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'We will Kill for Zuma' |
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Cape Times |
| Date | 2008-06-17 |
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ANC Youth League (ANCYL) President Julius Malema has vowed that the youth of
South Africa would die in supporting ANC President Jacob Zuma.
"We are prepared to die for Zuma," Malema told a Free State rally. "We are
prepared to take up arms and kill for Zuma," Malema
added at the end of his speech, while the crowd clapped hands and laughed.
Earlier, Malema said there was no question that the ANC president would be the
country's next president. He added that those who did not respect the current
ANC leadership should go.
Malema said those in the party who have indicated that they would not be
available for positions in the new government, under Zuma, should not wait but
leave now.
He also reiterated that the Scorpions case against Zuma, expected to begin later
this year in the Pietermaritzburg High Court, should be dropped.
"The future belongs to us. We do not want a situation where the state prosecutes
its own president," Malema said.
He said the ANCYL was planning to assemble a legal team to try to get the case
against Zuma thrown out of court.
* This article was originally published on page 1 of The Pretoria News on
June 17, 2008
With acknowledgements to Cape Times.