I have NO words.........actually, I do!. ANCYL, *sigh* get yourself a proper SPOKESPERSON! REDI DIREKO - Talk Radio 702 (She quit enews, someone please find out why for me. Anyway, as much as I love her, I have mixed feelings about what was going on in this particular interview)
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FLOYD SHIVAMBU:
Who is a perfect example of
HOW NOT TO BE A SPOKESPERSON. Zizi Kodwa, I blame you for this mess! How could you leave the ANCYL without making sure that you have a proper replacement? Vuyiswa Tulelo, where are you girl? What the hell is wrong with the ANCYL? Can't you guys do anything right? Ftshek maan!
Floyd was interviewed (or rather he called in) on 702, 13 May 2009. You can listen to the rest of the interview on www.702.co.za. Link is provided at the end of the article. These are just highlights.
Redi: You've promised to take militant action against the fake racist girl, what does that mean....Floyd: Look, let's clarify something first before we go into those questions...I think it's very unfortunate, actually childish of you as a radio presenter to make conclusive remarks without having consulted us to explain the context of what we mean by Hellen Zille being racist, really Redi you're being childish.
Redi: What do you mean “racist”? Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah Floyd: childish for you as a radio presenter to behave the way you've been behaving...
Redi: blah blah blah... I read what you said and heard you on television, I don't have to call you everytime I open my mouth blah blah blahRedi: Okay, let's move on...on the question of Hellen Zille and her boyfriends and concubines, because as you've explained, there are certain meanings of dictionary words but the ANCYL has its own definitions,
blah blah blah blah....blah blah blah blah Floyd: No no no no listen....
Redi: I am listening but you are not making sense...Floyd: If you let me finish my sentences you will understand. Please be patient, listen to me coz we have been patient, we've been listening to you the whole day...
Redi: Well, it is my show...carry onblah blah blah blah Redi: what do you mean by sleeping around? Floyd: We mean exactly that. We say what we mean and we mean what we say. We say that she's sleeping around
Redi: Hold on, there's a reason why I'm asking that because in one interview, you denied that sleeping around meant having sex with more than one person, you said....(Floyd interrupts)
Redi: Hold on...let me finish, you've been telling me I must let you finish, let me finish, you said “No, we never said she was having sex with them, we said she was sleeping around with them.” What does that mean? Floyd: It means sleeping around, our interpretation of sleeping around is sleeping around. We mean what we say and we say what we mean.
Redi: You are being ridiculous Floyd. Your interpretation of sleeping around is sleeping around, what does that mean? Answer the question!Floyd: It means exactly that, it means that....
Redi: That she's having sex with them?Floyd: That she's a political prostitute who doesn't have...
Redi: What's a political prostitute?Floyd: It's people who sleep around...
Redi: Getting naked and having sex? Floyd: No look, don't ….that is not...
Redi: I don't understand, I'm asking, I'm asking....it's not a statement I'm making...blah blah blah blah, what do you mean sleeping around....Floyd: There's no other explanation that we are going to give except to say that she is sleeping around
Redi: I need to understand what you are sayingFloyd: Unfortunately there's a problem with yourself if you don't understand what sleeping around means
Redi: But explain, it's your role as the spokespersonFloyd: Our explanation of sleeping around is that she is sleeping around...there's no other explanation we can give and if you don't understand then there's a problem with you...
Redi: Can you help me understand then? Floyd: Helping you understand is to explain that sleeping around means sleeping around and if you don't understand you must go check, I don't know where....Sleeping around is sleeping around and we are going to consistently say she's sleeping around. We are not going to change from that....
Redi: You actually don't know what you mean? Floyd: We know what we mean, we say what we mean and we mean what we say..
Redi: Oh for goodness's sake, stop playing with words, what do you mean she's sleeping around? Floyd: You want me to answer the question in the manner in which you want?
Redi: No, I want you to answer the question full stop. Just answer the question in whatever way...Floyd: Sleeping around means sleeping around...there's no other explanation we can give except that she's sleeping around...unfortunately even if you can ask me a million times, we are not going to change that explanation. We mean what we say and we say what we mean.
Redi: Blah blah blah...stop lying....blah blah blah blah don't tell us about private phone calls...They keep interrupting each other....blah blah blah Redi: I”m sure you were chosen as a spokesperson because you have a brain and you can express yourself....(Floyd is speaking in the background)they argue...also keep talking about sleeping around, what they meant etc etc etc...Redi: Floyd, I don't know which planet you come from....Floyd: Don't be angry Redi,
Redi: I'm not angry, I”m not angry..Floyd: You're angry, calm down, calm down...
Redi: I'm not angry, I”m so not angry...anyway, we're not talking about me and you are now deflecting from the fact that you've come on the radio and you've given us the most ridiculous answers to very simple questions. Anybody with a brain knows that sleeping around, means having sex and sleeping with more than one person. I was giving you an opportunity to say what you meant by it and you can't answer a simple question but you've wasted time...Floyd: Our explanation is that she is sleeping around and we're not going to change from that
Redi: Because you can't think, that is the problemFloyd: It's not about us thinking...no, you are being angry, you are being typical of yourself, please can you grow up a bit
Redi: I don't think that you know anything about me but let's leave it there, I don't think that we're talking about meblah blah blah blah we can't hear what they're both saying blah blah blah talking at the same time blah bla blaFloyd: At least in the future, when you want to speak about us, consult us
Redi: I don't have to...
Floyd: blah blah, you're a radio presenter, it's not about you as a person, it's about 702, that station does not belong to you, it belongs to the people....
Redi: Okay, Okay, I hear you, I hear you Floyd and thanks for saying that....blah blah blah blah bla blah blah blah blah blah ........................and you can catch the rest of the blah blah bla blah on the link below or just copy and paste it on your browser:
http://www.pod702.co.za/podcast/bestofredi/20090513BESTREDIB.mp3
SIGH!!!
People/companies pay thousands of rands for a few seconds on radio and 13:39 minutes were spent on the drivel above. For Free!