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POLITICAL WILDERNESS: Julius Malema

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The ANC NEC, the party's highest decision-making body, met yesterday to discuss among other things the expulsion of Malema and the suspensions of the league's secretary Sandiso Magaqa and spokesman Floyd Shivambu.

In their 26-page report to the NEC, in which the youth league is requesting a review of the decision against its leaders, it states that the leaders do not know which sins they have committed but that they had their own observations.

It repeats its previous view that the leaders were being purged because of being outspoken on issues like nationalisation.

The report, which was presented before the NEC, also states that the youth league's leaders were kicked out of the ANC because the league enjoyed massive political support among South Africa's poor and downtrodden masses, as opposed to those who were failing and facing rejection of the masses.

"We therefore request . that officials of the ANC look for a political solution into this matter other than the punitive actions put by the national disciplinary committee," the reported stated.

Despite the youth league's presentation, the NEC meeting took a decision that the matter had been closed and cannot be discussed either at national policy conference at the end of the month or in December at the national conference.

This, according to sources, was supported by President Jacob Zuma.

Those in support of Malema accused Zuma of denying the league their constitutional rights because he closed the debate.

At least four sources who attended the meeting told Sowetan that a sizeable number of NEC members fought for Malema's comeback but that they did not not win.

Malema, together with Magaqa and Shivambu, had pinned their hopes of returning to the ANC on yesterday's NEC meeting.

With the NEC having rejected the review, the trio's only hope will be the ANC's national conference in Mangaung in December. But they will have to lobby ANC delegates to raise the matter as they are not supposed to attend any ANC gatherings.

The ANC will today announce the outcomes of the meeting.

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Jun 12, 2012

CheeseBoy

shame juju. you were used like a condom then chucked into the bin by zuma. hahaha that politics 101 for you channa

but at least you got away with a few millions from tender buddies.

next up is zuma himself. our country could do and deserves better than this rotten crew. zuma/malema/cele and the rest of the anc thugs.
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Jun 12, 2012

Kinggeezo

I smell a rat. Is someone afraid of Juju?
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Jun 12, 2012

Pointman

The ANC should review its endless appeal procedures - you cannot run a mammoth organisation with discipline if there is no decisiveness. I hope they mean it when they say "matter is closed" now. And as for the ANCYL making a weak statement like they don't know what sins they have committed, it shows that realisation is setting in at last about who is the boss. I am glad the mother body's pre-eminence has been established again - order established.
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Jun 12, 2012

sarmologadi

shammm...go and farm Juju, it looks like your future looks bleak, you brought it all to yourself by not thinking before you open your mouth...bloody agent, lol
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Jun 12, 2012

truthhurt

Zuma's day is coming soon, he must brace himself.
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Jun 12, 2012

mambaaai

a "self servist" is absolutely worst kind of "ist" because it is abuse of faith and trust of ones own people, kind and gender. self servists says he will do things but it is only intersted in its ownand family and cadre wealth....
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Jun 12, 2012

Charley4sure

The dictator is here, his days are numbered.
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Jun 12, 2012

MGEEZ

Kinggeezo
I smell a rat. Is someone afraid of Juju?
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Yes; many in the ANC leadership are!!!
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Jun 12, 2012

tswaro

malema my friend, they will k ill you, where is osama???
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Jun 12, 2012

CYBORICO

@MGEEZ
Kinggeezo
I smell a rat. Is someone afraid of Juju?
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Yes; many in the ANC leadership are!!!

Naaah, u dont expell those u r scared of, u throw out the used comdoms and shity toilet papers folks, ya'll just hanging to a lightning struck use to be fruit tree, get a life and stop idolising with kak mouth.
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