“We are going to occupy the unoccupied land… The story of land has been with us for a very long time. All of us must continue with this revolutionary programme,” he said.
Malema said he would lead by example by occupying empty land in his home township of Seshego in Polokwane. He urged his followers to stop theorising and act out the party’s seven cardinal points of radical transformation of the economy.
This, he said, included the land, mines and banks of the country. He said banks should brace themselves for mass protests while mining magnets are also on the party’s target list.
“Every time you are burning tyres, but you have never occupied the mines. All the mines owned by [businessman] Patrice Motsepe must be blocked, followed by those owned by [Deputy president] Cyril Ramaphosa. And so [must] the Gold Fields [mines] owned in Gauteng by [National Assembly speaker] Baleka Mbete. They must be occupied.”
“We are a living organisation. Comrades, those who still see us as coming from the ANC, you are outdated. That is our previous life! We are born again. We are bringing a new organisation that all of you will be proud of.”
But, according to political analyst Ralph Mathekga, the EFF’s calls are disingenuous.
“The biggest contradiction with the EFF is that you have a party that agrees to be in parliament and therefore agrees to be bound by the [legal] processes of that institution but chooses to use extra-legal means to achieve its objectives. It is disingenuous,” he said.
“[Malema's] words would carry weight, perhaps, if they had refused to take part in elections and chosen to go outside the parliamentary process, but they have chosen not to do so. I think they are concerned about being seen to be swallowed up by parliamentary processes. No one is stopping them abdicating their positions in parliament.”
Image Source: EFF Gallery.
By Jamie-Leigh Matroos | SA Breaking News.
Culled from Yahoo News.
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