i dont know if the issue for me is julius malema for me per say. at times when i think about this what sticks out for me is usually why so much media attention i think firstly. there is sensationalising the issue of julius and then theres all of whats been happening. and the question is why.
and then, i dont know if i will be able to express this as succintly as it requires perhaps but, i do also think that this is a situation that takes root in the context of the prevailing silence on some issues really affecting people in south africa today. the conversations we seem so incapable of having. complicated as they may be, they define and shape the landscape. urgent if not necessary.
there is a silence by those who would perhaps be better equipped to handle some of them with a measure of greater responsibility.
this for me is the issue.