Malema’s disrespectfulness, ooogghh!

Sinikiwe Mqadi

Malema’s disrespectfulness, ooogghh!

Bloggers I have been reading the South African newspapers and the ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema ‘BIG MOUTH’ is usually in editions and every time I saw the headline about him I would knew before I read it that someone is being insulted by him. I would like to share few of them with you.

On the The Times 2009 October 14 and 15 edition, Malema was calling the leader of the IFP Mangosuthu Buthelezi a ‘factory fault’ because his political party was involved in violence between 1980s and 1990s. I don’t understand why he keeps on telling South Africans about what was happening in the past; we can read history books if we are interested. Whether Buthelezi’s party did that or not we are not interested this is a new South Africa. What I can tell Malema is that native Africans respect their elders.

The Times April 2009, Malema said the former President Thabo Mbeki is a bad example to South Africans. Out of everything that Mbeki did for South Africans and Africans then that’s how the ANC appreciates him, I don’t understand why ANC leaders don’t discipline Malema for his disrespectfulness.

On SABC news 2009 May 1, Malema called Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille a racist girl in celebrations of workers’ day in Shabalala stadium in the north of Durban. Just imagine he was talking rubbish to workers, people who have minds and they are professional and above that all he is getting paid by tax payers’ money (workers), but he was spoon-feeding them with insults terms.

I wonder what lesson he is trying to emphasise to South African youth. Instead of making the lives of South African Youth better he is talking rubbish. I don’t understand the whole point of Malema’s speeches. He must always remember that ‘Umuntu Umuntu ngabantu.’

There's Hope Afterall

Dude! I just recieved the best news I've had all week (besides finding a new series starring Mischa Barton. She is beautiful, I don't care what you say. You know who you are.). Okay well, let me start at the beginning.

If you look at the photograph I posted of the ROAR members marching, you'd know that this week was animal anti-cruelty week at Rhodes University. And with that, they had a photo-expo up at one of our lecture venues, Eden Grove. See, I'm the kind of person who, as an animal lover, refuses to be ignorant to what these people have to say (plus I tend to be a little self-destructive). Naturally I looked at the photographs of horrible things that people do to animals. Among many of the things, I feel most strongly about animal testing. And so the photographs of the terrible experiments they do on animals had the biggest affect on me. Thing is, it kills me to think that one of my animals might ever be abused like that (the picture above is my baby Aliaah). Essentially, the only thing separating your bunny Mr.Sparkles and test subject 30042 is...luck. If you have a pet, or have ever loved an animal, you should care that when you buy certain products, you are supporting companies which torture animals so that they can have bigger profits.

But before you declare the world a dark place and retreat to a badly lit room and an eternity of Dashboard Confessional and Death Cab for Cutie... there is hope. Certain organisations have compiled lists of compassionate companies with cruelty-free products. I recommend the PETA list, mostly cos it doesn't only have tree-hugging and completely unnknown brands. Its the brands you know, the ones you love. So the main reason I am so elated, is because I found out that my favourite cosmetics brand, Clinique, is on Peta's list of compassionate companies. This is definately a victory for women all over the world that care.

Here is the linky: http://search.caringconsumer.com/search_list_icons.aspx?Donottest=-1&Product=Sub_93&Dotest=-1.

Now you have something to be excited about too. Anyway, how was your week?

Into the distance

Here is the new design for the Rhodes 1st XI cricket hats. Dean McLuckie the chairman of the club says that these hats "create an identity for the club and for the 1st XI".

Show Some Skin, in the Good Way

Rhodes University's animal rights organisation, ROAR, held a protest march on the 5th of October against fur and leather as a part of their animal rights awareness week at the university.

Cricket: It gives me grey hairs!

Evening all

Now as I have learnt in this terms studies of Blogs and so on, that this is a space were I can voice my opinions and if you feel comfortable enough you can voice yours back. So here goes as I take the baby steps into what could be an elustrious career as a 'blogger'.
Firstly I would just like to say congratulations to Australia for their wictory last night over the Kiwis in the Champions Trophy and I feel that they were the deserved winners. As for us South Africans we were sent tails between our legs scampering out of their before the semi-finals. As an avid fan reason number 1 that I came up with for our poor performance was that we had a side that was completely underdone before the tournament even started. You can't expect to go into a tournament like that prepared by playing one warm up game against a mediocre West Indies side. Reason 2 is that we were far too predictable in our matches. All the sides knew what our game plan was going to be because it worked against Australia and they played to counter that, so across the cricketing world they all knew what to expect from us. The last reason that I could think of was our lack of big match players - but more importantly players who could take responsibility in those crucial must win situations. Grame Smith was the only player who stood up against it when we needed someone to pull us through and no one was there with him!
South african cricket is arguably the strongest in the world so I feel that people must stop taking such a negative attitude towards this failure but instead look at how we can learn and improve and ultimately become that force that we know we can be!!!

Yours in Sport
Tucky