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CONFIDENT: ANC Youth League deputy president Ronald Lamola addresses students at the Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria yesterday. Photo: PEGGY NKOMO

"We believe iron ore, platinum, coal, magnesium and zinc must be nationalised. The same goes for companies like De Beers and Anglo American. We are currently debating what to take first," he said.

Lamola was addressing scores of Tshwane University of Technology students in Soshanguve, outside Pretoria, during a public administration lecture yesterday.

He said the youth must never doubt that they can run the mines.

"We will gradually graduate like the Zimbabwean people who took over farms from whites. We must just enhance the minds of young people and channel them properly," he said.

He also reiterated that Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga must apologise (for the textbook fiasco) to the nation and do the honourable thing and resign. He encouraged the youth to speak out when textbooks are not delivered to their schools.

"She must voluntarily resign, she must not wait for us to toyi-toyi and force her to do so," Lamola said. "She has failed in her responsibility. You cannot say you are the minister of basic education but claim you are not responsible when textbooks are not delivered.

"She must take responsibility and say, 'I have failed in my responsibility, I apologise for the mess I made and I am resigning'. This is the essence of public administration."

Lamola said today's youth were fighting for economic freedom and can only do that if they are educated and can read books. He also said professional bodies were run by white males and did not reflect the demographics of the country.

"The rainbow nation cannot be reflected in sports like soccer and rugby. We will only have a united and equal South Africa if the resources of the country are shared equally.

"For this to happen, we need a group of educated public administrators who are able to interpret the legislation and policies of government," Lamola said.

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Aug 8, 2012

ndhandhazi

He is also the Government spokes person. He leads all in the ANC. This include the departament of mineral resources,. They hear from him.
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Aug 8, 2012

muvendave

Nationalization is in a ANC constitution, ANCYL is doing what nelson mandela says wen he came out of priason,is just now ANC is selecting[] from their constitution[] that is y some of ANC member like Mantashe are not supporting Nationalization, they are trying to acomodate new world[democratic] goverment... I dont support nationalization cos if u can check now the government cnnt control Coraption all ova SA, chech this video http://youtu.be/E45aEVlC2D8

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Aug 8, 2012

Mbedzhana

We salute you Sir.
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Aug 8, 2012

tshigwere

This boy deputy of youth league he is mad,we are not going to allow such thing called nationalization.He is a small boy he does not understand about the nationalization or else we are going to vote another party.
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Aug 8, 2012

David-

Can you spell brain donor

Does this idiot actually live in the real world?

As for discussing what to start with this means they are all dreaming of the riches that they will personally accrue while the ordinary man in the street doesn’t see a cent

Why does the Sowetan even waste paper on this trash

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Aug 8, 2012

jnrb

It was also reported in the news that “ Mr Lamola recently addressed residents on the planet ZOG informing them that it is no longer necessary to feed their Unicorns bananas for breakfast as a huge amount of gold was discovered at the end of a rainbow which could now be given to the unicorns as feed. Of course should residents prefer, they can commute on their flying pigs to work instead of their unicorns which would also help to calm the traffic situation. Mr Lamola seemed impressed by the warm welcome he received”.

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Aug 8, 2012

DjEp

There is nothing wrong in voicing out your ideas, but it is totaly stupid to echoe the buried issues!
this Lamola (Orange) idiot will only fool the brainless. I need a garden boy urgently and im sure he can do a better job.
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Aug 8, 2012

CLX

sigh. they blindly believe themsleves. THIS HAS DESTROYED EVERY ECONOMY IT WAS PRACTICED IN. go to hell ancyl
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Aug 8, 2012

SOLUTIONS

Help us all, this is the result of OBE education, thank you anc and your supporters, idiots in the making.

So to some idiots in SA Zim is a shining example, I think they must go and sit with children busy dying of hunger, those who survive will not be able to get education, school teachers are rather selling sweets on the streets because the make more money.

How d.umb must one be, look in the picture above.

By the way, why don't he talk about the plat mine closing near Tzaneen because of all the strikes thanks to unions, how many people are losing their jobs.

Like Mommac saif the other day, I wish stupid was painful.
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Aug 8, 2012

Danielrjvvuren

"Lamola was addressing scores of Tshwane University of Technology students in Soshanguve, outside Pretoria, during a public administration lecture yesterday."

Ok so Lamola you are an idiot and that is the only done deal here and again why is he not talking at WITS or UCT or UKZN? Why does he want to take our economy that is by all standards a Resource economy and just give it to the people that can not even supply clean drinking water.
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