‘Nothing honourable about Malema’ – ANCYL chairperson
23.07.2015
Tshwane ANC Youth League chairperson, Lesego Makhubela, has hit back at EFF leader Julius Malema, accusing him of hypocrisy and misleading poor people.
Makhubela said there was nothing honourable about Malema. “Malema bought a house in Sandton for R5 million and demolished that house to make a way for a R16 million house,” Makhubela told The Citizen during an interview in Tshwane on Wednesday.
“He had built a very big house in Seshego for his grandmother in the midst of the sea of poverty there. “That is sheer hypocrisy.”
He said Malema projects himself as one of the poor but has taste for finer things in life. “He frequently visits affluent clubs, drinks expensive whiskeys and wears designer clothes. “He is taking advantage of the poverty of the poor people and misleading them.”
This after Malema told residents at a community meeting in Matebeleng informal settlement, Rustenburg, North West, this week that there was nothing honourable about President Jacob Zuma.
“He is swimming in a pool of luxury while people are swimming in a pool of poverty,” Malema said, referring to the controversial multimillion security upgrades at Zuma’s private home in Nkandla.
Makhubela, who is one of the contenders for the Youth League president position, warned that the EFF was going to die its natural death. “The EFF is two years old. It is younger than my daughter.
“It is an organisation that we don’t even think about.” The EFF will celebrate its second-year anniversary in Rustenburg this weekend.
OCTOBER 2011
Investigation by the Hawks
While Malema was overseas at a friend's wedding in Mauritius in late October 2011, it was reported in various South African media that Malema faced various charges of corruption, fraud and money laundering – these charges having been brought forward by the Special Investigative Unit, the Hawks.
At the core of the allegations is the Ratanang Trust, a trust ostensibly set up by Malema and named for his son – with his son and grandmother listed as beneficiaries – but allegedly is the focal point for payments made by politically connected businessmen in return for lucrative state tenders, mostly in the impoverished Limpopo region. Malema has denied any wrongdoing, while various investigations continue.
A warrant was issued for Malema's arrest in September 2012 on charges of fraud, money laundering and corruption, in relation to a government contract. The warrant was reportedly issued following an investigation into a tender awarded in 2010 to EduSolutions, to distribute textbooks to students in Limpopo. An investigation into the incident was launched by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), SA Revenue Service (Sars) and the elite police unit, the Hawks, following the discovery of dumped textbooks near a dam in Giyani
Money laundering and tax evasion charge
On 26 September 2012, Malema was charged with money laundering, relating to his awarding of lucrative government contracts in Limpopo in return for an alleged 4 million rand in kickbacks.
After a hearing at the court in Polokwane, he was granted bail of 10,000 rand. Malema is facing charges of tax evasion in the amount of R16-million after it was revealed that he was linked to companies that obtained other lucrative contracts from the Limpopo government.
“It is an organisation that we don’t even think about.” The EFF will celebrate its second-year anniversary in Rustenburg this weekend.
OCTOBER 2011
Investigation by the Hawks
While Malema was overseas at a friend's wedding in Mauritius in late October 2011, it was reported in various South African media that Malema faced various charges of corruption, fraud and money laundering – these charges having been brought forward by the Special Investigative Unit, the Hawks.
At the core of the allegations is the Ratanang Trust, a trust ostensibly set up by Malema and named for his son – with his son and grandmother listed as beneficiaries – but allegedly is the focal point for payments made by politically connected businessmen in return for lucrative state tenders, mostly in the impoverished Limpopo region. Malema has denied any wrongdoing, while various investigations continue.
A warrant was issued for Malema's arrest in September 2012 on charges of fraud, money laundering and corruption, in relation to a government contract. The warrant was reportedly issued following an investigation into a tender awarded in 2010 to EduSolutions, to distribute textbooks to students in Limpopo. An investigation into the incident was launched by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), SA Revenue Service (Sars) and the elite police unit, the Hawks, following the discovery of dumped textbooks near a dam in Giyani
Money laundering and tax evasion charge
On 26 September 2012, Malema was charged with money laundering, relating to his awarding of lucrative government contracts in Limpopo in return for an alleged 4 million rand in kickbacks.
After a hearing at the court in Polokwane, he was granted bail of 10,000 rand. Malema is facing charges of tax evasion in the amount of R16-million after it was revealed that he was linked to companies that obtained other lucrative contracts from the Limpopo government.
Money laundering and tax evasion charge
On 26 September 2012, Malema was charged with money laundering, relating to his awarding of lucrative government contracts in Limpopo in return for an alleged 4 million rand in kickbacks.
After a hearing at the court in Polokwane, he was granted bail of 10,000 rand. Malema is facing charges of tax evasion in the amount of R16-million after it was revealed that he was linked to companies that obtained other lucrative contracts from the Limpopo government.
2013
ANC Youth League faces bankruptcy over debt - ANDREW HARDING NOVEMBER 7TH 2013
A political organisation founded by Nelson Mandela is begging the South African public for cash to save it from a looming collapse triggered by the "reckless mismanagement" of its former leaders.
"We are in trouble," said Mzwandile Masina, national convener for the ANC Youth League.
The league - once a cauldron of political radicalism and a training school for future liberation struggle icons like Oliver Tambo and Walter Sisulu - says it needs to find up to 17 million rand ($1.6m; £1m) to pay its debts by next January or a court will order its closure.
The new "National Task Team" currently running the Youth League made their plea at a news conference held in the crowded lobby of the ANC's Johannesburg headquarters, Luthuli House. Portraits of Mr Mandela were placed conspicuously behind them.
The League lashed out at the judge presiding over their bankruptcy proceedings for making "silly" and "political" decisions. But the biggest criticism was reserved for a man whose name, it quickly became clear, none of the League's leaders could bear to even mention.
"We don't have time to promote self-seeking individuals," said Mr Masina curtly, when I asked him if he was accusing the League's former leader, Julius Malema, of being a crook.
"Former leaders milked the organisation dry, then went off to create a new self-enrichment scheme in the form of a new political party," he said.
"We've made it our business not to talk about them. We are not calling for [them] to be investigated. We are taking ownership of what has happened," said Mr Masina, insisting the organisation had been reorganised and still "resonates with millions of young people."
Mr Malema was expelled from the ANC last year for bringing the party that has ruled South Africa since democracy arrived in 1994 into disrepute and for sowing division. He has since gone on to form a new party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), which will compete in next year's election.
Mr Malema remains a profoundly divisive figure here. An electrifying public speaker, his fiery brand of populism and his unashamedly "bling" lifestyle, have kept him in the headlines for years.
But he is facing fraud charges and a tax investigation, and his calls for the seizure of white-owned land and the nationalisation of mines have alarmed the financial markets and prompted one political rival to compare him to Hitler.
The League's current leaders say the organisation has been pushed into provisional liquidation by debts incurred during the organisation of a national congress in 2008.
"We want to call on active citizens of South Africa to help with rescuing the organisation of Nelson Mandela. We either pay or close shop. We have not collected a cent to date. We call on progressive business people to contribute," said Mr Mzwandile, who raised some eyebrows in the room when he said donors would be guaranteed anonymity.
A suited man in the audience raised his hand and said he represented a "holding company" and wanted to know how to help financially.
The timing of all this is awkward for the ANC, as it heads towards elections next year and the possibility that its share of the vote could slip below 60% for the first time.
This is in part because challengers like Mr Malema are expected to chip away at its overwhelming electoral majority. A desire to avoid more bad publicity could very well see the ANC bail out its prodigal and chastened youth division.
On a lighter note, relations between the ANCYL and BBC News appear to have improved since this now infamous encounter between Mr Malema and my colleague Jonah Fisher.
"You're from the BBC?" the League's national spokesperson Bandile Masuku asked me after I'd posed a question at the news conference. "Allay your fears. You're not going to be thrown out!"
Flatnote Magazine (Cape Town)
ANC YOUTH LEAGUE BANKRUPT
Johannesburg - The ANC Youth League is broke, chaotic and literally being bankrolled by the ruling party. Reacting to a Johannesburg High Court application for the liquidation of the league, ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe said in court papers that the ANCYL had neither assets nor money to settle the R15 million in lawsuits against it.
Z2 Presentations cc, which trades as University Events Management’s attorney, Marius van Rensburg, said the court application originated from a judgment in the Free State High Court against the ANCYL in 2008, “on which the current outstanding amount, interest included, is over R15 million”. In an affidavit, UEM’s owner, Willem Adendorff, said the ANCYL owed his company R12.8m after it arranged accommodation and catering for the national conference in Bloemfontein in 2008.
The chaotic conference, marred by alcohol abuse and the flashing of bums of drunken members, swept Julius Malema to power. Under Malema, the league was also rocked by infighting and the purging of regional and provincial leaders who challenged his authority.
Adendorff said the league had in 2011 claimed more than 600 000 members which, at R12 a member, should bring in R7.2m a year. He also believed the ANCYL had other sources of funding.
In October 2008, Adendorff obtained a default judgment for R7.7m plus interest. The sheriff twice tried to seize the youth league’s assets to settle the debt, but found there were no assets.
As a result, the businessman said, the ANCYL was commercially insolvent and should be liquidated. Attempts to negotiate payment with both the ANCYL and the ANC failed, causing Adendorff to accuse both organisations of having scant regard for the court ruling on the matter.
Online Community Comments:
Rita • These experts in financial management regard themselves as future leaders of this country. God help us.
Zipper Z • Well, we know what's in store for the future if this is the state of our youth....
BrokenSA • HAHAHAHAHA!!!! THEY WANT TO RUN THE COUNTRY AND THEY CAN'T EVEN RUN THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS PROPERLY!!!
Tim1957 • The ANC government's finanancial mismanagement is no different but they can survive by screwing the taxpayers!
Emily • Stop giving them money, let them find out how business works before they have an opinion on how to ruin business. Let them stop acting like barbarians, and if they break the law, arrest them. Stop making excuses for these people.
Mfwetu • Seems that Mathews Phosa's cheque book has run dry. There was a time when the Sherriffs of the Court used to be directed to him to settle Malema and the ANCYL debts but no longer .. wonder why that is ?
Glen Eric Huysamer • The ANC is the controlling body so they should pay for the ANCYL'S CRAP. all of a sudden, the shot hits the fan and now they want to claim to be separate entities.
Mfwetu • Ahhhh!.... and this is the example of the fine upstanding youth (yes 35 is considered a youth in their minds) that aspire to political office in the ANC - heaven help us all!
paul_heighton • The sheriff of the court should go to Nkandla for the money, I suspect there are plenty of assets lying around there they could take.
Gladiator71 • One has to wonder what happened to the annual membership fees of R7.2m. In all likelihood - stolen by the leaders.
Viv1 • A fool and their money are soon parted. An even bigger fool is one who is parted from money that they never had in the first place.
Art Brigg • Hey guys, this is GREAT NEWS! That means I can convert my business from a Closed Corporation into a political party instead - no taxes, and I can get into debt without threat of liquidation? Awesome!
Oneway Castle • We would like to interrupt this program with some important breaking news! The ANC Youth Leagues Eunuch Choir is going to sing in soprano: " Time to say goodbye"
15.02.2016
Malema: SA needs Zimbabwe-style land expropriation without compensation
EFF leader Julius Malema’s flirtation with rational economics is clearly over. After a successful visit to the UK late last year where he offered thoughts that went down well with potential foreign investors, the feisty political entrepreneur has reverted to his roots. During a lengthy interview with the Financial Times of London, Malema punted Venezuela (which tops the global misery index) and Cuba (a time capsule from the 1950s) as role models for South Africa. Then on Friday, and at a well publicised debate with Clem Sunter in Cape Town, he proposed another populist route to disaster via Zimbabwe-style land grabs without expropriation. Malema has the charisma and courage to be part of a troubled South Africa’s solution. Pity he remains stuck in the quagmire of failed Soviet-inspired dogma. – Alec Hogg
By Dane McDonald
Cape Town – EFF leader Julius Malema on Friday told Cape Town heads of industry that land expropriation without compensation was needed in South Africa.
“The state must take a deliberate decision to nationalise the land and redistribute it for equal use [for everybody],” Malema told members of the Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) over dinner at the Cape Sun hotel.
Malema challenged by “First People” activist – “Khoisan only authoritative voice on land…”
By Genevieve Quintal, News24
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