The ANCYL in Limpopo yesterday opened charges against chairman of the Limpopo Geographical Names Committee Boy Mamabolo, who they accuse of being implicated in a financial scandal involving nearly R1-million.

"We cannot wait for manna from heaven to fight corruption in our province and Mamabolo's case is no exception," said ANCYL provincial secretary Jacob Lebogo yesterday.

"We are going to open cases of fraud and corruption against Mamabolo with law enforcement agencies such as the Hawks, the Public Protector and the police."

Mamabolo has been behind moves to oust Lebogo from his position when the league holds its provincial elective conference next month.

Mamabolo's faction supports the election of former Peter Mokaba regional secretary Eddy Maleka to replace Lebogo.

He has also been accused of being the mastermind behind marches in Seshego where Malema's grandmother was attacked. This was after his (Malema's) detractors sang anti-Malema slogans outside his grandmother's house in Seshego Zone 1.

A sizeable number of Malema's lieutenants were attacked by a group allegedly led by Mamabolo since his suspension late last year.

According to documents seen by Sowetan, Mamabolo could not account for organisational money in the region of R800,000.

The document claims Mamabolo was inaugurated as the organisation's chairman in the province by February 2010. In June 11 2010, money to the tune of R400,000 was transferred by the department of sport, arts and culture to a bank account of the organisation.

"The department further transferred another sum of R400,000 into the organisation's bank account in September 30 the following year. Exactly 26 days later, the committee was again broke and left with only R25,000," according to documents.

"Ironically on November 11 2011, Mamabolo allegedly briefed the board that he wanted to resign," claimed the documents.

Sport, arts and culture departmental spokeswoman Adele van der Linde said her department was aware of the allegations.

Mamabolo branded the allegations as untrue and that they were aimed at destroying his political career.

"We have completed our investigations and we have forwarded the matter to the relevant authorities to deal with the matter," she said.

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Mar 20, 2012

BUDDYC

Mamabolo, now is back at ya. Remember President Malema is not corrupt, is just that the Hawks, public protector and sars are still looking for ''wrong doing'' which is ordered by ANC leaders who think they might not be elected. So nothing wrong, is just they are forced to find something wrong.

So mamabolo, please sir, just go to jail. 20 people that you ordered to go to President's house is nothing compared to a packed hall we saw during weekend's address by the one and the only president of South Africa.

Thuli mandosela found no wrong doing in Malema in 2010, i wonder will she be doing differntly this year.
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Mar 20, 2012

MommaC

Limpopo Geographical Names Committee

??? exactly how many of these absolutely useless money sucking 'committees' do we have ???

It rather sounds like we have a bunch of mini warlords instead of political trainees in the ANCYL. The mother body seriously needs to stop that 'tendency' as it does not bode well for the entire country if it is allowed to progress into full gang warfare.
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Mar 20, 2012

ApelMankotsana

Those closer to the Limpopo politics will attest to the fact that indeed Boy is part of a group of YL officials who marched to Juju's grand mother' house after the verdict and indeed that Eddy is contesting Jacob in the league' secretarial position....Remember that both the ANC and the ANCYL in Limpopo are divided into two camps, that of, Malema, Mathale and Co and those against them...
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Mar 20, 2012

MSG_S

Eish!
Here comes our daily bread from the Sowetan Newspaper.
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Mar 20, 2012

BaleliM

Malema's foe faces fraud charges
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Does his name have to be mentioned in the heading when the story has got nothing to do with him. Sowetan, really, give us a break.
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Mar 20, 2012

MommaC

BaleliM

Well as he is claiming that the charges are pollitically mottivated - then, yes, it does have to do with the story.
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Mar 20, 2012

MommaC

Why do I have to mis-spell everything to get a comment through?
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Mar 20, 2012

Ndese1

Malema is a proven dictator. Those who oppose his ideologies are not engaged but fired. What a president viva Juju.
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Mar 20, 2012

1tsotsi

BaleliM
Malema's foe faces fraud charges
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Does his name have to be mentioned in the heading when the story has got nothing to do with him. Sowetan, really, give us a break.
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You can ask that again, sowetan just like using Juju's name in order to sell their stupid paper, this story has nothing to do with Juju.
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Mar 20, 2012

Lungu

Mamabolo is inocent and we as Limpopians we know that, i think Lebogo made a good offer to plot Boy as he knows well gore he is not competition or threat to anyone, and now he is using money power to outs Boy.
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