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Malema case postponed to 2013

The matter against former ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema and his co-accused was postponed until next year by the High Court in Polokwane on Friday. The case was postponed to 23 April 2013. Charges of racketeering have been added … read more »

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Malema to continue as ANCYL president

Despite his suspension by the ANC. Julius Malema will continue to perform his duties as president of the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) despite his suspension by the ANC, the ANCYL said on Sunday. “The NEC agreed that ANC Youth League … read more »

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ANC Youth League plans mass action

Johannesburg – The ANC Youth League will take to the streets in October to demand the nationalisation of mines and an equal share in the country’s mineral resources, its spokesperson Floyd Shivambu said on Wednesday. “The ANCYL takes this approach … read more »

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ANCYL to challenge ruling

The ANCYL will appeal against a ruling that the song “awudubule ibhunu” (shoot the boer) is hate speech, secretary-general Sindiso Magaqa said on Wednesday. The judgment favoured a minority in the country, he told reporters in Johannesburg. “The minorities continue … read more »

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Liberation songs were not ‘love songs’: Malema

Johannesburg – The ANC Youth League will ask Parliament to protect liberation songs, league president Julius Malema said on Wednesday. He said the Equality Court went too far in interdicting the use of the lyrics “shoot the boer”. “We are … read more »

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Zuma says Malema should be helped, not banished

South Africa’s ruling ANC does not plan to throw firebrand youth leader Julius Malema out of the party and he should be helped “to do the right things” rather than be punished, President Jacob Zuma said in an interview published … read more »

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South Africa’s Malema found guilty of hate speech

South Africa’s firebrand ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema was found guilty on Monday of uttering hate speech for singing an apartheid-era song that called for the killing of white farmers. The verdict against Malema, one of the country’s most … read more »

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S.Africa’s Malema declares “economic war” on whites

The firebrand leader of the youth wing of South Africa’s ruling ANC declared “economic war” on whites on Saturday, making clear he had no intention of backing down from inflammatory rhetoric on the eve of a party disciplinary hearing. Julius … read more »

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ANC going against its constitution: ANCYL

Johannesburg – Information regarding ANC Youth League president Julius Malema’s disciplinary hearing channelled by the ANC to the media, is against its own constitution, the league said on Friday. “The ANCYL’s understanding of the ANC constitution’s clause concerning public communication … read more »

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‘We did not bless Malema’

No service to bless ANC Youth League president Julius Malema was conducted by the Methodist Church of SA (MCSA), the church said on Thursday. “The constitution of the MCSA is clearly non-partisan and requires clergy who seek political party office … read more »

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S. Africa: Malema bodyguard ‘planned cash heist’

Johannesburg – ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema’s Durban-based chief bodyguard is accused of conspiring to commit a cash-in-transit robbery and is standing trial, the Citizen reported on Saturday. Captain Shane Smith from Durban’s organised crime unit said Adriaan Snyman … read more »

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South Africa: Judge orders guns out of Malema case

Johannesburg – Equality Court Judge Collin Lamont paused ANC Youth League president Julius Malema’s hate speech case on Tuesday to order that anyone carrying firearms remove them from the court. “People who have arms are supposed to be dispossessed of … read more »

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ANC Youth exports its special brand of violent to Swaziland

Supporting the Swaziland Solidarity Network is one thing the ANC Youth League has managed to get right. As the SSN prepares mass demonstrations in Swaziland for 18 March, however, the ANCYL’s violent rhetoric is not doing them any good. We … read more »

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Group to apply for order against Malema

Johannesburg- The Sonke Gender Justice Network intends applying for a court order against ANC Youth League president Julius Malema for neither filing appeal papers relating to the hate speech ruling against him nor paying the R50 000 fine ordered by … read more »

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South Africa: Malema to stand trial for hate speech

ANC Youth League president Julius Malema will go to trial for hate speech in April next year. The Johannesburg High Court made the decision after Malema and his accusers, civil rights group AfriForum, failed to come to a settlement over … read more »

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