Expelled ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema is a “populist, lumpen and right-wing demagogue,” the Communication Workers Union said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
“The CWU condemns the populist, lumpen and right-wing demagogue Julius Malema, who is also known as tenderpreneur,” said the union in a statement.<\/p>\n
The union accused Malema of using the recent shooting of 34 mineworkers at the Lonmin mine in Marikana for his own political gain.<\/p>\n
“It is not exactly known when this lumpen started to be involved in the mining sector,” said the union.<\/p>\n
“The loosely-structured Malema, who suffers from a never-ending verbal diarrhoea, has been scavenging, among others, on deceased workers to gain popularity.”<\/p>\n
The union accused Malema of using the deaths to engage in attacks against President Jacob Zuma, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the Congress of SA Trade Unions.<\/p>\n
CWU’s slamming of Malema comes on the heels of comments from the National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu), criticising Malema and accusing him of “Nazi tactics”.<\/p>\n
Malema spokesman Floyd Shivambu hit back against the unions and defended the expelled ANCYL president’s stance.<\/p>\n
“We don’t respond to fools. We don’t dignify fools,” Shivambu said.<\/p>\n
Shivambu accused unions critical of Malema of themselves being in factional battles, and serving the interests of Zuma.<\/p>\n
“They’re narrow, they have no politics. They’re just a lackey of Jacob Zuma,” Shivambu said.<\/p>\n
Since the shooting of the 34 mineworkers a month ago, Malema has been a fixture in the Rustenburg area, speaking to disgruntled mineworkers.<\/p>\n
This week, Malema called on mine workers to go on a nation-wide strike to remove the leadership of the NUM. – Sapa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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