ANC leaders plotted to disrupt the youth league congress, its re-elected leader Julius Malema says
"We have defeated you, and we are still going to defeat you," an angry Malema said in his closing address to the conference in Midrand, Johannesburg.
He said some leaders went to the ANC's 2007 Polokwane conference on a mission to get ANC Youth League leaders out of the way for two years. He claimed party leaders had tried to get league members to vote against his being re-elected ANCYL leader.
He singled out Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, saying its delegates had been instructed to vote differently at the four-day conference, where Malema retained his position in elections on Friday.
"Mpumalanga defied the order, some risked losing their jobs," Malema said.
KwaZulu-Natal delegates were offered R2,000 to vote for a preferred candidate, he claimed.
"People thought these delegates of KZN were willing to sell their soul," he said.
Malema said that Mpumalanga needed "proper leadership".
"We are asking proper politics. Mpumalanga must get proper leadership, we cannot be led by people interfering in the affairs of the youth."
Malema vowed again to "take land without payment" at the closing ceremony.
"There is no way you can be diplomatic about the issue of land. We will never be diplomatic about willing buyer, willing seller. It has failed," Malema told delegates.
He said that the ANC, at its last elective conference in Polokwane, in December 2007, acknowledged that an alternative needed to be found to the willing buyer, willing seller policy.
"The leadership of the ANC must implement the Polokwane resolution. Polokwane said willing buyer, willing seller has failed and we must find an alternative.
"You have failed to find an alternative. We must take the land without payment," said Malema.
But he added: "If you have got an alternative, we are prepared to listen".
Malema said the delegates who attended the four-day conference were "ready to confront white monopoly capital".
"They are determined to reclaim their land and we are asking for leadership."
And if the ruling party's leadership failed on this matter, the youth league would "lead an unled revolution which seeks to reclaim the land", said Malema.
Malema claims ANC plotted against him
ANC leaders plotted to disrupt the youth league congress, its re-elected leader Julius Malema says
"We have defeated you, and we are still going to defeat you," an angry Malema said in his closing address to the conference in Midrand, Johannesburg.
He said some leaders went to the ANC's 2007 Polokwane conference on a mission to get ANC Youth League leaders out of the way for two years. He claimed party leaders had tried to get league members to vote against his being re-elected ANCYL leader.
He singled out Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, saying its delegates had been instructed to vote differently at the four-day conference, where Malema retained his position in elections on Friday.
"Mpumalanga defied the order, some risked losing their jobs," Malema said.
KwaZulu-Natal delegates were offered R2,000 to vote for a preferred candidate, he claimed.
"People thought these delegates of KZN were willing to sell their soul," he said.
Malema said that Mpumalanga needed "proper leadership".
"We are asking proper politics. Mpumalanga must get proper leadership, we cannot be led by people interfering in the affairs of the youth."
Malema vowed again to "take land without payment" at the closing ceremony.
"There is no way you can be diplomatic about the issue of land. We will never be diplomatic about willing buyer, willing seller. It has failed," Malema told delegates.
He said that the ANC, at its last elective conference in Polokwane, in December 2007, acknowledged that an alternative needed to be found to the willing buyer, willing seller policy.
"The leadership of the ANC must implement the Polokwane resolution. Polokwane said willing buyer, willing seller has failed and we must find an alternative.
"You have failed to find an alternative. We must take the land without payment," said Malema.
But he added: "If you have got an alternative, we are prepared to listen".
Malema said the delegates who attended the four-day conference were "ready to confront white monopoly capital".
"They are determined to reclaim their land and we are asking for leadership."
And if the ruling party's leadership failed on this matter, the youth league would "lead an unled revolution which seeks to reclaim the land", said Malema.
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