{"id":6245,"date":"2011-12-19T00:30:35","date_gmt":"2011-12-18T22:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/12\/s-africas-firebrand-malema-openly-mocks-zuma\/"},"modified":"2011-12-19T00:30:35","modified_gmt":"2011-12-18T22:30:35","slug":"s-africas-firebrand-malema-openly-mocks-zuma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/s-africas-firebrand-malema-openly-mocks-zuma\/","title":{"rendered":"S.Africa’s firebrand Malema openly mocks Zuma"},"content":{"rendered":"

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JOHANNESBURG<\/span> Dec 18 (Reuters) – Firebrand party rebel
\nJulius Malema mocked South African President Jacob Zuma at a
\nprovincial conference this weekend, local media said, in the
\nlatest sign of a growing power struggle within the ruling ANC
\nahead of its leadership election next year.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Malema, currently appealing a five-year suspension from the
\nANC, led supporters at a conference on Saturday in singing “The
\nshower man is giving us a hard time”, the Sunday Times said.<\/p>\n

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The paper showed a photograph of a beret-clad Malema cupping
\nhis hand over his head to imitate a shower. The reference was to
\nZuma’s admission in a 2006 rape trial – in which he was
\nacquitted – that he did not use a condom during sex with a woman
\nhe knew to be HIV-positive, but took a shower afterwards in the
\nhope of reducing the risk of infection.<\/p>\n

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Malema was attending an ANC conference in his home province
\nof Limpopo, where he still commands wide support.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

The ANC last month expelled the 30-year-old leader of its
\npowerful youth wing for five years for dividing the party and
\nbringing it into disrepute.<\/p>\n

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Malema has called for the nationalisation of mines and
\nbanks, the seizure of white-owned land, and the overthow of
\nneighbouring Botswana’s democratically elected government. His
\nsuspension should help pave the way for Zuma to secure a second
\nterm as ANC leader, and hence as South African president, at a
\nparty conference next year.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

But Malema’s appearance at the weekend sent a different
\nmessage from comments last month in which he said he was
\n“finished politically” and had decided to go into cattle
\nfarming.<\/p>\n

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At the conference on Sunday, a key Malema ally scored a
\nmajor win when he was re-elected as head of the Limpopo ANC. The
\nSouth African Press Association reported that Casel Mathale
\nfended off a challenge from Deputy Arts and Culture Minister Joe
\nPhaahla, a Zuma supporter.<\/p>\n

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Zuma’s government this month took direct control of parts of
\nseveral provincial administrations, including Limpopo, in a
\nclampdown on profligate spending.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Pretoria assumed authority over nearly every area of
\nadministration in the troubled northern province after it asked
\nfor a 1 billion rand ($118 million) overdraft to pay civil
\nservants’ salaries.<\/p>\n

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Limpopo has been plagued by allegations of mismanagement and
\ncorruption, especially in the award of government contracts.
\n($1 = 8.4376 South African rand)\t<\/p>\n

(Reporting by David Dolan, Editing by Mark Trevelyan)<\/p>\n

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