{"id":9634,"date":"2012-04-04T15:51:12","date_gmt":"2012-04-04T13:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/04\/update-1-s-africa-anc-temporarily-ousts-rebel-malema-from-party\/"},"modified":"2012-04-04T15:51:12","modified_gmt":"2012-04-04T13:51:12","slug":"update-1-s-africa-anc-temporarily-ousts-rebel-malema-from-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-1-s-africa-anc-temporarily-ousts-rebel-malema-from-party\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 1-S.Africa ANC temporarily ousts rebel Malema from party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Latest measures against Malema escalate party infighting<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Last week Malema called Zuma government a &#8216;dictatorship&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Malema&#8217;s future crucial in the run for ANC leadership<\/p>\n<p> (Adds details, quotes, byline)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Jon Herskovitz<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>JOHANNESBURG, April 4 (Reuters) &#8211; South Africa&#8217;s ruling ANC<br \/>\nsaid on Wednesday it had temporarily removed party rebel Julius<br \/>\nMalema from his role as president of its Youth League and was<br \/>\nbarring him from attending party meetings.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The move escalates rare public infighting at the country&#8217;s<br \/>\nmost powerful party, punishing Malema days after he had called<br \/>\nPresident Jacob Zuma&#8217;s government a &#8220;dictatorship&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The temporary and immediate suspension of comrade Malema<br \/>\nwill come into effect on Wednesday, 4 April,&#8221; an ANC<br \/>\ndisciplinary panel said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The African National Congress had already expelled Malema<br \/>\nfrom its ranks for breaking party rules but, pending an appeal,<br \/>\nhad allowed him to stay in his post, address ANC rallies and<br \/>\nattend meetings.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If Malema loses his appeal, he will be definitively expelled<br \/>\nfrom the party. He is scheduled to have an appeal hearing next<br \/>\nweek.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Latest measures against Malema escalate party infighting * Last week Malema called Zuma government a &#8216;dictatorship&#8217; * Malema&#8217;s future crucial in the run for ANC leadership (Adds details, quotes, byline) By Jon Herskovitz JOHANNESBURG, April 4 (Reuters) &#8211; South Africa&#8217;s ruling ANC said on Wednesday it had temporarily removed party rebel Julius Malema from [&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-9634","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\/9634","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=9634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9634\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}