I had to comment on this. I know there is a lot of  name calling and that kind of thing in South African Politics, but this is just plain ridiculous.

How are we supposed to take this kind of name calling seriously? It’s mind boggling that this was actually released into the press! It just in the usual vein of ANC spokesperson madness, like the Jesse Duarte rant [here], and the freedom of speech rant [here].

I personally think it is a valid argument that Zille has, and while I don’t know whether it’s the right thing to do to comment about it in public like she has, she has clearly won this little battle.

The ANC Youth League has launched its most personal attack yet on Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille in response to her remark that President Jacob Zuma has put his wives at risk of contracting HIV.

The league said it was “disgusted by remarks attributed to the racist girl Helen Zille, who when failing to defend her stupid and sexist decision to appoint predominantly white males into her Cabinet, attacks the president of the Republic of South Africa (sic)”.

No how exactly is this sexist? Newsflash but having unprotected sex and multiple partners is a sure fire way of spreading Aids, which is a pandemic. FACT.

Calling Zille a racist little girl is infantile and downright childish. How this ties in with her selecting a predominantly male cabinet is beyond me. Anyone who has unprotected sex with an HIV positive person puts their other sexual partners at risk.

“Zille has appointed an all male Cabinet of useless people, majority of whom are her boyfriends and concubines so that she can continue to sleep around with them, yet she claims to have the moral authority to question our president (sic).”

The Sowetan on Tuesday quoted Zille as saying: “Zuma is a self-confessed womaniser with deeply sexist views, who put all his wives at risk by having unprotected sex with an HIV-positive woman.”

How they can say that the majority of these men are her boyfriends is ridiculous. That they’re useless is a matter of opinion. Where the concubines fit into this story is lost on me. She selects these people so she can continue to ‘sleep around with them’?

Militant action

The remarks reportedly came in response to criticism from Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) Western Cape secretary Tony Ehrenreich on the composition of her provincial executive.

Zille is the only woman on the team.

The ANCYL threatened to take “militant action” against the premier.

Yawn. Maybe the ANCYL should get a gag order until someone of substance can be appointed to their press liason position?

Militant action again. Why not try something new? So anyone who doesn’t agree with the ANCYL is subject to militant action?

“If the fake racist girl Zille continues to speak hogwash like she has been doing during elections, we will take militant action against her, and demonstrate to her that she does not have monopoly over the Western Cape (sic),” it said.

“The fake racist girl who was dropped on a head as child should understand that South Africa will never be a Mickey-mouse republic like she wants to portray it (sic),” it added.

“An absolute majority of South Africans support President Jacob Zuma and will find it very disgusting for a fake racist apartheid agent to continue undermining the highest office in South Africa (sic).”

You see unfortunately for th ANCYL, an absolute majority also support Zille’s party in the Western Cape. So quite frankly she can choose whatever cabinet she wishes.It’s intersting to see she isn’t a ‘real racist’, rather a fake one, who was dropped on her head as a child. Its remarks such as this which could possibly be attributed to mickey mouse. Maybe whoever wrote these statements was smoking HUGE ROX?

ANC condemns Zille statement

The ANC has also condemned Zille’s statement, saying it was “astounded by the extraordinary attack by Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille on the person of President Jacob Zuma.”

Zuma conceded during his rape trial in 2006 that he had had unprotected sex with his accuser, an HIV positive family friend, but said he had showered afterwards to minimise the risk of infection.

Asked for comment, Zille’s spokesperson Fritz de Klerk said a response was being drafted.

Sigh. Maybe these younguns should take a leaf out of Tokyo Sexwale’s book on how to handle the press?

Read more about that here.

This is a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black.

Joe Social

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