ANCYL president Julius Malema led the League's National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Benoni on Saturday.
Malema - who has been suspended for five years after the ANC's National Disciplinary Committee found him guilty of bringing the party into disrepute - danced and sang alongside his fellow comrades.
“No matter how difficult, we are going to Mangaung, even when they suspend us,” NEC members sang in isiZulu.
The closed meeting was believed to have been called to discuss the League's reaction to the suspension of Malema.
During a brief photo opportunity members of the NEC outlined their intentions at the 2012 Manguang conference in song .
“2012 siVota Mbalula, siVota Kgalema” they sang.
The League wants Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula to replace Gwede Mantashe as the African National Congress's secretary general. They also want deputy president Kgalema Mothanthe to be elected president of the ANC.
Mbalula is a former president of the ANC Youth League.
The ANC holds its elective conference in Mangaung in the Free State in 2012.
“Mantashe wa sokodisa...Motlanthe o re rapedise re masokolara,” which loosely translates to 'Mantashe is annoying...Motlanthe pray for us we are suffering,' they sang while photographers took pictures
The tempo increased when they sang a song about nationalisation of mines: “Motlanthe go tlo ba monate ga re nationalisa di mine tsa SA (Motlanthe it will be nice when we nationalise all mines in South Africa).”
They concluded by singing a song in respect of slain Libya ruler Moammar Gadhafi.
“Who killed Gadhafi while we love him,” they sang in IsiZulu.
Malema, ANCYL deputy president Ronald Lamola, treasurer general Pule Mabe, secretary general Sindiso Magaqa and deputy secretary general Kenetswe Mosenogi were charged for bringing the party into disrepute.
This was after saying earlier this year that the ANCYL would send a team to Botswana to consolidate local opposition parties and help bring about regime change there.
Malema later apologised for the remarks, but they were widely believed to have caused serious diplomatic embarrassment for the ANC. - Sapa