the charge against Swaziland? There is no democracy in Swaziland but Zuma dines there,” Malema said.

In response to this, Simelane said the Swazi Government was not prepared to go into a battle of wits with people who were not armed, save to say that novice politicians were always going to hallucinate about democracy due to the fact that their understanding was decimal.
“One of EFF’s female administrators from Mpumalanga resigned from the political party, citing undemocratic practices including ills such as demanding sexual favours before a female is promoted. In her farewell speech she painted the EFF as a party of Romeos and pimps. Malema himself resigned from the ANC citing undemocratic practices,” he said.

He mentioned that it was ludicrous that Malema had now turned around to ask the ANC to teach Swaziland democracy.

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