Who is in charge?

[IanF]

Here is a good analysis by John Kane-Berman.

"[Malema]... has identified a fast-growing, political market: black youth. A minority of this group can benefit from cadre deployment, patronage, nepotism, tenderpreneurship, fronting, affirmative action, black economic empowerment, and the other familiar components of ANC policy.

"The rest have little hope," he said.

"Their education is mostly dreadful, their employment prospects are low, and their chances of winding up in crime statistics or dead from Aids are quite high," he said.

"When Mr Malema says Cosatu and the South African Communist Party have betrayed the poor he is right." link

Are we sitting on a time bomb were the majority have nothing to lose so they vote for the best sounding alternative?

[Dave A]

The problem is what Juju is offering isn't going to solve the problems of these youth that seem to have such poor prospects either.

[Butch Hannan]

Of course he is in charge. He is primed and ready to explode. He has a tremendous following among the young black people. The ANC hierarchy are scared of him.

[tec0]

Well one can only wonder what actions and laws will become relevant. Will the youth leader be seen as a terrorist by the ANC when the time comes? Will the world share this view and if so what would their reaction be? What actions will be taken?

These are the questions that the media must be asking, but they don’t. This worries me…