And we suppose it makes sense in a way, seeing that the ANC has kicked him out and his career as farmer never took off. Earlier this week his cabbage and tomato farm in Limpopo was auctioned off for R2.5m. The SABC reported that the successful bidder was Calli Calitz from Vencor – an abattoir in Polokwane. We are looking forward to tasting the cabbages after the 140ha farm was seized by the Asset Forfeiture Unit in March as part of selling off Malema’s assets to settle his unpaid tax bill.
Juju’s fresh venture, according to a report in The Star newspapers is to establish a movement that would “restore the dignity of blacks” and reduce inequality between rich and poor. At the moment he is in a “consultancy phase” of his new movement/party/forum.
The envisaged movement/party/forum would also “fight for social justice rather than reconciliation and resume an onslaught against white male monopoly capital. It would push for expropriation of land without compensation, nationalisation of mines, and force the beneficiaries of apartheid to be remorseful “and behave in a manner that says they regret their conduct,” the Star report says.
The best bit is saved for last. Malema apparently told the newspaper that corruption and abuse of public funds were rampant, while the culprits were being exonerated through “micro-managed” investigations. He decided to organise “radical militants” in and outside the African National Congress “to come together and talk about an alternative platform”.
“I think we should find a way of sitting together and decide what to do,” Malema told the newspaper. “We are being molested here. I refuse to sit back. It can’t be. And I think there should be some sort of an announcement soon,” he said.
We obviously can’t wait (for the announcement).