STATE IS IN DENIAL - BUTHELEZI

Well there's nothing new there now is there! When Dr Beetroot was on sick leave and they didn't like what her deputy said, irrespective of the fact that what she was true, she got fired! What is happening to our so called democracy? How long will it be before the rot is so firmly entrenched that not even a crow bar will remove it. I almost choked when I read that Buthelezi said "an extraordinary level of moral leadership" would be needed if the country was to confront its problems.", and who did we get - our one and only Zuma who is up on fraud and corruption charges - now there is a man with a "truely extraorindary and even more remarkable level of moral leadership"! I personally doubt that he could find a 'moral' if it bit him on the arse!

State is in denial - Buthelezi
October 08 2006 at 04:44PM

The South African government was in denial over the realities of HIV and Aids, crime and unemployment, Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi said over the weekend. "One is shocked by the negligent conduct of government... for such neglect mirrors the syndrome of denial which has characterised government's response in respect of all the real problems of this country," he told the party's 31st annual conference in Ulundi on Saturday.

A lack of willingness on government's part to accept that crime-fighting in the country was structurally and intrinsically wrong, was discussed at the meeting. Buthelezi also criticised the country's leader. He said "an extraordinary level of moral leadership" would be needed if the country was to confront its problems.


"We are constantly confronted with a litany of abuses of power, which shows that our present ruling class has no respect for the state and the rule of law. When the law does not suite their political objective, they change it." He said party floor-crossing as one example. "The Constitution was amended to make legal legislation allowing political representatives to cross the floor, which had been previously declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court."

"The ANC goes through the electoral process and when its results do not suit it, it merely steals away those elected by other parties." He cited the ANC's handling of its defeat in the city of Cape Town during recent municipal elections there as testament to its attitude. "When the rules of democracy do not yield an ANC victory, the ANC just ignores or changes such rules. The outrageous and morally repugnant conduct with which they are now trying to oust... the democratically-elected mayor of Cape Town is a precedent which affects everyone," Buthelezi concluded.

The IFP's conference ends on Sunday. - Sapa