Julius Sello Malema

Two former NUM leaders (and now top ANC officials) Gwede Mantashe and Kgalema Motlanthe face growing attacks from the conservative nationalist wing of the party led by youth leaguers Fikile Mbalula and Julius Malema...

The MDC stands aloof from events such as the flying appearance of Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad which was treated as a purely ZANU-PF affair as was that of Julius Malema the wild child of South Africa’s African National Congress Youth League (AC Vol 51 No 12)...

This spat goes to the heart of the party battle pitting the business nationalists such as Nyanda and ANC Youth League (ANCYL) President Julius Malema against Vavi Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande and ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe (AC Vol 51 No 8)...

This loss stems from personal scandals corruption allegations against his senior allies and challenges to his authority by populists in the ANC Youth League especially its President Julius Malema (AC Vol 51 No 8)...

This week President Jacob Zuma has hard choices to make about Julius Malema the vociferous leader of the African National Congress Youth League...

Meanwhile the leader of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) Julius Malema was publicly defying the governing ANC resuscitating an old ‘struggle song’ that calls for the killing of Boers meaning white farmers...

The royal reception accorded to South Africa’s firebrand youth leader Julius Malema in Zimbabwe over the Easter weekend has proved counterproductive (AC Vol 51 No 7)...

After South African President Jacob Zuma's 16-18 March trip to Harare the abrasive Chairman of the African National Congress Youth League Julius Malema is due to arrive in Zimbabwe on 2 April for a four-day tour at the invitation of the dominant Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front...

The primary target is the secretary general’s post: ANC Youth League (ANCYL) leader Julius Malema wants to replace incumbent Gwede Mantashe with his friend Deputy Police Commissioner Fikile Mbalula...

As the African National Congress leadership tries to dampen factional rivalries some are asking whether Julius Malema the firebrand President of the ANC Youth League has moved from being one of President Jacob Zuma’s staunchest supporters to one of his biggest liabilities...

‘What Julius Malema epitomises is a very very dangerous axis between demagogic politics and cowboy capitalists white and black ’ a senior minister told Africa Confidential in Cape Town last week...