“What is revolutionary about being led by a person in old age?” That’s the question Zimbabwean ruling ZANU-PF and its youth wing must ask itself‚ the EFF’s Mbuyiseni Ndlozi said on Tuesday.
They must also ask themselves “what is revolutionary” and being led by a leader “who sleeps all the time in meetings‚ can no longer even hold a pen or write half a page”‚ Ndlozi said of President Robert Mugabe.
This was in response to the ZANU-PF spokesman Psychology Maziwisa’s dismissal of EFF leader Julius Malema’s scathing comments on Monday‚ in which he called on “Grandpa Mugabe” to step down.
PAC defends Mugabe from MalemaEconomic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema’s remark this week that the time has come for 92-year-old Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe to hand over the baton of power has infuriated the Pan Africanist Congress.
Maziwisa said: “Not bothered at all by Julius Malema’s latest ranting. He is a little and irrelevant man who is trying desperately to gain political mileage in South Africa by insulting a great man in Zimbabwe. Won’t win!” Maziwisa reportedly posted on Facebook.
Ndlozi shot back that both the “the ZANU-PF and its youth wing …are cowards”‚ and added that they are “afraid …of President Mugabe”.
Malema tells Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe to go‚ and enjoys another anti-white rantJulius Malema reckons his cross-border mentor is too old to lead‚ pronouncing that “We love President Mugabe‚ but we need a new leader".
He was particularly scathing of the youth wing‚ saying it is “defending and advancing an essentially anti-youth statuesque”.
“This is because there is actually no youth in the ZANU-PF Youth; what you find are middle age men and women‚ half of which are suffering from a mid-life crises. They should be ashamed of themselves for holding the future from being born in Zimbabwe.”
He reiterated Malema’s stance‚ and said the party “reaffirms its position that President Mugabe’s occupancy of the position of president is not good for the radical African political programme”.
“He is the bastion of the reactionary phenomenon of ‘lead to the death’ that has crippled the image and praxis of post-colonial Africa.
“President Mugabe is not only the contemporary engine of personality cult‚ but he is protected by a group of cowards around him who hypocritically defend him everyday‚ whilst harbouring ambitions to lead soon.” – TMG Digital
Mugabe can no longer hold a pen or write half a page’ – EFF continues assault on Zim leader
“What is revolutionary about being led by a person in old age?” That’s the question Zimbabwean ruling ZANU-PF and its youth wing must ask itself‚ the EFF’s Mbuyiseni Ndlozi said on Tuesday.
They must also ask themselves “what is revolutionary” and being led by a leader “who sleeps all the time in meetings‚ can no longer even hold a pen or write half a page”‚ Ndlozi said of President Robert Mugabe.
This was in response to the ZANU-PF spokesman Psychology Maziwisa’s dismissal of EFF leader Julius Malema’s scathing comments on Monday‚ in which he called on “Grandpa Mugabe” to step down.
Maziwisa said: “Not bothered at all by Julius Malema’s latest ranting. He is a little and irrelevant man who is trying desperately to gain political mileage in South Africa by insulting a great man in Zimbabwe. Won’t win!” Maziwisa reportedly posted on Facebook.
Ndlozi shot back that both the “the ZANU-PF and its youth wing …are cowards”‚ and added that they are “afraid …of President Mugabe”.
He was particularly scathing of the youth wing‚ saying it is “defending and advancing an essentially anti-youth statuesque”.
“This is because there is actually no youth in the ZANU-PF Youth; what you find are middle age men and women‚ half of which are suffering from a mid-life crises. They should be ashamed of themselves for holding the future from being born in Zimbabwe.”
He reiterated Malema’s stance‚ and said the party “reaffirms its position that President Mugabe’s occupancy of the position of president is not good for the radical African political programme”.
“He is the bastion of the reactionary phenomenon of ‘lead to the death’ that has crippled the image and praxis of post-colonial Africa.
“President Mugabe is not only the contemporary engine of personality cult‚ but he is protected by a group of cowards around him who hypocritically defend him everyday‚ whilst harbouring ambitions to lead soon.” – TMG Digital
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