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Luthuli House and ANCYL riot a Twitter trending topic
30 Aug 2011 at 12:48hrs | Views
Johannesburg - Luthuli House and the ANC Youth League made the list of "breaking globally" Twitter trends on Tuesday afternoon as supporters of league president Julius Malema ran riot in downtown Johannesburg.
People took to Twitter expressing shock at the behaviour of those throwing rocks and broken bricks.
"Seems that all these #ANCYL twits are doing is making us look like idiots the world over," a Twitter user wrote on the social networking site.
"If I was #Malema I would be worried about the size of the crowd and the calibre of my supporters #LuthuliHouse," wrote another user.
"If #Malema was concerned about the manner his supporters are behaving, he would call for calm. This riot is obviously ANCYL sanctioned."
"#malema #ancyl: if malema is allowed to calm things down he has anc by the balls. Anc must push through and the government must handle it."
"This ish just is not acceptable! As a leader he should make it clear to his followers that they can't act out like this! #Malema."
Another Twitter user said Zuma, who was in Norway, should come back to South Africa.
Call for Zuma to return
"The President and his Deputy are out of the country. Could the Malema Faction in the ANC stage a coup d'juju? Or what? Come home Zuma!"
Malema supporters were seen burning ANC flags, T-shirts and posters with President Jacob Zuma's face printed on them.
"Madiba,Tambo,Sisulu,ppl who worked so hard for our freedom just to have some idiots burn the ANC flag over their idiot leader!!!wow!#ANCYL," wrote a Twitter user.
"This whole #ANCYL is totally F#*k'd! Seriously! Now its "kill Zuma", where it was "kill for Zuma"! Ai this country and its politics..."
"Surely it's tantamount to treason the burning of pictures of the President? #malema," wrote another user.
The ANC Youth League condemned the violence on Tuesday afternoon..
"The ANCYL strongly condemns and dissociates itself from the burning of ANC T-shirts with the face of President Zuma," it said in a statement.
"We... call on those who are here to support the leadership to exercise maximum discipline and do so in a peaceful manner, regard and respect to the ANC process."
People took to Twitter expressing shock at the behaviour of those throwing rocks and broken bricks.
"Seems that all these #ANCYL twits are doing is making us look like idiots the world over," a Twitter user wrote on the social networking site.
"If I was #Malema I would be worried about the size of the crowd and the calibre of my supporters #LuthuliHouse," wrote another user.
"If #Malema was concerned about the manner his supporters are behaving, he would call for calm. This riot is obviously ANCYL sanctioned."
"#malema #ancyl: if malema is allowed to calm things down he has anc by the balls. Anc must push through and the government must handle it."
"This ish just is not acceptable! As a leader he should make it clear to his followers that they can't act out like this! #Malema."
Another Twitter user said Zuma, who was in Norway, should come back to South Africa.
"The President and his Deputy are out of the country. Could the Malema Faction in the ANC stage a coup d'juju? Or what? Come home Zuma!"
Malema supporters were seen burning ANC flags, T-shirts and posters with President Jacob Zuma's face printed on them.
"Madiba,Tambo,Sisulu,ppl who worked so hard for our freedom just to have some idiots burn the ANC flag over their idiot leader!!!wow!#ANCYL," wrote a Twitter user.
"This whole #ANCYL is totally F#*k'd! Seriously! Now its "kill Zuma", where it was "kill for Zuma"! Ai this country and its politics..."
"Surely it's tantamount to treason the burning of pictures of the President? #malema," wrote another user.
The ANC Youth League condemned the violence on Tuesday afternoon..
"The ANCYL strongly condemns and dissociates itself from the burning of ANC T-shirts with the face of President Zuma," it said in a statement.
"We... call on those who are here to support the leadership to exercise maximum discipline and do so in a peaceful manner, regard and respect to the ANC process."
Source - Sapa
