THE ANC Youth League in Gauteng has advised members still pining for expelled president Julius Malema to move on because the organisation already has a leader.
The league - represented by provincial deputy chairman Simon Molefe, acting provincial secretary Nkhensani Kubayi, provincial executive committee (PEC) and provincial working committee members Castro Tsineng and Tasneem Motara - yesterday said Malema's deputy, Ronald Lamola, was the organisation's leader, seemingly declaring that the Malema era was officially over.
Provincial leaders, believed to be firmly behind President Jacob Zuma's bid for a second term in office, made this declaration after publicly distancing themselves from the Friends of the Youth League, a parallel grouping with strong ties to Malema.
The grouping is believed to have been established to keep Malema politically relevant, while he attempts to relaunch his floundering career after he was expelled from the ANC earlier this year.
Yesterday, the Gauteng ANCYL called on the league's national executive committee (NEC) to also publicly denounce Friends of the Youth League, arguing that the league had enough friends.
"What we are calling for is for them (NEC) to publicly come out and say that they don't support the Friends of the Youth League," said Kubayi. In support, Molefe said: "Mr Malema is no longer president. We want the ANC Youth League to move forward. Generally, the youth league has moved on."
The leaders also called on the NEC to instruct the Limpopo ANCYL PEC to distance itself from the Friends of the Youth League. But this was dismissed by Limpopo league's spokesman Khusela Sangoni-Khawe, who added: "We don't comment on things we don't know. We don't know Friends of the Youth League, and we only hear of them in the media."
The Gauteng ANCYL has also called for the conclusion of the ANC's integrity committee investigation into allegations that speaker of the provincial legislature, Lindiwe Maseko, incorrectly influenced tenders.
Malema's era is over, says Gauteng ANCYL
THE ANC Youth League in Gauteng has advised members still pining for expelled president Julius Malema to move on because the organisation already has a leader.
The league - represented by provincial deputy chairman Simon Molefe, acting provincial secretary Nkhensani Kubayi, provincial executive committee (PEC) and provincial working committee members Castro Tsineng and Tasneem Motara - yesterday said Malema's deputy, Ronald Lamola, was the organisation's leader, seemingly declaring that the Malema era was officially over.
Provincial leaders, believed to be firmly behind President Jacob Zuma's bid for a second term in office, made this declaration after publicly distancing themselves from the Friends of the Youth League, a parallel grouping with strong ties to Malema.
The grouping is believed to have been established to keep Malema politically relevant, while he attempts to relaunch his floundering career after he was expelled from the ANC earlier this year.
Yesterday, the Gauteng ANCYL called on the league's national executive committee (NEC) to also publicly denounce Friends of the Youth League, arguing that the league had enough friends.
"What we are calling for is for them (NEC) to publicly come out and say that they don't support the Friends of the Youth League," said Kubayi. In support, Molefe said: "Mr Malema is no longer president. We want the ANC Youth League to move forward. Generally, the youth league has moved on."
The leaders also called on the NEC to instruct the Limpopo ANCYL PEC to distance itself from the Friends of the Youth League. But this was dismissed by Limpopo league's spokesman Khusela Sangoni-Khawe, who added: "We don't comment on things we don't know. We don't know Friends of the Youth League, and we only hear of them in the media."
The Gauteng ANCYL has also called for the conclusion of the ANC's integrity committee investigation into allegations that speaker of the provincial legislature, Lindiwe Maseko, incorrectly influenced tenders.
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