MALEMA'S iDIOTIC BABY BREEDING PROGRAM

Julius Malema, in a throwback reminiscent of Japan's wartime era militaristic ambitions, called on women to have more babies. He exhorted black women this past week to reproduce because white people want to reduce black numbers to take over politically. Malema regards women's primary role as one of reproduction. Black women are, as far as Malema is concerned, simply birth-giving machines whose societal function is nothing more than a "revolutionary duty . . . to make children". Malema, like other demagogues, shoot from the hip without regard to accuracy or consequences. In this respect, Malema proffers that white people " do not want us to give birth because they know we are more than them . . . and the day they are more than us they will take over our land". Statistically the number of white people will not exceed black people in Malema's lifetime and beyond. In fact, according to a report by the South African Institute of Race Relations the country's white population may be extinct by the year 2061. One should not judge Malema too harshly for his ignorance of demographic statistical characteristics - his less than academically challenging BA degree did nothing for him in this regard. Unfortunately there are revolutionary followers of Malema who blindly accept his hyperbolic babble, and will answer the breeding call. In doing so, they will add to the millions of poverty stricken helpless children who lack the basics in healthcare, education and nutrition. They will be trapped in a cycle of poverty for which there is likely no escape - a new generation to be cast aside by the reckless actions of a firebrand more interested in political power than breaking the cycle of poverty for millions of people. There is a saying: wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. Clearly something to think about for the man in the red beret.