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The African National Congress Youth League is disgusted by the reports of two sick and mentally disturbed Journalists, Buddy Naidu and Simpiwe Piliso in the Sunday Times front page story of 14th of March 2010. These sick journalists refuse to listen and understand anything that is against their narrow convictions and in the process mislead Sunday Times readers. These Journalists write a story that implicates ANC Youth League President in some Mining deals, and completely ignore the written response the ANC Youth League sent to them officially clarifying the allegations that Youth League President is involved in lobbying for the State to dispose of its stake in Mining in Limpopo.

In the response we sent to the Sunday Times, we categorically stated that "The President of the ANC Youth League is not involved in any Mining deal and is on record saying that the State should never dispose of its interests and stakes in mining". This remains the position of the ANC YL and its entire leadership that government should not dispose any of its stakes and interests in Mines because the National General Council of the ANC in September 2010 and National Conference in December 2012 will resolve on the nationalisation of Mines. But because the Sunday Times as a Newspaper has chosen to oppose nationalisation of Mines, they chose to publish the story so that they cast aspersions in the ANC Youth League's call for nationalisation of Mines.

The ANC Youth League's official response to the Sunday Times further said that a supposition that we are calling for nationalisation of Mines because of certain failed deals is "an incorrect and actually ludicrous supposition. The call for nationalisation of Mines is inspired by the Freedom Charter and a direct result of the ANC Youth league's 23rd National Congress resolutions. Those who peddle such are intellectually lazy and believe the only way to disagree with the ANC Youth League's resolution is to cast aspersions on the intensified campaign for nationalisation of Mines". The Sunday Times chose to ignore these responses so that they can give weight to their otherwise weak, poorly researched and mischievous story. The ANC YL will take the necessary legal steps to ensure that the Newspaper and the two sick Journalists are brought to book.

For the record, the ANC Youth League's call for nationalisation of Mines will never be diverted by any sort of rumour mongering and mischievous slander spread by Newspapers. The ANC YL will contrary to what the Sunday Times suggest be lobbying government not to sell any of its stakes in Mining because these will form a very firm foundation for the State Owned Mining Company, which we propose should be established. We have already engaged the national Department of Mineral Resources on this perspective and convinced that there will soon be agreement.