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Malema gives Zanu-PF friends $6,000 wedding gift
Julius Malema, who owes R16m in tax charges and was reportedly declared broke earlier this year, gave Zimbabwean friends a cash gift of $6000 for their wedding, so they can start a family who can ultimately support his revolution by ELIZABETH GLANVILLE JULIUS Malema, who owes R16m in taxes and has recently been in court facing charges of corruption, gave a $6000 (about £3700) cash gift to Zimababwean friends who tied the knot in Harare last Saturday. The Sunday Independent reported that Malema was broke earlier this year. Malema was a guest at the wedding of Mike Gava and Tendai Wenyika, who are both members of the ZANU-PF youth league. “Speaking here as an unemployed fellow who got fired from work and is unable to commit more than what the minister (Saviour Kasukuwere) has committed, I have made consultations with friendly forces here in Zimbabwe who are doing well in their own right in business and they have asked me to commit US$6,000 to you Tendai and Mike,” Malema told the couple.
The ex-ANCYL leader told the couple to use his gift “to start a family”. He dubbed the happy couple “revolutionaries”, and said that “we must reproduce ourselves. For our ideas to be sustainable, we have to reproduce ourselves. In the whole of Africa, we are not more than one billion and the world has got seven billion people.” “What it means is that we have less than a billion people in Africa facing more than six billion.” He added, “We have to be half of that so that our ideas can dominate. I know that in some instances size does not matter, but when it comes to a revolution, size matters.” Gava already has four wives, and purportedly 22 children. “You must never be ashamed of having many kids,” Malema told Gava. “You must be ashamed of having many wives, not many kids. Many wives are not an alternative. Actually they spread diseases because that is
multisexual relationship and they are not protected. Have many kids with one wife Mike.” Throughout his speech Malema praised Mugabe; his support for the Zimbabwean leader and the ZANU-PF party became a contentious issues when he was expelled from the ANC. He also implored Mandela to support his plans for the nationalisation of South African mines and faster land reforms. “President Mugabe ushered in political freedom, President Mandela ushered in political freedom and they are relying on the young ones to continue with the struggle. We are not going to disappoint them,” Malema told the wedding guests. “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.
‘Broke’ Julius Malema gives Zim couple $6,000. Photo by Heather Walker.
“Don’t 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
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