ANC Youth League refuses to accept responsibility for riot
By Khanyisa Tabata
30 August 2011
ANC Youth League spokesperson Magdalene Moonsamy says the protestors who burnt t-shirts and posters with President Jacob Zuma’s image outside Luthuli House this morning are not Youth League members.
Moonsamy distanced the League from the young people who rioted in Johannesburg, saying the League loves the ANC.
Police and journalists were pelted with rocks and bottles, prompting the police to respond with tear gas, rubber bullets and water canon.
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe has blamed those who organised the protest for the chaos and trashing of streets.
Mantashe says Youth League leader Julius Malema’s disciplinary hearing is proceeding as planned despite the mayhem.
Meanwhile Cosatu has strongly condemned what it describes as “the hooligan behaviour of some of the protesters”.
The union federation says the burning of symbols of the ANC and images of Zuma and Communist Party general secretary Blade Nzimande demonstrates their contempt for the organisation they claim to be members of.
Cosatu spokesperson Patrick Craven says the ANC must be free to conduct its disciplinary hearings without being intimidated by such disloyal and provocative acts.
30 August 2011
ANC Youth League spokesperson Magdalene Moonsamy says the protestors who burnt t-shirts and posters with President Jacob Zuma’s image outside Luthuli House this morning are not Youth League members.
Moonsamy distanced the League from the young people who rioted in Johannesburg, saying the League loves the ANC.
Police and journalists were pelted with rocks and bottles, prompting the police to respond with tear gas, rubber bullets and water canon.
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe has blamed those who organised the protest for the chaos and trashing of streets.
Mantashe says Youth League leader Julius Malema’s disciplinary hearing is proceeding as planned despite the mayhem.
Meanwhile Cosatu has strongly condemned what it describes as “the hooligan behaviour of some of the protesters”.
The union federation says the burning of symbols of the ANC and images of Zuma and Communist Party general secretary Blade Nzimande demonstrates their contempt for the organisation they claim to be members of.
Cosatu spokesperson Patrick Craven says the ANC must be free to conduct its disciplinary hearings without being intimidated by such disloyal and provocative acts.
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