*ANC is bigger than everyone. We have found it here. * On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Jacques Cupido <[email protected]>wrote:
> ** > Lets respect the decision of the ANC NDC. There is due processes of appeal > the suspended comrades can follow. > > Amandla > > Jacques > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Caroline Smith <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Cc:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, November 10, 2011 11:40 AM > *Subject:* Re: [CU]ANCYL leaders guilty: suspended sentences suspended > > Twitter journalists reporting that Floyd Shivambu has beeen suspended for > three years, and Julius Malema for five years, both to vacate their > official office. > The rest of the leaders charged are suspended for two years, wiht the > suspension suspended for three years. > > On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Lerato Motimele <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Malema, ANC Youth League spokesperson Floyd Shivambu, deputy president >> Ronald Lamola, treasurer general Pule Mabe, secretary general Sindiso >> Magaqa and deputy secretary general Kenetswe Mosenogi were found guilty by >> the ANC's national disciplinary hearing of ill-discipline and undermining >> ruling party leadership. >> >> The youth league leaders were found guilty and each handed a sentence of >> a two-year suspension from the party. The sentence itself, was in turn >> suspended for three years. >> >> *Floyd's rap* >> Additionally League spokesperson Floyd Shivambu found guilty of bringing >> the party into disrepute by publically condeming ANC national executive >> committee member and South Africa's minister of public enterprises, Malusi >> Gigaba. >> >> For this he was sentenced to an 18-month suspension from the party, which >> in turn was suspended for three years. He was also ordered to make a public >> apology to Gigaba within five days. >> >> The announcement of the committee's finding is still under way. >> >> The first charges followed the league's announcement earlier this year >> that it would send a team to Botswana to consolidate local opposition >> parties and help bring about regime change in that country. >> >> In the face of ANC outrage over what it said was a breach of its >> constitution, the youth league retracted the statement and apologised, but >> barged into a meeting of the ruling party's leadership to press its case. >> The disciplinary process was begun soon thereafter. >> >> Malema has 14 days from the date of his sentencing to appeal the party's >> verdict, and will continue in his position as the youth league's leader >> until then. >> >> *Everything above board >> *Announcing the ANC's national disciplinary committee's decision, >> chairperson Derek Hanekom insisted the disciplinary process had been >> properly initiated and followed. He underscored the importance of >> discipline within the party as "non-negotiable", and said the committee had >> rejected arguments, put forward by witnesses at the hearing -- including >> Winnie Madikizela-Mandela -- that the youth league was autonomous and >> independent from the ANC, its constitution and its processes. >> >> Hanekom said the committee had also rejected suggestions that the >> disciplinary hearing might be used to settle political >> scores<http://mg.co.za/article/2011-10-05-sexwale-dont-use-malema-hearing-to-settle-scores> >> . >> >> Malema's first appearance before the ANC disciplinary committee took >> place at Luthuli House at the end of August. It was moved after violence >> erupted in the Johannesburg CBD. >> >> Youth league members and supporters threw rocks, bottles and bricks at >> journalists and police, and burnt ANC flags and T-shirts bearing the image >> of President Jacob Zuma. >> >> *History of discipline* >> This is not Malema's first time in front of the ANC's disciplinary >> committee. In May last year, he was hauled over the coals for accusing >> President Jacob Zuma of being worse than former president Thabo Mbeki for >> berating him in public. >> >> After a bungled prosecution, Malema was eventually ordered to apologise >> to Zuma, to pay a R10 000 fine, and was sent to a political school and to >> anger-management classes. >> >> The national disciplinary committee at the time said should Malema be >> found guilty of provoking serious divisions or a break-down of unity in the >> organisation within the next two years, his ANC membership would be >> suspended >> >> *Out in force* >> A huge metro police contingent was deployed outside Luthuli House in >> central Johannesburg on Thursday morning, ahead the announcement of the >> hearing's decision. >> >> President and Sauer streets were closed for security reasons by 7am, said >> Johannesburg metro police spokesperson Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar. >> >> "Our officers have been deployed to monitor the situation around Luthuli >> House," said Minnaar. >> >> "They will be there for the rest of the day," he said. -- Sapa, Staff >> reporter >> >> -- >> You are subscribed to the "Communist University" e-mail forum. >> The group site is at >> http://groups-beta.google.com/group/Communist-University >> The Communist University blog at http://domza.blogspot.com/ and our >> wikispace web site is at http://amadlandawonye.wikispaces.com/ >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]; or e-mail >> [email protected] >> > > -- > You are subscribed to the "Communist University" e-mail forum. > The group site is at > http://groups-beta.google.com/group/Communist-University > The Communist University blog at http://domza.blogspot.com/ and our > wikispace web site is at http://amadlandawonye.wikispaces.com/ > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]; or e-mail > [email protected] > > -- > You are subscribed to the "Communist University" e-mail forum. > The group site is at > http://groups-beta.google.com/group/Communist-University > The Communist University blog at http://domza.blogspot.com/ and our > wikispace web site is at http://amadlandawonye.wikispaces.com/ > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]; or e-mail > [email protected] > -- You are subscribed. 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