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Zuma acolytes throw weight behind Ace and RET agenda
A group calling itself Radical Economic Transformation, led by the Umkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans' Association (MKMVA), protested against what they called the continued ‘persecution’ of former president Jacob Zuma through state instruments and for the Zondo Commission to be dissolved.
A small group, clad in ANC and MKMVA regalia, assembled at the Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown, Johannesburg, on Friday 9 October, before marching to the Zondo Commission, which is sitting in Braamfontein. They called on Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo to recuse himself because of alleged bias against Zuma. And they claimed the sole purpose of the commission was to attack Zuma and suppress radical economic transformation (RET) interests.
Speaking at Mary Fitzgerald Square, Zuma loyalist and MKMVA spokesperson Carl Niehaus claimed the commission was selective in the way it deals with information.
“The purpose of all this is to prevent the economic transformation of South Africa, to prevent the strangle grip that white monopoly capitalism has over the economy of South Africa for many years, if not centuries,” Niehaus claimed.
“What we are doing here today is to fight for the true revolutionary heart of the ANC… We are here to say the ANC should return to its roots.”
Niehaus also used the opportunity to try to drum up support for ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule. It comes in the wake of refuted media reports that a warrant of arrest had been issued for Magashule over the controversial Vrede Dairy Farm project. The Hawks have distanced themselves from the reports, saying no warrant has been issued.
“Magashule has made it his life’s task to push for RET,” Niehaus claimed, adding that opponents of RET wanted to get Magashule charged so that he could then also be forced to step aside.
In closing his speech, Niehaus ended with a threat: “Touch Zuma and Magashule and incur our wrath.”
President of the Imbumba Business Association, Themba Khumalo, said that white monopoly-controlled businesses should give black poor people opportunities and that Imbumba supported RET.
He said Imbumba “represents business forums” and was against the continued persecution of black leaders such as Zuma.
The group said that it would ask Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng to remove Justice Zondo, or that he be forced to recuse himself and for the commission to be dissolved.
Zuma supporter Bongani Mbebe, who said he had come from Cape Town, told Daily Maverick that he was also there for RET interests and Magashule. He said Magashule played a huge role in ensuring that the organisation functioned properly.
“We do not expect Magashule to go to jail; if he goes, we will go with him. Both Zuma and Magashule do not deserve this treatment as they gave their lives for the liberation of the people of this country,” said Mbebe.
Mbebe said they were not against the arrest of wrongdoers, but were concerned that when it came to Zuma and Magashule, there seemed to be an obvious conspiracy.
The group proceeded to the Zondo Commission, where they protested outside and handed over a memorandum. DM
“Magashule has made it his life’s task to push for RET,” Niehaus claimed”, I would be very worried if this is all the support I could muster. Niehaus himself is one of the biggest failure on two legs.
Nothing but a vacuous and degenerate rabble. Isn’t it amazing how these brain-dead individuals and their crooked masters, in seeing SA finally seeking justice for grand theft and corruption that has devastated and brought this country to its knees, always claim political conspiracy and personal vendettas. They have learnt well from that grandmaster of theft and corruption to lie, deny, delay, ignore and obfuscate. NPA, AFU, Hawks – don’t be deterred! Be single-minded and complete your task at hand – the nation demands and expects nothing less!!!
There are a handful of protesters. Surely this is irrelevant.
I would think a publication like DM has better things to cover.
Well here’s an opportunity… No need for a trial of these idiots…. Prosecute Magashule and send him to jail and the rest will follow “We do not expect Magashule to go to jail; if he goes, we will go with him”.
Let’s not miss out on this offer to rid ourselves of more of these hypocrites who support people that by all accounts see RET as a means of transforming themselves into super rich individuals with not a care for those of their comrades who are genuinely in need of thr fruitd of proper transformation..