Floyd Shivambu

The news broke earlier today that the ANC will charge Julius Malema for infringing upon the ANC’s constitution. The party spokesperson Keith Khoza has now confirmed that Floyd Shivambu will also be charged with bringing the ANC into disrepute and sowing divisions. Shivambu is the current ANC Youth League spokesperson.

Malema recently said the league would send a team to Botswana to consolidate local opposition parties and help bring about regime change, as it believed the government there was “in full co-operation with imperialists” and was undermining the “African agenda”. The ANC reacted angrily to the comments, publicly rebuking the youth league.

The league responded to this, saying it did not believe it was in the wrong or going against ANC policy. It expressed disappointment at being publicly rebuked before the matter had been internally discussed. On Saturday, however, faced with the prospect of being disciplined, the ANCYL withdrew the statement on Botswana and apologised to the ANC.

Clearly this was too little, too late.

[Source: News24]