The Limpopo ANC youth league has described league president Julius Malema's expulsion from the ANC as "unacceptable".
League provincial treasurer Rudzani Ludere told reporters on Thursday members would continue to regard Malema as their leader until his term in office lapsed.
"We wish to state that [for] the national disciplinary committee to expel the youth league president and suspend for three years the secretary general as well as [the] national spokesman is unacceptable."
Malema was expelled from the ANC on Wednesday.
The ANCYL's secretary general Sindiso Magaqa and spokesman Floyd Shivambu were suspended for three years.
Ludere said youth league members were being targeted by their leaders for ideological reasons, particularly the nationalisation of mines and land issues.
The move to expel Malema was politically motivated and aimed at weakening the league's position on issues affecting African people, he said.
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