Cape Town — African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) leader, Colleen Malataji, said he would take action to remove President Cyril Ramaphosa if the unemployment crisis is not resolved.
Malatji was speaking during the ANCYL’s Economic Freedom March to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) offices in Sandton as thounsands of young people took to the streets to protest for a more inclusive economy and greater economic opportunities for the youth, EWN reported.
As the crowds gathered outside the offices, Malatji said the JSE has failed to engage the youth in its economic activies, and in a message to Ramaphosa, Malatji was clear on what he would do if the issue was not sorted.
“If by December there is no clear direction, we have resolved that I am going to install myself as the president of this country. It is clear that we can lead better than them,” said Malatji.
ANC Youth League President Collen Malatji sends a message to President Cyril Ramaphosa.
He says if there’s no solution to the unemployment crisis by December, the Youth League will ‘remove’ him from the Union Buildings. @Alpha_Mero25 pic.twitter.com/L8VkdaYnDR
— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) October 11, 2024
According to SABC News, The ANCYL Treasurer General, Zwelo Masilela, said the governent and private sector should provide a solution to the unemployment crisis before the youth takes matters into their own hands. South Africa’s unemployments stands at 33.5%, with 60% of that figure made up of youths.
“It will be a rupture, and we may not be able to lead it. Young people will allow them to lead themselves because this revolution now, they’ve been too patient with it. And as the Youth League, we are standing in front as the leadership. And we are saying, the leadership of government, business and everybody needs to provide solutions and end unemployment,” Masilela said.
Meanwhile, young people have been clear on their demands that they will accept nothing less than economic emancipation and job creation from government and the private sector and asked the JSE to accept the memoradnum.
“So what I’m saying is because we are going to knock in every one of the private sectors. The private sector must then come and employ young people of South Africa,” says an ANCYL member.
Anti-government protests and uprisings could be the order of the day should the government and the private sector continue to fail South Africa’s youth. This is the warning ANC Youth League president Collen Malatji issued on Friday.
He was addressing a march to end youth… pic.twitter.com/jzsWDekCy8
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