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| South Africa's ANC sacks youth leader Julius Malema | |
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| South Africa's governing ANC has found youth leader Julius Malema guilty of bringing the party into disrepute. | South Africa's governing ANC has found youth leader Julius Malema guilty of bringing the party into disrepute. |
| He has been suspended from the party for five years and sacked as Youth League leader. | He has been suspended from the party for five years and sacked as Youth League leader. |
| Once a close ally of President Jacob Zuma, Mr Malema has become one of his strongest critics, accusing him of ignoring poor South Africans who helped bring him to power in 2009. | Once a close ally of President Jacob Zuma, Mr Malema has become one of his strongest critics, accusing him of ignoring poor South Africans who helped bring him to power in 2009. |
| The BBC's Milton Nkosi says the verdict boosts Mr Zuma's re-election bid. | |
| Mr Malema wants Mr Zuma replaced as party leader ahead of the 2014 elections but our correspondent says it is now difficult to see how Mr Malema can affect the ANC leadership contest next year. | |
| There is tight security outside the ANC headquarters in central Johannesburg but no sign of the large crowds of ANC Youth League members seen when the hearing opened in August. | |
| Thousands of Mr Malema's supporters clashed with police and some were seen burning T-shirts bearing Mr Zuma's face. | |
| Mr Malema is a hugely divisive figure in South Africa after making a series of controversial statements. | |
| He has previously been found guilty of using hate speech by singing an anti-apartheid song Shoot the Boer [white farmer], which has since been banned. | |
| He once vowed to "kill for Zuma" and was also disciplined for saying a woman who said she had been raped by Mr Zuma had had "a nice time". Mr Zuma was acquitted of the charges. | |
| In May 2010, he was made to apologise publicly following a controversial trip to Zimbabwe where he declared the ANC's support for President Mugabe at a time when Mr Zuma was mediating between the country's coalition members. | |
| His suspension is for calling for a change of government in neighbouring Botswana - a position which contravenes party and government policy. |