By Nco Dube

The public lynching of Wits SRC President and #WitsFeesMustFall leader Nompendulo Mkhatshwa is evidence of how intolerant the liberal consensus and their white media is of anything that challenges their agreed to narrative. The fact that on social media this was led mostly by mostly black people is sad. Many think this was ignited by the unveiling of the December issue Destiny Magazine with her face on but no, the seed had already been planted when an article emerged a week ago purporting to expose her as an ANC compromised student leader.

Apparently we did not notice her ANC head scarf that she wore proudly throughout the #FeesMustFall protests. The fact that four student leaders that were very prominent never hid or even try to minimize their political affiliations was apparently invisible. That the three SASCO student leaders and the one EFFSC student leader wore their ANC and EFF party regalia with pride throughout is now a myth.

It is funny how no one questioned her political affiliation (maybe because this was so obvious) during the protests when we were bombarded with iconic pictures of her and her colleagues leading the protests and taking the Government head on. 

She was celebrated as a new age leader. A new generation of fearless born free leaders that weren’t shackled by loyalty to the ANC and the struggle.

Why then is it a problem now that Ms Mkhatshwa is on a magazine cover with her now trademark ANC headscarf?

I will tell you why.

It is now a problem because this young women represents what the liberal consensus and their white media are against. 

She challenges and threatens the myth that ANC supporters are stupid, uneducated and voting cattle who can’t think for themselves and who never challenge the ANC. I can not even begin to count the number of times I myself have be called stupid, with no brain, in the ANC ‘s pocket etc by daring to say or write anything positive about the ANC. It doesn’t matter if what I say is correct or not. Not at all.

Here is a young brilliant and fearless student leader who is not just a member but a budding leader in the ANC standing up to her elders in the ANC and challenging them by reminding them of their election promise of a free education for all.

It just can’t be. The white media on behalf of the white opposition have worked too hard in brainwashing even the minds of black people that there are no critical independent thinkers in the ANC.

This goes to the heart of the well orchestrated campaign by the white media to campaign on behalf of the white opposition and crush anything that seeks to shine the ANC or anyone affiliated in a positive. 

This is done with such alarmingly unscrupulous and unprincipled manner that they don’t even fear glaringly obvious contradictions. Nompendulo was a hero when she stood up against the ANC, then quickly and ruthlessly turned villain when she didn’t want to shed her ANC colours.

She is not the first and most definitely not the last. EFF received a lot of positive media coverage when they first got to parliament and ruffled ANC feathers. They were hailed as great new kids on the block who were changing the way parliament worked. But the minute they ruffled some DA feathers it all changed.

They were now immature rabble rousers who didn’t understand how democracy worked….by the same media.

This clearly demonstrate that they will support even the devil himself if he appeared to be against the ANC. 

The white media and their cheerleaders on social media have shown themselves to be totally intolerant of opposing or even simply of differing views especially if your view isn’t against the ANC. For some, being anti-ANC has brought fame and success in the media space regardless of the substance, validity and in some cases even factual content of their material. 

Who needs to be an independent thinker when you can just be anti-ANC