SixKeys:
My King

Magnoliaa:
Who is he?

Anyway, there are different facets to people...
Pictures also do not capture a person's personality adequately...

TjoBATHONG:
He's the leader of SA's third biggest political party - the Economic Freedom Fighters and perhaps the most world known across Africa after Nelson Mandela and Jacob Zuma.

dawnomike:
That is where he has his peace and happiness... Tiger out there but a babe at home

But check him when he's with his wife

Magnoliaa:


Awwwnnn. ^_^ They really look good together and seem like legit couple goals. It's like I've come around to seeing the perspective of the article. There's something quite sweet and heart-melting about seeing a rare side of a person, alone.

I think I've found my African version of Michelle and Barrack Obama.

TjoBATHONG:


He's the leader of SA's third biggest political party - the Economic Freedom Fighters and perhaps the most well-known known SA politician across Africa after Nelson Mandela and Jacob Zuma.

He's popular across Africa because he always speak up.against xenophobia and wants open borders across the continent.

tommy589:



I like him and want him to continue his fire brand activism as an opposition. What is the political,security,economic etc sense in throwing your borders open for immigrants? Yet to see an activist aside Fidel Castro that became a good leader

tommy589:



I like him and want him to continue his fire brand activism as an opposition. What is the political,security,economic etc sense in throwing your borders open for immigrants? Yet to see an activist aside Fidel Castro that became a good leader

TjoBATHONG:
The original African version was Nelson and Winnie Mandela, in my opinion.

Unless there are other versions in Africa I'm unaware of.

I'm not a fan of Malema though

tommy589:
I like him and want him to continue his fire brand activism as an opposition. What is the political,security,economic etc sense in throwing your borders open for immigrants? Yet to see an activist aside Fidel Castro that became a good leader

MufasaLion:
Julius Malema, my man. I admire and respect Professor P.L.O. Lumumba of Kenya also.

Both are great men!

MufasaLion:


Thomas Sankara was a good leader before he was assassinated by the French.

Magnoliaa:


Fidel Castro was a good leader? (Wasn't he a dictator?)

TjoBATHONG:
I agree. I think he's also got a role to play as a strong opposition voice in SA - he was very instrumental in dethroning Jacob Zuma and he's a thorn in the side of white people.

But I want him nowhere near the presidency as he's very erratic, two-faced and potentially very corrupt. He's also flip flopped on a lot of issues - Robert Mugabe, Jacob Zuma, Venezuela but many say it's cause of his young age. Atleast he's consistent on his panafricanist stance.

tommy589:
So dictators don't make good leaders

Atta turk
Ghadafi
Tito
Khomeini
etc

Democratic dictators:
Lee Kuan yew
Nehru/Ghandi dynasty

tommy589:
No doubt about Sankara. But not in the mould of political activists because of his career in the military

tommy589:


No doubt about Sankara. But not in the mould of political activists because of his career in the military

TjoBATHONG:


I think Malema is more popular across the continent than in SA. He's stuck on 10% of the vote for the last 2 elections. So most of us don't think he's great unfortunately.

Magnoliaa:
Okayy, they did fit the 'profile.' I agree. But personally, I'd rate Julius and Mantwa as the first for me. I mean, just look at them... a 'powerful man; refined lady', going strong. I don't know if it's not in your culture, but I noticed she didn't change her surname.
^{[/sup] professional women who've built their brands around their names usually opt for a double-barrel surname in SA. And I see that's what Malema's wife also did - it just wasn't mentioned in the title of that article. They met as Malema's accountant [sup]}

Most lily-livered African (read Nigerian) men would have been having epileptic episodes and giving lectures on submission and insubordination.
^{[/sup] I've noticed some cavemen mentality in my previous threads in this romance section [sup]}

Of course, there are other versions. President Bubu and Madam Aisha.
^{[/sup] I doubt IPOBians will second that [sup]}

Really? Why?
^{[/sup] we first knew of him as the president of the ruling ANC youth League back in the day and in an effort to oust then president Thabo Mbeki prematurely and replace him with a scandal-ridden Jacob Zuma (rape and corruption charges as deputy president of SA) Malema would go around inciting violence and saying he'd "kill for Zuma". Disliked him from then as much as I dislike JZ. They fell out though once Zuma was president and Malema was kicked out of the ANCYL - that's when he formed the EFF and vowed to dethrone Zuma [sup]}

Magnoliaa:


I seee. Aren't most politicians generally like that? But then perspective... everyone sees a different side of a public figure. While you have some condemning, you have others praising and talking about their good works. I'll only take this as your opinion sha and see if anybody else come along to disagree with this statement.
m.

tommy589:


So dictators don't make good leaders

Atta turk
Ghadafi
Tito
Khomeini
etc

Democratic dictators:
Lee Kuan yew
Nehru/Ghandi dynasty

TjoBATHONG:
He's definitely very different from most SA politicians - a disrupter of sorts. That's why his actions seem magnified to most people.

Magnoliaa:


I'm starting to like him for that, lmao. I like people who disrupt things, kos trouble and just generally being contrarians to the conventional.