ANCYL welcomes about turn on sushi

JOHANNESBURG – The ANC Youth League yesterday welcomed businessman Kenny Kunene’s commitment to stop serving sushi off women’s bodies.

ANCYL president Julius Malema was present at Kunene’s birthday bash last year and the pre-opening of his Cape Town nightclub ZAR this weekend. At both events sushi was served off the bodies of scantily clad women.’The ANCYL had [on] more than one occasion disapproved of such practice in the past and publicly voiced our disapproval,’ league spokesperson Floyd Shivambu said in a statement.He said the league, along with the ANC, would ‘continue to speak openly against practices that have potential to undermine the ethos of our revolution’.Following objections by the Africa National Congress, Kunene sent a letter to local media saying he would not hold any more sushi parties in future.’I will not be throwing or attending any further such sushi parties as I have nothing but respect for the leadership of the ANC and the guiding principles of the movement,’ The Star newspaper quoted him as saying in a statement.He was responding to outrage triggered by photographs of him eating sushi off the semi-naked body of a model in Cape Town on Saturday night. It was Kunene’s version of the ancient Japanese custom of Nyotaimori or ‘body sushi’. The model at Kunene’s party was draped across the bonnet of a white Maserati.ANCYL leader Julius Malema was quoted as saying at the party: ‘Helen Zille will not close ZAR at 02;00, like she does [to] other night clubs in Cape Town. The ANC owns ZAR and we will party until the morning.’ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe then distanced the ruling party from the comments.’The ANC is not into nightclubs or partying, but is a revolutionary movement,’ he said in a statement. – Nampa-Sapa