{"id":7651,"date":"2012-02-05T01:40:50","date_gmt":"2012-02-04T23:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/02\/newsmaker-fallen-firebrand-malema-ignited-s-african-politics\/"},"modified":"2012-02-05T01:40:50","modified_gmt":"2012-02-04T23:40:50","slug":"newsmaker-fallen-firebrand-malema-ignited-s-african-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/newsmaker-fallen-firebrand-malema-ignited-s-african-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWSMAKER-Fallen firebrand Malema ignited S.African politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* His ANC career is on the rocks after suspension upheld<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* But he could remain a political figure to watch<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Malema reminded ANC that needs of poor have not been met<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* He rattled investors with calls for mines nationalisation<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Marius Bosch and Pascal Fletcher<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>JOHANNESBURG, Feb 4 (Reuters) &#8211; In less than four<br \/>\nyears, ANC youth leader Julius Malema turned himself into an<br \/>\noutspoken irritant for South Africa&#8217;s ruling party as he<br \/>\nregularly and pointedly reminded its leaders how they had failed<br \/>\nthe country&#8217;s poor majority.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, after an African National Congress appeals<br \/>\npanel upheld his suspension for bringing Africa&#8217;s oldest<br \/>\nliberation movement into disrepute, the banishment of the<br \/>\nyouthful rebel from party ranks seemed complete.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The panel nevertheless decided to allow Malema and fellow<br \/>\nsuspended ANC Youth League colleagues an additional hearing to<br \/>\nargue for a lighter penalty than his five-year suspension.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A speedier return to the party may not salvage his ANC<br \/>\ncareer, but some believe he could remain a player in South<br \/>\nAfrica&#8217;s political scene, ahead of a key ANC leadership<br \/>\nconference due at the end of this year.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* His ANC career is on the rocks after suspension upheld * But he could remain a political figure to watch * Malema reminded ANC that needs of poor have not been met * He rattled investors with calls for mines nationalisation By Marius Bosch and Pascal Fletcher JOHANNESBURG, Feb 4 (Reuters) &#8211; In less [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-7651","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7651\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}