KIM KARDASH
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- Sep 21, 2011
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The Former ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema who is currently a South African presidential candidate through his ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTER Party(EFF) has stated he believes only bloodshed will help him get South Africas land and mineral resources, according to the state owned Herald newspaper.
Malema who was in Harare to attend a ZANU PF youth officials wedding was quoted by the Herald saying blood would solve the land issue.
He said the youths in South Africa were calling for whites to surrender land and minerals resources they hold because when they came from Europe they did not carry any land into South Africa.
What we are asking is for them to surrender our minerals because they did not come with any mineral. We want that land and those minerals for free because they never paid for those minerals.
Malema said whites committed murder to get land.
We are coming here to Zimbabwe not because we are running away from problems, but to come and gain strength because what you have achieved is an inspiration to Africa.
Dont listen to imperialist newspapers. You have achieved a lot. You are running your own country, you have been managing your own affairs and you are not controlled by foreigners. That is what we need in South Africa.
He boldly stated that his visit to Zimbabwe was meant to create inspiration so to replicated land and property seizures as done in Zimbabwe.
So we came here just to seek an inspiration and wisdom so that when we go home, we can double the spirit of fighting against imperialist forces.
Malema said the African struggle was not ambiguous as it had clear, set goals.
Our struggle is a defined struggle. We are not a lost generation. We are asking what belongs to us. We are not asking for any favour neither are we victimising anybody.
He said the youths in South Africa were calling for whites to surrender land and minerals resources they hold because when they came from Europe they did not carry any land into South Africa. What we are asking is for them to surrender our minerals because they did not come with any mineral. We want that land and those minerals for free because they never paid for those minerals.
He continued: Actually they killed people to get that land and those minerals. We are not going to give them money when we take the land back because it will be like we are thanking them with money for killing our people. We will never do that, little did they know that we are not scared of blood. We are scared of defeat. We dont want to be defeated but seeing blood is not what we are scared of as long as that blood delivers what belongs to us we are prepared to go to that extent.
Because it cannot be generations before us, whichAnyway, we are one people. When you stand here and you speak Shona, to me you sound like you speak Venda. You see medicine in Venda is mushonga and in Shona its mushonga. So essentially, we are one people. There is no South Africa and there is no Zimbabwe. There is Africa. We belong to one continent. We will forever treat each other as brothers and sisters because we belong to one continent.
These borders you see are artificial demarcations imposed on us by imperialists. They are not of our own making and so we cannot use their gate to determine our relationship. Ours is a blood relationship and blood will remain thicker than water. Thats what brings us together.
When I was coming to this wedding in South Africa they said I was running away from problems and I was coming to seek asylum here in Zimbabwe little did they know that I will never run away from South Africa. I will never run away from problems because problems are my life. So running away from problems will be like running away from my life."