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By Carien du Plessis
ANC Youth League president Julius Malema has given ANC leaders an ultimatum to either support nationalisation or forget about leading the ANC in 2012.
"Whoever says 'I want to be this or that', we say he must first pronounce 'nationalisation'. If he cannot pronounce 'nationalisation', he will not be qualified to lead the ANC," he said to rapturous applause from about 300 youth league supporters during a public debate last night.
Before the start of the debate, at the Atlas Studios in Auckland Park, Joburg, an excited group of ANCYL supporters sang freedom songs praising Malema, President Jacob Zuma and Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.
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Malema first mooted the idea of the nationalisation of mines in July. While Cosatu supported his call, ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe said the matter was not on the party's agenda.
Malema last night said the Freedom Charter called for nationalisation, and many ANC stalwarts, such as Nelson Mandela and OR Tambo, supported this idea during the struggle.
The economy was still in white, male hands and this had to change so that everyone could benefit from the riches of the country, said Malema.
He said any ANC leaders who wanted a less than radical approach to liberation were "cowards" and "do not qualify to be in the ANC".
"We will elect a person who will adhere to a programme of action when the ANC turns 100 years (in 2012). That conference cannot just be a conference," he said.
- This article was originally published on page 2 of The Star on October 23, 2009
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