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    February 04, 2012

Suspension of ANC's Youth Leader Upheld

   VOA News
   Julius Malema, delivers a speech in Soweto, May 15, 2011 (file photo)
   Photo: AFP
   Julius Malema, delivers a speech in Soweto, May 15, 2011 (file photo).

   A disciplinary committee of South Africa's ruling African National
   Congress (ANC) has upheld the suspension of Julius Malema, the
   firebrand leader of the organization's youth wing.
   The 30-year-old Malema has been leading a campaign to nationalize the
   country's mines and forcibly turn white-own land over to blacks.
   In November, Malema was handed a five-year suspension for causing
   divisions within the ANC and bringing it into disrepute. Though once a
   supporter of South African President Jacob Zuma, Malema has recently
   gone on the attack against the Zuma administration.
   A hearing on mitigating Malema's sentence is to be held in two weeks.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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