A defiant Julius Malema has publicly questioned President Jacob Zuma’s leadership and judgment.
Speaking at an ANC Youth League conference in Limpopo, Malema also accused Zuma of abandoning Nelson Mandela’s foreign policy principles by siding with the “imperialists” for supporting a UN no-fly-zone resolution against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Now the firebrand ANCYL leader could be thrown out of the ANC for openly defying the party’s national disciplinary committee.
Last year, the committee convicted him for implying that Zuma was worse than Thabo Mbeki after the president warned Malema against publicly criticising him and causing divisions in the party.
Malema was let off with a warning that he would be expelled from the party if he breached the ANC’s constitution again.
Addressing a regional conference in Tzaneen, Limpopo, at the weekend, Malema said Zuma had made poor decisions since being elected ANC president in 2007.
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