South Africa - Youth calls for Nationalisation

Zuma under pressure

In South Africa, claims to be loud, to nationalize the mining
industry. This should improve the situation of youth.

About 25 percent of all South Africans are unemployed. In the young
generation, the proportion is even higher. The government of President
Jacob Zuma knows the problem, it can not have it under control.
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said in Parliament that this was a
task of decades.

As in some European countries want young South Africans use the
pressure of the street, to bring about rapid change. Especially the
youth organization of the ANC, which also provides the government, is
active in such actions. They want their own leadership to push hard
this scares you do not shrink from radical demands.

Several thousand young, black South Africans make their displeasure
so before the Johannesburg Stock Exchange air. There they hand over a
petition, which calls attention to their plight. In order to improve
their situation, they demand that the state takes control of the
mining industry. You want all the land mines are nationalized, the
government will keep 60 percent of the shares. They also want to
ensure that the processing of raw materials takes place in the near
future of the mines. This will create new jobs and improve the
situation of young people.

Led the ANC protesters by Julius Malema, who is known for years for
its radical demands. Meanwhile, the ANC is a disciplinary procedure
against him, which may lead to their exclusion from the party.
Observers suspect that Malema wants to distract the protest of the
procedure.

From Johannesburg, the protesters make their way in the near
Pretoria. There, they want during the day President Zuma hand over a
petition. The chances that the protesters will succeed, but are
extremely low. The Chamber of Mines of South Africa has already
rejected the claim. There you will see a nationalization with very
negative feelings. It would jeopardize the country's economy,
according to a spokesman for the chamber. Such action would also
burden the population, the economic situation would not be improved.

Observers believe that the claims are made after the nationalization
of the sector, mainly due to tensions within the ANC. Between
different factions of the party, there are violent disputes, provide
in the coming year, President Zuma must be an internal choice, which
can also decide on his future as president. Here are some position
players early on, to exert pressure. In this context, the demands for
nationalization appear in a different light.