In my journeys around the interweb I meet interesting people and interesting web sites. One of South Africa’s returning expats, Lisa, is doing a good job of evangelising good news from South Africa.
Okay, okay I know that in order to recognise and appreciate the sunshine one must also experience a bit of wind and rain hence Lisa’s little rant about every journalists favourite column centimeter filler, young Julius Malema – read all about it here: Inkwenkwe + Bliksem = Problem Solved!
Young Julius is head of the ANC Youth League and continually ‘in trouble’ for ‘foot in the mouth disease’. If he is not calling Helen Zille a little girl or exhorting dancing followers to ‘kill the boer (farmer)’ he is accusing journalists of forging his signature and playing the tenderpreneur game very successfully. A tenderpeneur is a politically well connected person who gets rich via his ability to put tenders and ‘entrepreneurs’ together. Whoever said you have to pass any school subjects to be a success obviously never met Julie Baby!
Apparently young Julius has a company (or two) that received the go ahead on tenders worth hundreds of millions, BUT, there are now grumbles that the work has not been completed – that old ‘Service Delivery’ problem rears it’s ugly head again!
In Lisa’s post she points to the ANC Youth League web site as having certain problems. Of course I toddled off to the site to verify and experience the problems for myself – we have got to give Julius the benefit of the doubt in every situation.
HERE is the URL – all separate, highlighted, centered and in box so that people who suffer from any form of scholastic challenges do not miss it – yes, even you young Julie Baby, even you.
In the MyPE web site forum the geeks have had a go at reviewing the web site and here are some reactions:
ABYC says:
All I can say is “HOLY COW!”
And then point out some unfinished business on the ANC Youth League Site.
Have you ever seen a section on a POLITICAL site for entertainment?
There is a section to ‘Book a DJ’ (“Perhaps Julius is moonlighting.” thought I). You get the option to download a PDF document and, guess what, it is nearly entirely BLANK as it only carries a title.
The same happens with the rest of the Entertainment Section.
In the RHS Sidebar there is a prominent banner inviting you to give your business a boost – clicking on it takes you to ……. an expired domain.
Don’t venture any further you may just die laughing.
Firefly says:
The website is a joke. And here is another joke.
Koos was walking through the veld one day when he spots some black laaities drinking water from a stream.
He shouts, “Moenie daai fo^$#n water drink nie, dis vol fo^$#n k@k en cholera!
The main laaitie, wearing an ANC youth league t-shirt says, “I’m Julius Malema, and I am refusing to speak your boere language, you must speak English to me!”
Koos replies, “Sorry. Please use bouf hands, you gets more dat way”.
Vague Says:
After browsing just a couple of pages I almost did die laughing. Yet another joke of a site!
More then half of the pages are empty, nothing nada.
Wonder how much this one cost?
pedeveloper says:
Whatta joke! I would say ‘nice try’ , but sadly…it’s not even worthy of that..
Since when can you ‘buy music’ from a political website?! wth
design_ant says:
Excellent website! Its not often you find a website that conveys its message so well!
Join our party and you get…..F*$@all!!! even if you look real hard we still have nothing to offer you but please leave your bank details and we will get our local ANCYL organiser to rinse your account with minimal bank charges!
Let us know below what you think about the ANC Youth League Web Site.
It is the most FABULOUS feeling when your gut-instinct about things is confirmed
lol! That ANCYL website has got to be the funniest joke of 2010 for me so far – and, as @design_ant puts it: “Excellent website! Its not often you find a website that conveys its message so well!Join our party and you get…..F*$@all!!!” I’m still smiling!!!
Julius Malema receives a coded message from a Farmer. It reads:
S30d – 0773H
Julius was stunned.
He called the ANC YOUTH LEAGUE, CIA and FBI, but not one of them could crack the code.
Finally, He calls Koos Van der Merwe, Superintendent at the SAPS Intelligensie Eenheid (Intelligence Unit).
Koos’s reply was quick and to the point……
“You’re holding the paper upside down!”
Good work Alan. It’s shocking to see a political party’s website that:
1. Tries to make money by selling music?! or Being involved in ‘entertainment’
2. Constantly rants and raves about racism. They may not have noticed, but a hell of a lot of South Africans have gone on with their lives and managed to forgive and forget the past. Yes the ‘whites’ &^*# up. I as a ‘white’ am everything BUT proud of having that as part of my heritage, but you know what. Life goes on and we have to make the best of what we have and try to help others if we are fortunate to have more than someone else.
My fellow Africans (yes I’m ALSO an African) and I have to take this country in it’s torn state and make it the best it can be for everyone. Not just for one group of people/race/religion/political-affiliation. People that are constantly moaning about racism, should lift their heads out of they’re …. and instead of complaining or pointing. Give out the forgiving hand or say sorry (depending on which side of the game you’re on) and move the heck forward together.
We can’t live in the past!
@Pedeveloper aka Dave Coates
Check the link to the ‘President’s Programme’ – result is “Please come back later” – probably can’t keep up with all his sh*t stirring, hate speeches, killing boers, etc.
Check out the ANCYL constitution – Julius is in complete breach of many caluses – wonder if he ever read this document?