Desmond Tutu Blasts South African ANC

Bishop Tutu wins another prestigious award

By Mike Smith
19th of August 2011

Emeritus Arch Bishop of Cape Town, Desmond Tutu, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, the Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism in 1986, the Pacem in Terris Award in 1987, the Sydney Peace Prize (1999) the Gandhi Peace Prize in 2005, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009.

This week the senile poison dwarf repeatedly called for White South Africans to be subjected to an additional “Wealth Tax”…
Tutu calls for wealth tax on whites
Tutu urges ‘haves’ to cough up

I have decided that he qualified for the most prestigious online award since the creation of the Internet (by a black man)

So to honour his Bishopness…it gives me great pleasure to award Desmond Tutu with this certificate that he can hang on the wall in his office or in the living room of his mansion in Bishops Court, Cape Town.

http://mspoliticalcommentary.blogspot.com/2011/08/bishop-tutu-wins-another-prestigious.html

Don't blame whites for failures of the ANC

17 August 2011

Rhoda Kadalie says Desmond Tutu's wealth tax call is racist and irresponsible

Tutu Wake Up and Smell the Coffee!

On Friday, the Cape Argus (12 August) carried, yet again, one of Archbishop Tutu's inane rants that white people be subjected to a wealth tax. Why would he say this when white people already bear the brunt of most taxation in South Africa?

Secondly, he said that had this been imposed at the time of the Truth Commission, it would have made a difference, which itself is an admission that the TRC failed with reparations, which if the truth be told, was never its priority. The Commissioners closed the TRC with a whopping severance package which, given their mission and failure to achieve it, was a scandalous way to end the TRC.

The TRC ranks as one of the world's best efforts at reconciliation, when in fact it failed spectacularly to achieve social justice, compensation and reconciliation. It was nothing but a show trial promising absolution to those who confess while exposing the pain and indignity black people suffered at the hands of the apartheid regime.

Today apartheid has been defeated, yet the ANC government fails to take responsibility for its failure to improve education, for reducing poverty, for creating jobs, for effective service delivery, and for crime prevention. Tutu's rant is tantamount to blaming white people for the failure of this government.

As usual, the Cape Argus continually gives the Arch headlines when on page three a much more worrying report should have received prominence. In the report, Premier Helen Zille reveals that more than 50 percent of primary school children at South Peninsula tested positive for drugs.

This is the tip of the iceberg and points to a country that has failed its youth, resulting in fatherless households, gross youth unemployment, high rates of criminality, and an education system that is one of the worst in the world. The levels of drug abuse at schools are shocking and account for the low levels of education reached by coloured kids on the Cape Flats.

If SA ranks 130^th out of 139 countries regarding our education system, then people like Tutu who keeps receiving international awards should focus his gaze where it matters and should stop singling out white people as the problem in this country, and Israel as the problem in the world.

For eleven years Impumelelo has been awarding innovative projects that improve the quality of life of the poor. Hundreds of white people who have been ejected from the system through racism and affirmative action have reinvented themselves and are doing the most amazing work in the non-profit and NGO sectors. They run income-generation projects, they command vast armies of volunteers who tackle the HIV/AIDS and TB pandemics, and they are responsible for vast pockets of social development that the ANC government should be doing.

I can give facts and figures to prove it, not least to point to white business men and women who put money into the education of black youth unlike the majority of the black elite who enjoy their ill-gotten wealth with rank consumerism.

Impumelelo shows equally, that ordinary black people run an incredible range of development projects in both urban and rural settings, especially in areas where government has failed and do nothing. But this is mostly in the NGO sector. Tutu, wrongly, keeps on targeting white South Africa, when black business does very little to contribute to the growth and development of this country.

To demand a wealth tax from whites, firstly is racist. Secondly it is irresponsible, when Julius Malema allegedly received a R51 million tender through nefarious means. To demand a wealth tax from white people when the ANC government gives R2.5 billion of South African taxes to King Mswati 111, dictator and polygamist, beggars belief.

To demand a wealth tax from whites when the recent Mail & Guardian reveals that President Jacob Zuma's son-in-law, Lonwabo Sambudla, is allegedly involved in a R1 billion tender for new government office space, is obscene. The ruling elite continues to profit from taxpayers' money with ruthless and unashamed greed.

The time has come for Archbishop Tutu to recognise SA for what it is and how he as a leader, together with those who claim the anti-apartheid moral high ground, have failed to create a democracy that cannot provide the most basic of socio-economic rights to black people.

http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page72308?oid=251207&sn=Marketingweb+detail&pid=90389

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu's speech

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu's speech at the launch of the book, "The Humanist Imperative in South Africa", at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (Stias) on 11 August 2011.

A WHITE TAX????

August 12, 2011

by shane

So – a white tax just for white people.

So Desmond Tutu reckons we should be taxed because we are white, and we should be happy about it??? To show how contrite we feel about how we benefited from apartheid?? Well Mr Tutu you can kiss my natural born white ass!!

If that is not racism then I don’t know what is? If they can tax us because we are white then we should be able to tax them because they are stupid?? I mean fair is fair. Never has there been more uneducated blatant criminals in power than now – under black rule! But I should feel guilty because my mother and father worked hard and could therefore afford to give me a decent education? Well that is not going to happen! The taxes that our mothers and fathers paid is what built this once magnificent country and the amazing infrastructure that kept it great! The same infrastructure that is now all but non existent because you are so busy stealing our taxes that you have forgotten to maintain anything?

While we are at it why don’t we instigate a special tax for Mr Zuma because he has so many wives shopping with our tax money? And a special tax for Julius Malema for parading as a human being when he is actually some kind of brain dead moron! Then we should tax all black children to try and make up the money lost on the schools they have burned down? Lets tax all the Zimbabweans as well because they just waltz over our non existent borders and suck our economy dry! We should levy a tax on the church as well for allowing Tutu into a position of authority when he is obviously a blatant racist.

I think it might be prudent to levy a tax on all tourists to this country for the privilege of being allowed to come here and be raped and murdered and infected with HIV? And while we are at it lets tax all the black people because they don’t need sunscreen to protect them from the African sun, I mean that’s not fair? Or better yet – why don’t you all grow a pair and stop blaming all your woes on a policy that has been over for decades!! A policy that had nothing to do with us – the people who’s taxes keep you in armani suits and luxury German cars??

YOU DONT FRY THE GOOSE THAT LAYS THE GOLDEN EGGS YOU DIMWITTED IDIOTS!!

Without the white people who you are so intent on punishing and their taxes you would have nothing!! So back off!! We are slowly getting tired of being squeezed!!

http://nubbi.wordpress.com/2011/08/12/a-white-tax/

Tutu Calls for Wealth Tax for Whites

August 12 2011

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has called for a “wealth tax” to be imposed on all white South Africans.

The former archbishop of Cape Town and former head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) also called on members of President Jacob Zuma’s cabinet to sell their “expensive cars”, “to show you care” about the poor in South Africa.

Tutu said apartheid had left South Africans riddled with “self-hate”, and it was directly to blame for the country’s vicious crime rate and road carnage.

He made the calls last night during a book launch at Stellenbosch University’s Institute for Advanced Study.

The book, The Humanist Imperative in South Africa, contains 26 essays by leading academics and public figures and is edited by Professor John de Gruchy.

As guest of honour, Tutu recounted the myriad ways apartheid had dehumanised South Africans.

“Apartheid damaged us all; not a single one of us has escaped.”

In a break from his prepared speech, Tutu said a “wealth tax” had been suggested during the TRC process, and had enjoyed support at the time.

Moments earlier, he had told the whites in the conference room: “You all benefited from apartheid. Your children went to fancy schools, you lived in posh suburbs.”

He stressed, however, that this did not mean all whites had supported apartheid.

Speaking to the Cape Argus after his speech, Tutu expanded on his wealth tax call.

“There were many in the white community who were ready for this (at the time of the TRC process).

“It could be quite piffling, maybe 1 percent of their stock exchange holdings. It’s nothing. But it could have helped... maybe building new homes, and that would have been an extraordinary symbol of their readiness.”

Asked whether he was again calling for a “wealth tax”, Tutu said: “That’s what I’m saying.”

He then laughed: “What were you doing in there (the conference centre)? Were you listening?”

Tutu did not say how he wished the tax to be implemented, but said he hoped whites themselves would “agitate” for it to be imposed upon them.

Throughout his speech, Tutu cited numerous examples of what he saw as apartheid’s impact, which had fundamentally been an “erosion of self-esteem” and the advent of “self-hate”. He blamed South Africa’s high crime rate on this, saying: “Thus we must not be surprised at the staggering statistics of violent crime, murder, rape.

“When you suffer from self-hate you project it on to those who look like you and so we have so-called black-on-black violence, where the victim of a hijacking is shot even when she has surrendered her car keys.”

In another example, Tutu said black South Africans continued to litter as a result of apartheid.

“The disgrace of littering... is not a function of poverty. Our parents were poor but our surroundings were scrupulously clean because apartheid had not yet done its pernicious work.”

per·ni·cious/pərˈniSHəs/

Adjective: Having a harmful effect, esp. in a gradual or subtle way

This “work”, this eventual impact of apartheid’s policies, had left black South Africans feeling: “I am nothing, I am rubbish and so it does not matter that I live among all this rubbish which reflects what I think of myself.”

Tutu said another manifestation of the effect of apartheid was the nation’s road death rate, which was regularly one of the highest in the world.

“We show it how we drive recklessly, inconsiderately, aggressively… because deep down we are angry and so the appalling carnage on our roads during the holidays… horrendous statistics we just accept.

This brings to mind the many taxi drivers in South Africa......

“We are wounded.”

Speaking about the cabinet ministers’ cars, Tutu challenged them: “Your handbook permits you to buy very expensive cars and most of you have done so. In the spirit of ubuntu, to show that you care, that you are compassionate, please sell your expensive cars and replace them with slightly less pricey cars.

“Your humanity depends upon it.”

Tutu said he drove a BMW, which aides described as “a very old three-series”.

http://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/tutu-calls-for-wealth-tax-for-whites-1.1116617

Desmond Tutu criticises SA whites

2011-08-12

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu on Thursday had harsh words for South Africa’s white population, as well as for Cabinet ministers who he said should lose their expensive cars as a gesture to show the poor that they cared.

“Our white fellow citizens have to accept the obvious: You all benefitted from apartheid. But that does not mean that all are responsible for apartheid.

“Your children could go to good schools. You lived in smart neighbourhoods. Yet so many of my fellow white citizens become upset when you mention this. Why? Some are crippled by shame and guilt and respond with self-justification or indifference. Both attitudes make that we are less than we can be.”

Tutu was speaking at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (Stias) on Thursday night, where a book, The Humanist Imperative in South Africa was launched. It features a collection of essays by top academics about how mutual respect between South Africans can be fostered, and how to really listen to one another.

'Apartheid hurt all of us'
Tutu also called on Cabinet members to get rid of their expensive cars in solidarity with the poor.

“There are people in our country who go to sleep without eating a meal. I believe your handbook makes provision for buying expensive cars. And most of you do just that. But in the spirit of ubuntu, I am pleading for you to exchange them for cheaper cars. Just to show the poor that you care for them.

Tutu said South Africa had become notorious for the gap between rich and poor.

He also recounted how a while ago he had been on a Nigerian plane with two black pilots at the helm.

“We suddenly hit heavy turbulence and my first thought was that there wasn’t a white man in the cabin to bring us back to safety.
“That was how badly eroded my self-image had become. When you hate yourself, you project that onto others who look like you. You then sit with black-on-black violence.

“Apartheid hurt all of us - no one escaped. We all carry the wounds with us,” said Tutu.

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Desmond-Tutu-criticises-SA-whites-20110812

Tutu’s Plea to Zuma

April 12 2011

 ARCHBISHOP Emeritus Desmond Tutu has asked President Jacob Zuma to urgently consider establishing a commission of inquiry into the multibillion-rand arms deal.

This is not the first time Tutu has approached the Presidency to ask that the controversial arms deal be properly investigated.

In 2008, he and former president FW de Klerk wrote to then-president Kgalema Motlanthe to request an inquiry.

In his letter to Zuma, dated March 23, Tutu explained that at the time, Motlanthe had declined to investigate, saying it would be “more appropriate” to report wrongdoing to the police. 

But Tutu said in his letter to Zuma that the recent Constitutional Court judgment, which found that the Hawks were not adequately independent of political influence in their structure and functions, meant it was time for the Presidency to step in and begin a proper investigation into the arms deal. 

“Now the highest court in the land has ruled that the unit of the police tasked with dealing with corruption is not properly equipped to do so in cases of grand or political corruption, I have decided to renew my call for a commission of inquiry by asking you to give your urgent consideration to this request. 

“The reason for refusing has fallen away,” Tutu wrote in his letter to Zuma. 

Tutu described corruption as a “cancer in our society”, and said it was encouraging to note Zuma’s own repeated commitment to rooting out “this pernicious weed in our public life”. 

Tutu wrote that the only way for the government’s corruption-busting efforts to be regarded as sincere was for the alleged arms deal corruption to be dealt with in public hearings conducted by an independent commission of inquiry, presided over by retired judges. 

“You are the only person who can appoint such a commission of inquiry and doing so is the only rational response available in the circumstances which now prevail,” said Tutu.

Zuma’s spokesman, Zizi Kodwa, said he did not know about the letter, but promised to follow up. 

He had not responded to requests for comment at the time of going to press. 

However, the Cape Argus understands that an administrative secretary in the Presidency has contacted Tutu to acknowledge receipt of the letter. 

Tutu’s call to Zuma is supported by arms deal crusader Terry Crawford-Brown and Patricia de Lille, who as an MP was the first to make allegations of corruption and bribery related to the arms deal, presenting a dossier to Parliament outlining them. 

On being told about Tutu’s letter to Zuma, De Lille said she supported the retired cleric’s appeal.

“As long as there’s no inquiry, the dark cloud will continue to hang over Zuma’s head.”

She said there had been previous appeals for arms deal inquiries that had gone unheeded, and if this one fell on deaf ears, Tutu and others who wanted an investigation should not be deterred.

De Lille said many people would never stop seeking justice and that the other side of the story needed to be heard in a public forum.

“(The Presidency) should really consider (an investigation), because by now surely they have run out of excuses,” said De Lille. 

Crawford-Brown, who has approached the Western Cape High Court and the Constitutional Court seeking the cancellation of all arms deal-related contracts, said he was hopeful that the Constitutional Court would rule in his favour. 

“The president keeps saying that he’s committed to dealing with corruption. This is the litmus test for good governance and democracy,” said Crawford-Brown. 

He added that if the government refused to deal with corruption, the country would be “on the skids to disaster”. 

http://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/tutu-s-arms-deal-plea-to-zuma-1.1055694