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Sat May 26 14:16:45 SAST 2012

Eastern Cape ANCYL to ignore Malema suspension

Sapa | 08 February, 2012 09:3711 Comments
Suspended ANC Youth League president Julius Malema.
Image by: Reuters / Reuters

The Eastern Cape ANCYL has resolved to disregard its president Julius Malema's possible suspension until after a pronouncement on the matter at the ANC conference in December, according to a report on Wednesday.

"Julius is still the president, even if the mitigation can arrive at the same conclusion [that he be suspended] -- any discussion of a post-Julius era is premature at this stage," ANCYL provincial secretary Mziwonke Ndabeni was quoted as saying by the Dispatch Online.

At the weekend, the league's provincial executive committee (PEC) resolved to ask the league's national executive committee (NEC) to intervene on Malema's behalf.

Ndabeni said the Eastern Cape would propose that the NEC of the parent body should exhaust the two further options provided for by the ANC constitution to save Malema.

These were to take it to the ANC NEC for discussion, and if that failed, to write a discussion document which must be tabled at the national congress, for consideration.

"Between now and December, there is still that room for engagement. Those are part of the appeal processes which are in the ANC constitution. Once we take those two steps, it means that the suspension of Julius, the sanction and the sentence will not be enforced until those steps are concluded," said Ndabeni.

Ndabeni said talks on who would succeed Malema if he were to leave were "not even in our plan".

The African National Congress's disciplinary committee of appeals announced on Saturday it had dismissed appeals by Malema, his spokesman Floyd Shivambu, and four other ANCYL officials to overturn their suspensions. The four others are deputy president Ronald Lamola, treasurer general Pule Mabe, secretary general Sindiso Magaqa and deputy secretary general Kenetswe Mosenogi.

They were given two weeks to prepare arguments in mitigation of their suspensions.

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dopla1967

Posted 108 days ago
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Comrades need to be discipline and wait ANC processes to be finished before commenting.

matlhabaEuric

Posted 108 days ago
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who is going around assuring the mining capital that there would be no Nationalization, saying its not an option??

what does gold/yellow on the ANC flag symbolize??

I know the answers

MabhebezazEC

Posted 108 days ago
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As i have been saying that here in EC, we don't want Zuming back!!!! But these Zulus say EC is behind Zuming, don't think so!!!!
Kgalema for president!!!!!!!!!!
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samsam

Posted 108 days ago
we are nt surpised of that our movement has been infiltrated by osikhotheni too much we need to clean up all these hooobos, if they are nt happy, Malema must form his political party, why nt

samsam

Posted 108 days ago
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MabhebezazEC
Posted 15 minutes ago


this is what Im refrring to tribal politics

Ngwijikhwebu

Posted 107 days ago
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The ANC needs to deal with the very same ill-disciplined lunati'cs like Ndabeni if they are serious about instilling discipline within the organisation. This ANC was not formed by the Ndabeni's of this world, but through blood and tears of our fathers, grandfathers and grand-grand fathers. Hence the movement should have no place for people who think they are indispensable. The ANCYL can shout until the second coming of Jesus Christ, but they will always operate within the confines of the mother body, the ANC.
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RealAfricanDemocrat

Posted 106 days ago
This is really very sick indeed. It is not Julius Malema who thinks he is indispensable. It is Zuma and his supporters who think they are indispensable and actually bigger than the ANC and that Jacob Zuma is above the law and thus should not be subjected to the rule of law. If Jacob Zuma has nothing to hide he has to go and face the music in court. What is he afraid of if he has got nothing to hide. I think the man protests too much. If I were him and knowing that I had nothing to hide, I would have my day in court. But no, our man quakes in his pants and is too mortified to even consider appearing in court.

danny.archer1

Posted 107 days ago
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I support the EC ANCYL. The more the defy, the more they divide.

OTTOOTTO

Posted 107 days ago
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Why am i not surprised at this Ndabeni joker. One of the major findings of the NDCA was that the ANCYL misread the ANC constitution badly. It doesnt take much to notice that Ndabeni has no understanding of the ANC constitution and grossly miscalulates his fortunes in this regard. By doing so in blatant disregard for the party's constitution Ndabeni runs the risk of inciting greater divisions as many young people who are also as illiterate as Ndabeni, think none the wiser.

There is one thing that has come clear from the Malema disciplinary hearing, is that the ANC will step up its might against indisciplined power hungry gangsters and tenderprenuers like Ndabeni who seem to fill the media pages and young minds with total rubbish. This will create space for pragmatic vibrant positive thinking youths to address themselves to pertinent youth issue such as education, training, employment, culture, technology and environmental issues, etc. There isnt a single government in the world that is run by a youth movement or that will govern with a youth movement. So it will help if the youth were properly educated trained and politically groomed such as we see the Dina Pule's, Nathi Mthethwa's, Fikile Mbalula'a and Melusi Gigaba's mature into seasoned political giants.

Ndabeni is an opportunist and an escapist. Eastern Cape is a rotten bowel, schools are dysfunctional whilst the EC ANCYL bickers about Malema. Port of Nquga is lying empty wasting billions of our taxes in unused world class infrastructure that could employ at least 3500 young people each year. Shouldnt this be Ndabeni's first priority - fix Eastern Cape Provincial administration, fix the schools, fix the roads (Mandela Boulevard is a shame to the Mandela legacy), fix corruption and fix social cohesion.

Large numbers of young people leave the Eastern Cape for Gauteng, Cape Town, KwaZulu-Natal to escape poverty and perhaps escape Ndabeni rhetoric. All this youth migration happens while Ndabeni is bickering about things he has no understanding of meaning the ANC constitution. Its shocking to drive from the lush green plantations of KwaZulu-Natal into the dry deserted and impoverished fields of the Eastern Cape. Tears roll down your cheeks as you imagine the shameful waste of natural resources and under utilisation of human capital. All this while Ndabeni yanks mindlessly about an ANC that he has such poor understanding of.

The ANC is a voluntary organisation, you are free to leave as you were free to join. If you are not developing people for a better life, there is nothing to worth staying for unless you are power monger. Ndabeni and company if you are not happy in the ANC you are free to leave.

dopla1967

Posted 107 days ago
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In the ANC website news there is a story written by SASCO about the announcement made by Ministers Shabangu and Manuel in mining indaba about nationalisation. These minisiter told the gathering that nationalisation is not vaible and the research document kickout the nationalisation. The statement of Sasco is critisizing these ministers about their announcement. As far as i know SASCO cannot load a statement in the ANC website that is criticising ministers without the ANC Secretary General knowledge. It means that the statement of SASCO has the blessing of the ANC chief addmistrator Mantashe that is why it appear in the site. So the announcement by Manuel and Shabangu was never been sanction by the ANC NEC but are their own view which is in my view bothers to ill-displine. The ANC must release the document with immediate effect. If these ministers were voicing thier own position outside the ANC mandated they need to be discipline for pre-empting the ANC discusions process on this matter.

MoBlaq

Posted 103 days ago
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Way to go Cdes. ANC as an organisation doesn't have the right to remove the ANCYL leadership from office. The best they could do is to descipline the said leadership.