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AFRICANEWSWIRE.NET (April, 12 2012) SO OBSTREPEROUS had Julius Malema, former firebrand youth leader of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), become that President Jacob Zuma and his fellow party bosses could not wait to kick him out. Even before the end of formal disciplinary procedures on April 12th, the party announced his immediate suspension, along with a ban on his attending any ANC meetings, even as a guest speaker, or so much as mentioning the party’s name in public.It was a Stalinist gesture worthy of an all-powerful party that has ruled South Africa with little challenge for two decades. This is not to deny that Mr Malema acted outrageously. Back in 2007, when Mr Zuma dramatically ousted President Thabo Mbeki as leader of the ANC, the young rabble-rouser had proclaimed himself ready to kill for Mr Zuma. No one tried to discipline him at the time. Instead he was hailed as a kingmaker, boosting an already substantial ego.So long as the powerful youth leader restricted himself to rants against “imperialist” whites and calls to nationalise mines and expropriate farms, Zimbabwe-style, Mr Zuma refused to rein in a man he had talked...
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