28/10/2011 ANCYL leader Julius Malema addresses his followers at the Caledonian Stadium in Pretoria early this morning ahead of the organisation's march on the Union Buildings Picture: Sizwe Ndingane 28/10/2011 ANCYL leader Julius Malema addresses his followers at the Caledonian Stadium in Pretoria early this morning ahead of the organisation's march on the Union Buildings Picture: Sizwe Ndingane
Julius Malema’s legal team lodged his appeal on Wednesday against his expulsion from the ANC.
A representative of Cyril Ramaphosa’s office confirmed Wednesday the appeal had been lodged with the party’s national disciplinary committee of appeals.
Mbali Nkosi, PA to Ramaphosa, who heads the committee, could not comment further. Nkosi could not confirm whether ANC Youth League spokesman Floyd Shivambu – who was suspended for three years – had lodged an appeal with Malema.
Malema was given until the close of business on Wednesday to appeal the decision of the disciplinary committee earlier this month to expel him for sowing division in the party.
Nkosi did not know when the appeal hearing would be held.
Earlier on Wednesday, advocate Patrick Mtshaulana confirmed Malema would “definitely” lodge his appeal before the end of the day, saying the legal team was preparing it.
In an interview broadcast on SABC TV on Sunday, Malema pleaded with the ANC not to expel him, saying the party was his life.
He denied sowing division in the party and maintained he did nothing wrong by calling for the nationalisation of mines and for white-owned land to be seized.
He also denied being involved in corruption by using his political rank to facilitate the awarding of government tenders to business allies.
Should his appeal fail, Malema could still win reprieve if a member of the ANC’s national executive committee petitions it to review the matter and the NEC agrees to do so.
If that bid fails, his allies in the party could raise the issue at the ANC’s national conference in Mangaung in December. - Political Bureau