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                        ALEXANDRA – Ramaphosa gets youth thumbs up.            </div>
            
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              Keith Maphutha has advice for Cyril Ramaphosa on. Photo: Leseho Manala           </div>
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                <p></p><p>Keith Maphuta, a youth leader of the African National 
Congress in Alex urged party members and constituents to support the 
leadership of party president Cyril Ramaphosa in steering the country 
back on its transformation agenda.</p>
<p>This, as the party is preoccupied with the transition from the Jacob Zuma-led administration.</p>
<p style="text-align:center"><strong>Read: <span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><a style="color:rgb(255,0,0)" href="https://alexnews.co.za/109456/steep-road-ahead-freedom-front-plus-ramaphosa-win/" target="_blank">Steep road ahead – Freedom Front Plus on Ramaphosa win</a></span></strong></p>
<p>Maphuta said Alex youth and most party members overwhelmingly lobbied
 for Ramaphosa who they expected to return the party to its mandate of 
being a unifier and leader of society.</p>
<blockquote><p>“His [Ramaphosa] team should bridge the social distance 
past leadership created from society and deal with erring members 
seeking to destroy the party’s revered morals from within,” said 
Maphutha.</p></blockquote>
<p>He added that this should be a priority for the Integrity Commission 
whose powers were restored as part of the party’s renewal mandate to 
ensure respect for the party and government constitutions, restore 
confidence in the party and confront corrupt tendencies.</p>
<p style="text-align:center"><strong>Read: <span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><a style="color:rgb(255,0,0)" href="https://alexnews.co.za/110929/update-ipid-believes-metro-police-covered-nare-murder/" target="_blank">UPDATE: Ipid believes Metro police covered Nare murder</a></span></strong></p>
            
             
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        <p>In addition, the commission would improve relations with law 
enforcement agencies and ensure prosecution of erring individuals 
without fear or favour, regardless of their position in the party and 
government. “We expect prosecutions and convictions of those found 
guilty at all levels for unduly benefiting self, family and cliques from
 public resources…. to have them pay back [ill gotten gains] and not be 
entrusted again with public responsibilities.”</p>
<p>Maphutha added that the past administration’s errors were lessons 
Ramaphosa shouldn’t repeat. “He needs space to prove himself by 
restoring party morality and values, ensure synergy and transparency 
between the party and national constitutions, and restore public 
confidence in those entrusted with responsibilities and resources at all
 levels.”</p>
<p>He said Zuma’s affable character may have been taken advantage of and
 that he had used his humility recklessly. The president had let his 
love for family, friends and some comrades cloud his thinking and 
judgement.</p>
<p>Maphutha added that the youth expected Ramaphosa to expedite 
implementing a new mandate on free tertiary education for which the 
league was vilified for during its 10 years of lobbying.</p>
<p style="text-align:center"><strong>Read: <span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><a style="color:rgb(255,0,0)" href="https://alexnews.co.za/107714/jacob-zuma-plans-make-announcement-free-education/" target="_blank">Jacob Zuma plans to make an announcement on free education</a></span></strong></p>
<blockquote><p>“We need clarity on its [tertiary education] phased 
implementation after its surprise announcement without a clear strategy 
and plan by Zuma on the eve of the party’s December conference.</p></blockquote>
<p>“Radical economic transformation in the future will require educated and knowledgeable young drivers and clear policies.”</p>
<p>He urged the government to reintroduce pure maths in high schools and
 for a speedy resolution of the language policy debacle which has 
delayed the opening of some schools.</p>
<blockquote><p>“It needs a bold leadership implementing Constitutional 
requirements and regulations entitling children access to schools in 
their areas.” Maphutha also called for the improvement of TVET college 
programmes which he said were unsuitable for an advanced technologically
 driven economy.</p></blockquote>
<p>Changing course, he urged for haste in ensuring land expropriation 
without compensation saying it would restore everyone’s freedom and 
dignity by providing the means to a livelihood.</p></div>

<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies                     <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone:  (215) 898-7475<br>Fax:  (215) 573-2138                                      <br><br>Email:  <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com" target="_blank">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/" target="_blank">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a>    <br><br>-------------------------------------------------</div>
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