{"id":22654,"date":"2013-09-16T20:27:50","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T18:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/mbalula-turns-on-old-friend-malema\/"},"modified":"2013-09-16T20:27:50","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T18:27:50","slug":"mbalula-turns-on-old-friend-malema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/mbalula-turns-on-old-friend-malema\/","title":{"rendered":"Mbalula turns on old friend Malema"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t              \t\t    September 16 2013 at 12:33pm <br \/>\n\t\t                   By Bongani Hans\n\t          <\/p>\n<p class=\"comment_call_to_action\">Comment on this story<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><!-- C-ON-TEXT_CONTENT_START --> <\/p>\n<p>        \t                                <!-- Main Editorial Image --><br \/>\n                    \t\t\t      \t\t\t                                      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/c1dc3_1285421915.jpg\" alt=\"malema and mbalula sep 16\" title=\"\" class=\"pics\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"captions_credit_article\">Independent Newspapers<\/p>\n<p class=\"captions\">Sports and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula (right) has turned on his former friend and political ally Julius Malema, saying the Economic Freedom Fighters&#8217; leader would be brought to his knees in the general elections next year. File photo: Bongiwe Mchunu<\/p>\n<p class=\"captions\">\n<p class=\"related_articles\">Related Stories<\/p>\n<ul class=\"menu_tab_lists_related\">\n<li><a class=\"related_articles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za:80\/news\/politics\/mbalula-earns-approval-from-league-1.1576610\">Mbalula earns approval from league<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--PSTYLE=WT Web Text--><\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Durban &#8211; Sports and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula has turned on his former friend and political ally Julius Malema at a rally in Durban, saying the Economic Freedom Fighters\u2019 (EFF) leader would be brought to his knees in the general elections next year. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Addressing ANC supporters, who had packed the Currie\u2019s Fountain Stadium for a Youth League rally at the weekend, Mbalula said Malema was not an example to be followed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cDon\u2019t follow people who are directionless. Don\u2019t follow back-stabbers. The person who will remove the ANC from power is yet to be born,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Directly attacking Malema, Mbalula said: \u201cThis person does not even have Standard 10 (Grade 12). The ANC had made him someone important. When he is removed from the position he forms his own party.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">He said the ANC\u2019s doors were still open to those who had been misled by Malema. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Malema and Mbalula, both former ANC Youth League presidents, were once close allies but alienated many in the ANC with their failed \u201cForces of Change\u201d campaign to oust Jacob Zuma. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Malema, who was expelled from the ANC, has since formed the EFF, but Mbalula mended fences and retained his position in the government.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Mbalula said the ANC\u2019s election campaign would ensure that the EFF did not survive theelections. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Malema and others should have respected the decisions taken in Mangaung to retain Zuma as the party president, he added. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cIn the ANC we were taught to respect and accept majority decisions,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">He also reaffirmed his support for Zuma. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Malema could not be reached for comment and EFF spokesman Mbuyiseni Ndlozi did not respond to queries from The Mercury on Sunday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\"><strong>The Mercury<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>\t  <!-- .aticle_column --><\/p>\n<p><!-- C-ON-TEXT_CONTENT_END --><\/p>\n<p><!--JavaScript Tag \/\/ Tag for network 567: Dash Of Lime \/\/ Website: IOL Articles \/\/ Page: ROS \/\/ Placement: IOL Article ROS-MPU Content-300 x 250 (4390488) \/\/ created at: Apr 16, 2013 2:56:37 PM--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/adserver.adtech.de\/adlink|3.0|567|4390488|0|170loc=300;key=key1+key2+key3+key4\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/71453_adserv%7C3.0%7C567%7C4390488%7C0%7C170loc%3D300%3Bkey%3Dkey1%2Bkey2%2Bkey3%2Bkey4\" border=\"0\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<!-- End of JavaScript Tag --><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"sharinganchor\" id=\"sharinganchor\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t  \t\t <!--  .article_tool\" --><\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      <span class=\"storify-this\"><br \/>\n       <\/span><\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/9d2d0_sign-up.jpg\" alt=\"sign up\" class=\"storify-this\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>  \t    <!-- Render the Comments --><\/p>\n<p>\t<a name=\"comments_start\" id=\"comments_start\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Comment Guidelines<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Please read our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/comment-guidelines\" target=\"_blank\">comment guidelines<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Login and register, if you haven\u2019 t already.<\/li>\n<li>Write your comment in the block below and click (Post As)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Has a comment offended you?<\/strong> Hover your mouse over the comment and wait until a small triangle appears on the right-hand side. 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