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Malema Says ANC Needs More Radical Leaders

   VOA News 15 August 2010
   African  National  Congress  youth  league  leader Julius Malema (File
   Photo)

Photo: AP

   African  National  Congress  youth  league  leader Julius Malema (File
   Photo)

   The outspoken youth leader of South Africa's ruling ANC is calling for
   the party to install younger, more radical leaders.

   Speaking  Saturday,  Julius Malema said South Africa needs a "fearless
   ANC," one that, in his words, will tell the queen in London that South
   Africa's economy will change.

   Malema  was  referring  to comments President Jacob Zuma made during a
   state visit to Britain in March, when he said nationalization of South
   Africa's mines is not government policy.

   Malema and ANC leaders have been at odds for months, since Malema made
   headlines with a string of controversial remarks and incidents.

   In March, he praised the efforts of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe
   to seize white-owned farmland and nationalize mines.

   Later,  he  was forced to apologize for repeatedly singing a song with
   the words Kill the Boer, a term for a white South African farmer.

   Malema  was  also caught on camera insulting a BBC journalist. In May,
   the ANC ordered him to take anger management classes.

   Malema  has  supporters  within the ANC youth league but has no formal
   policymaking power.

   Some information for this report was provided Reuters.

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