Malema’s allies shun new party

Former ANC Youth League president Julius Malema. File photo: Bongiwe Mchunu

Former ANC Youth League president Julius Malema. File photo: Bongiwe Mchunu

Published Jun 19, 2013

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Johannesburg - Julius Malema's former allies do not want to be associated with his new political formation, the Sowetan newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Ayanda Matiti, chairman of the ANC Youth League in the Eastern Cape, told the Sowetan that Malema's move amounted to political prostitution.

“Economic freedom is not a progeny or an entitlement to any other person, but a resolution of a congress which Malema presided over when he was still president [of the ANCYL],” Matiti was quoted by the Sowetan.

He said extracting the resolution and defining it outside the framework of the ANCYL was “tantamount to prostitution”.

Malema's best friend from his home province of Limpopo, Jossey Buthane, could not directly say whether he supported the expelled ANCYL leader in his intention to form a political party, the Sowetan reported.

“Julius Malema is my friend-cum-brother, and I am a member of the ANC,” Buthane told the newspaper.

Malema is however unfazed by not getting support from his former allies

"That's to be expected, we wish them well," Malema responded in a text message to Sapa. - Sapa

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