Controversially elected ANCYL Leader wants to drive mine nationalisation

ANCYL-Logo1Port Shepstone – The Young Lions were ready to finally deal with the Economic Freedom Fighters, newly elected KwaZulu-Natal ANCYL chairperson Thami Ngubane said on Sunday.

Ngubane, who is also Umvoti mayor, was delivering his first address as the provincial leader of the youth league at the Ugu Sports and Leisure centre in Port Shepstone.

“The ANC needs to forget about the EFF, we are back and we are here to deal with them. The ANC is 103 years-old, it can’t be dealing with political toddlers. The EFF was born yesterday, it has no history and it has no future because it does not have a vision.

“They are thieves that stole our resolutions and represented them as their own ideas. They cannot think for themselves, I would equate what they have done to plagiarism. What is the EFF saying that we haven’t said in the past?” asked Ngubane to loud cheers.

The fiery new leader beat his opponent Sipho Hlomuka from the eThekwini region.

The congress began 12 hours late and voting took place without six branches who had allegedly not registered in an attempt to disrupt the congress on Saturday.

Two people, believed to be in Hlomuka’s faction, were shot with rubber bullets during a standoff between the police and the disgruntled members. The six branches allegedly travelled back to Durban on Saturday night after being refused entrance to the congress venue.

“I am also sure that our forefathers are a bit disturbed by the highest ill-discipline that we witness during this congress. What happened last night [Saturday] tells me that we have not rebuilt the party. We are only starting the rebuilding process now,” said Ngubane.

He said the issue of nationalisation of mines belonged to the ANC Youth League.

“That is our resolution. We need to continue to persuade the ANC to nationalise the mines. It took time to convince them to form Umkhonto weSizwe and it is going to take time to nationalise the mines,” said Ngubane.

 

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