It is understood Mabe has written to secretary-general Gwede Mantashe requesting his intervention.

Mabe was axed from his position and as a member of the league's national executive committee after a motion of no confidence in him was passed two weeks ago.

The embattled leader is also challenging the legality of the NEC meeting that took the decision.

It is believed the move was aimed at limiting his chances of taking over from Julius Malema to become president of the league.

Malema was expelled as league president after he was accused of sowing division and bringing the ANC into disrepute. Until Malema's woes began Mabe had been a close friend of the deposed leader.

Sowetan understands that Mabe begged Mantashe to intervene, citing as reason that some of the members who constituted the meeting that ultimately took the decision to remove him were not supposed to take part.

He also accused Ronald Lamola, the league's deputy president who chaired the meeting, of violating the rules and regulations of the ANCYL.

Among other things Mabe said Lamola had "unilaterally" ruled on a voting process by a show of hands and also granted ex-officio members an opportunity to participate in a process they were not supposed to.

According to Mabe ex-officio members (chairmen and secretaries of provinces) were not supposed to participate in taking "major decisions" such as removing a leader from office, as per the league's constitution.

Mabe also said the unity of the ANCYL was under threat.

He complained that the NEC, in passing a motion to remove him from office with immediate effect, never sought to engage him or anybody present at the meeting on the correctness or not of the reasons advanced for the decision.

ANC spokesman Keith Khoza said yesterday that Mantashe would handle Mabe's complaint once it had reached his office.

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May 14, 2012

mathopeed

Eish Mabe le wena mn, ape i jst admired ur leading style and hw u conduct urself in many instances. Bjale with this scandal hanging ova ur head, i dont knw anymre. But atleast u hv formal education to fall bak on. Anywy i jst lv da wy u do ur thngs, xcept misuse of funds yes. Gudluk hmeboy, we proud of uof u
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May 14, 2012

STEILOOP

Mantashe o a g@f@ naa yena mosomo wa gagwe ke go tlokomela ANCYL, aa kgone Zuma le bana ba gagwe ba gare ba senya south Africa they own oil industry petrol e tla fologa bjang.
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May 14, 2012

MorenaWaPolelo

Pule I must commend you for being a deciplined cader and dealing with your issue through the structures of the movement your show of decipline should be exaplary to those roughches that kicked you in the teeth. I must say that it is good that your are experiencing the rath of what you created i.e the youth league that is clueless of the history and policies of the ANC and dictators in the making. Your complained should be delt with because it deservs the attension like all of them but I need to put it to you that just like Tokyo your are an opportunist Sir and do not for one second think that we are not aware Sir!!!
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May 14, 2012

Wozanami

looks like the ancyl is not very good at constitutional processes. Only "when we say jump, you must jump". It will be long before the worms stop eating the yl apple.

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May 14, 2012

Pointman

Now it is okay for the mother body to intervene. Previously they were declaring independence and the supremacy of their own constitution over that of the mother body.
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May 14, 2012

1tsotsi

He who lives by the sword dies by the sword, how can Pule of all the people behave in a way he did? Did he think that returning for a 2nd term as TG, meant that he can jump over Lamola the DP?
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May 14, 2012

ThirdEye

Let wait & see how Gwede handle this one.
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May 14, 2012

Vhamsanda

I fail to understand why the ANCYL should have a leadership structure if their issues have to be resolved by the mother body. I have not heared if Mabe has exhausted all the internal avenues of the YL.
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May 14, 2012

SteveBiko

This is the same Mabe that burned the school bus at Vaal Triangle in 2006..thug
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May 14, 2012

Dandan

haaaaay what is happening in other provinces it is so disturbing in the anc , only KZN has well functioning structures untill Julius and Shibambu were welcomed with teargas when they disbanded ancyl pec
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