* Warrant linked to corruption probe by police
* Golds Fields strike to end
* AngloGold latest victim of wildcat strikes
By Pascal Fletcher
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 21 (Reuters) – South African authorities
have issued an arrest warrant for ANC renegade Julius Malema,
President Jacob Zuma’s most vocal critic and a key backer of
wildcat miner strikes that spread on Friday to bullion producer
Anglogold Ashanti.
The former Youth League leader, who was expelled from the
ruling African National Congress in April for indiscipline, was
liaising with police about his appearance in court next week,
his lawyer, Nicqui Galaktiou, told Reuters.
“We are busy arranging Mr. Malema’s appearance next week,”
she said. “We don’t have a confirmed date yet. We have not seen
the warrant of arrest. We don’t know what the charges are. He
won’t be jailed.”
She added that the charges stemmed from an investigation by
the police’s elite Hawks detective division, which has been
probing 31-year-old Malema for alleged corruption relating to
the award of government contracts in his native Limpopo
province.
South Africa’s City Press newspaper said Malema, who has
addressed crowds of strikers and called for nationwide
industrial action, was facing charges of fraud, money laundering
and corruption.
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