The African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) said it was utterly disappointed with statements made by celebrity poet/singer Ntsiki Mazwai‚ “who recently hurled distasteful comments about women and young women leading structures in the African National Congress on her twitter page”.
The league’s secretary general Meokgo Matuba said on Tuesday she was concerned with recent comments by Mazwai who said that women supporting the ANC were “idiots” and that “ANC merit happens in the bedroom”.
“May we remind Ms Mazwai that the ANC Women’s League denotes its role on the objectives to defend and advance the rights of women‚ both inside and outside the ANC‚ against all forms of national‚ social and gender oppression and to ensure that women play a full role in the life of the organisation‚ in the people’s struggle and in national life.
“Much to our dismay‚ we had hoped that she‚ not only as a woman poet and singer‚ would assist the women’s league and any other association in favour of leading women’s objectives in a more educational and constructive form. We had hoped she also would comprehend her role as a ‘celebrity’ and surround herself with the amount of stance in being a role model for many women who may look up to her.”
Matuba said that despite “some of our very own personal views‚ when we arm ourselves into positions of leadership; we assume a role that leads thousands of many who are voiceless.
“We should always take heed of the self-sacrifice in putting others before our very own views and beliefs and the very least learn to understand the diversity of democratic culture we lead.
“In your position‚ Ms Mazwai‚ one should have the knowledge that clearly stipulates how the majority of women especially in the public sector have met the threshold of leading strategic positions based on the merit of intellect and not through your so called ‘panties’.
“Your statement is not only an utter disappointment to those whom you refer to as ‘idiots’ but paints a very worrying picture of how you think women can only achieve their goals‚ which goes to show the lack of conscience and clarity you copiously possess about the growth of women in this country.”
ANCWL "utterly disappointed" in Ntsiki Mazwai
The African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) said it was utterly disappointed with statements made by celebrity poet/singer Ntsiki Mazwai‚ “who recently hurled distasteful comments about women and young women leading structures in the African National Congress on her twitter page”.
The league’s secretary general Meokgo Matuba said on Tuesday she was concerned with recent comments by Mazwai who said that women supporting the ANC were “idiots” and that “ANC merit happens in the bedroom”.
“May we remind Ms Mazwai that the ANC Women’s League denotes its role on the objectives to defend and advance the rights of women‚ both inside and outside the ANC‚ against all forms of national‚ social and gender oppression and to ensure that women play a full role in the life of the organisation‚ in the people’s struggle and in national life.
“Much to our dismay‚ we had hoped that she‚ not only as a woman poet and singer‚ would assist the women’s league and any other association in favour of leading women’s objectives in a more educational and constructive form. We had hoped she also would comprehend her role as a ‘celebrity’ and surround herself with the amount of stance in being a role model for many women who may look up to her.”
Matuba said that despite “some of our very own personal views‚ when we arm ourselves into positions of leadership; we assume a role that leads thousands of many who are voiceless.
“We should always take heed of the self-sacrifice in putting others before our very own views and beliefs and the very least learn to understand the diversity of democratic culture we lead.
“In your position‚ Ms Mazwai‚ one should have the knowledge that clearly stipulates how the majority of women especially in the public sector have met the threshold of leading strategic positions based on the merit of intellect and not through your so called ‘panties’.
“Your statement is not only an utter disappointment to those whom you refer to as ‘idiots’ but paints a very worrying picture of how you think women can only achieve their goals‚ which goes to show the lack of conscience and clarity you copiously possess about the growth of women in this country.”
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