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Tag Archives: Julius Malema
Malema in court to face corruption charges
Polokwane – Expelled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema arrived at the Limpopo High Court in Polokwane on Tuesday morning to face charges of fraud, corruption, money-laundering, and racketeering. Malema is accused of having made nearly R4m from corrupt activities. … read more
Investigations continue in Malema case
Johannesburg – The curators of the estate of expelled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema said his contempt of court case was taken off the roll on Tuesday to allow for further investigations, the SABC reported. The case could be … read more
South Africa: Former ANC Youth League president Julius Malema joins the Opposition party DA
Former ANC Youth League president and political firebrand Julius Malema has joined the Democratic Alliance. “The courts are being used to target me, destroy my business and eliminate those who would speak truth to power to the showerhead,” Malema said. … read more
The Gruesome Reality of Racist South Africa
For decades, the country of South Africa was the focus of an international rallying cry against the injustices of apartheid. On June 17, 1991, South Africa’s Parliament abolished the legal framework for the practice of racial persecution. In 1994, Nelson Mandela and his … read more
A Once Vibrant S. African Politician Malema now homeless, penniless
OHANNESBURG — Julius Malema, the expelled leader of the ruling ANC’s Youth League in South Africa, is homeless, penniless and a pedestrian after all his cars, properties and valuables were taken this week to repay his tax debt. It is … read more
South African Julius Malema ‘facing bankruptcy’
Julius Malema, the rabble-rousing former ANC youth league leader who was expelled from the party, is said to be facing bankruptcy over back taxes owed to South Africa’s revenue authority. Mr Malema is prepared to pay just a quarter of … read more
Reinstate me or else……..Malema tells ANC
Julius Malema has given the ANC’s Mangaung conference an ultimatum to immediately reinstate him as youth league president with full powers, or else face the consequences. In a letter of demand written to ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe yesterday, Malema identified … read more
Zimbabwe: Mugabe’s Ministers Demand $10m Bribe
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is reportedly fuming after former South African president Thabo Mbeki told him and provided evidence senior Zanu PF ministers had demanded a US$10 million bribe to facilitate a US$1 billion investment by African National Congress (ANC)-linked investors. … read more
Could Mangaung be the end of the road for Julius Malema?
by Mail & Guardian Online Former ANC Youth League president Julius Malema’s political career may be at an end as the potential for him to be reinstated at Mangaung diminishes. Malema’s political career looks just about finished as the potential … read more
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
South Africa: Investment Paradise Or Political Basket Case
Just a few years ago, South Africa was being hailed as a darling of the emerging markets. Crisp with swagger following the hosting of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, South Africa’s boosters pointed to a renewed mining boom, fast growing … read more
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South African ANC: From killing the boer to singing the boer’s song?
The ANC’s pact to stop singing the song with words ‘Dubula i’bhunu’ is a failure – it should have been used to question the definition of hate speech. There was a moment at the end of the press conference to … read more
Is Jacob Zuma “An Appropriate President” for South Africa
I am elected to lead, not to read.”- President Schwarzenegger, The Simpsons, US cartoon The ANC succession battles this year in the run-up to the party’s elective conference in Mangaung are making an objective and impassioned assessment of President Jacob … read more
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Letter to Julius Malema on Zimbabwe
If uncollected rubbish dumps, lack of running clean water and a dilapidating infrastructure inspire you Julius, then I suppose you should relocate to Harare. Greetings to you Julius. I am sure you will note that this is my second letter … read more
S.Africa: Julius Malema says white must ‘hand land back’
Expelled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema must hand back all the land he owns to the Khoisan, AfriForum Youth said on Tuesday. “Malema’s ancestors also migrated southward and arrived here in South Africa without land,” chairman Charl Oberholzer said … read more
Time to improve state participation in Africa’s extractive industries
By Zanele Hlatshwayo The rise in commodities prices over the past decade (referred to by some economists as the ‘commodities super-cycle’) has led to a renewed debate on the role of the state in Africa’s mineral resources sector. Governments are … read more
Is South Africa heading for failed nation status?
David Bullard David Bullard says South Africans need to catch a wake-up, before we go over the cliff Last week the rand dropped to a twelve month low against both the dollar and sterling. This is not a train smash … read more
Former ANC Youth Leader Malema accuses Zuma of not respecting the Constitution
President Jacob Zuma has no respect for the country’s Constitution, expelled ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema said. “How can Zuma ask miners to respect the Constitution if he does not,” Malema asked striking mineworkers in Virginia in the Free … read more
Malema’s charges: Political conspiracy or the course of justice?
Mogomotsi Mogodiri Malema’s charges will really usher in a hilarious soap opera The seriousness of charges levelled against Julius Malema has robbed me of an opportunity to proclaim the arrival in town of “Juju’s Circus”. This does not by any … read more
‘God help S.Africa if Julius Malema becomes president’: Mthembu
ANC spokesperson Jackson Mthembu said during a television interview that it would be a dark day for the country if the expelled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema ever came to power, Beeld newspaper reported on Thursday. “Can you imagine … read more
South African Politician charged with money-laundering
(Reuters)A South African court charged Julius Malema, a renegade of the ruling African National Congress and opponent of President Jacob Zuma, with money laundering on Wednesday. Prosecutors did not file any other charges.
S.Africa: Zuma is ‘the devil on earth’
Xolani Mbanjwa and Sipho Masondo, City Press Polokwane – President Jacob Zuma has turned into the “devil on earth” in the manner in which he deals with his political opponents, expelled Youth League secretary general Sindiso Magaqa has said. Magaqa … read more
Zuma, Malema, conspiracy and the scales of justice
Once pursued like an enemy of the state, President Jacob Zuma knows exactly how it feels to sit in the dock and have the full might of the justice system bear down on him. Julius Malema will soon experience that … read more
Malema owes R16m in tax, Says S.African Revenue Service
T he South African Revenue Service has obtained a R16-million judgment against former ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema for unpaid taxes. The judgment was obtained in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on September 11, City Press reported. … read more
S.Africa: When pro-poor crusader is wanted man over illegal wealth
South African firebrand Julius Malema (pictured), for whom an arrest warrant was issued on Friday, has consistently denounced inequality, but faces charges for funding his wealthy lifestyle through corruption. Booted from the ruling African National Congress in April, the fiery … read more
South Africa issues warrant for Julius Malema
The lawyer of South Africa’s rabble-rousing politician Julius Malema confirms that the government has issued an arrest warrant for him. Malema, who was expelled from the ruling African National Congress party, has outspokenly encouraged the wildcat mining strikes that have … read more
Julius Malema is here to stay, unfortunately for Jacob Zuma
Fiona Forde,guardian.co.uk Malema’s common touch with the Lonmin miners showed he’s a survivor and an opportunist with no need for the ANC any more South African rebel Julius Malema was robbed of a platform this week when thousands of Lonmin … read more
Marikana: The strike might be over, but the struggle continues
Mandy de Waal, dailymaverick Striking workers at Marikana’s Lonmin mine have accepted a pay offer from management and say they’ll be back at work this Thursday, but the campaign for justice and better living conditions in the North West town … read more
Marching on: Malema’s glorious revolution
Sipho Hlongwane, dailymaverick Julius Malema took a day out of his busy revolutionary schedule to tell the country that he wouldn’t be stopped. Not by the police, and certainly not by President Jacob Zuma. Conveniently, for this comeback to work, … read more
Apocalypse South Africa: rumours of Armageddon greatly exaggerated
By Simon Freemantle and Desné Masie On 16 August 2012, 34 miners were killed and nearly 80 injured in confrontations with police, while scores more were arrested and allegedly tortured during a wildcat strike at Lonmin PLC’s Platinum Mine in … read more
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