The DA Carries the Legacy of Apartheid, Not That of Madiba
Helen Zille claims that; "the ANC has given up on Mandela's legacy. After Sunday, we've only heard of racism and division," she is reported to have said. She further claims Mandela would never have done this and that the DA is about bringing people together as one nation in line with the vision of Nelson Mandela.
What we are witnessing here is Zille masquerading as the self-appointed spokesperson and custodian of the legacy of Mandela - one of the greatest icons to have emerged from within the ranks of the ANC. Zille carelessly speaks about Mandela as if he is no longer on this earth with us to defend his own legacy - her desperation legitimizes her narrow racist agenda makes her totally oblivious to the fact that Mandela is still alive and perfectly capable of speaking for himself.
To remind Zille just yesterday the former president of the ANC, the bearer of Isithwalandwe (highest Award in the ANC, received by few dedicated and outstanding cadres of revolution), and yet again voted for the ANC in an unbroken pattern of political consistency.
The last time we checked Mandela was still a disciplined and loyal member of the African National Congress - the very party that Zille says is undermining his legacy. If Zille took the time to listen to Mandela when he was still the president she would have recalled that Mandela himself has consistently said that he was able to achieve what he achieved precisely because of the many good man and women who worked with him in the ANC.
The Mandela, Mbeki, and Zuma governments are all ANC governments and Zille must not conveniently separate their successes from the ANC.
Helen Zille's conduct is more of a political vulture who can't even wait for the prey to die but would rather go for the vulnerable. Political vampires always smell blood and this behaviour of this old young granny does not do any good to the health of the old man. Helen Zille is absolutely insensitive to the health condition of Baba Madiba and may be Mandela to her is just another darkie too.
The fact that Zille chose to join a liberal rightwing party, which opposed the ANC government, instead of the ANC when Mandela was the president of the ANC and the country betray herself serving pretentious reverence for the legacy of Mandela.
Perhaps she was too young to understand politics of the time when Mandela was released from prison. Perhaps madam Zille is proving herself to be nothing else but a typical case of a Political Genetically Modified Organism (GMO).
As COSATU in KZN, we fail to see how talking about the realities of racism and division which still pervades our country will erode Mandela's legacy. Mandela himself was acutely aware of the problem of racism and polarization in our country and he certainly did not advocate for an ANC that will not speak about addressing and redressing these challenges.
Maybe Zille wants the rest of South Africa to be like Western Cape where the apartheid policy of separate and unequal development continues unabated under the DA government.
Helen Zille's carefully staged interviews where she is surrounded by smiling darkies testifies to a racially based election campaigning aimed at attracting blacks to support her party and this is a practical example that illustrate how DA contradicts itself.
Indeed, her approach confirms that she is a jackal in a sheep skin, a teenager trapped in a granny's body. Come the 18th May 2011, all the monkey dancing and tricks will come to an end when the movement that produced Madiba celebrates its decisive elections victory for local government, including the Cape Town Metro.
Statement issued by Zet Luzipo, COSATU KZN Provincial Secretary, May 17 2011
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