* Malema says he was unfairly prosecuted
* Delivers veiled jabs at Zuma
* Youth League mocks Zuma with “Shoot the Shower” song
By Jon Herskovitz
PRETORIA, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Julius Malema gave what
may be his final address as leader of the ANC Youth League on
Friday, saying South Africa’s ruling party has persecuted him
and that he will pursue his struggle for nationalising mines
even if he is ousted.
Malema faces a five-year expulsion from the African National
Congress for violating its rules and dividing the party that has
ruled since a white-minority apartheid government ended in 1994.
“We are now preparing our lives outside the ANC and possibly
in prison,” Malema told a meeting of senior Youth League
members, who sang his praises and mocked President Jacob Zuma.
“The entire process of the disciplinary proceedings of the
ANC was politically motivated and meant to resolve political
struggles and battles within the ANC,” said Malema dressed in a
T-shirt and what members said was a “revolutionary beret”.
Malema will be barred from ANC posts and party functions. He
has been allowed to stay in his post until a party panel
announces, probably this month, the length of his suspension.
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