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Showing posts with label Julius Malema. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Julius Malema. Show all posts
Friday, November 29, 2013
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Sunday, October 30, 2011
JUJU GOING DOWN
A probe by the special investigative unit, the Hawks, into the financial affairs of Julius Malema, has allegedly uncovered prima facie evidence of wrongdoing relating to the awarding of tenders to companies with close ties to the ANC Youth League leader in his home province of Limpopo.
The Sunday Independent has learnt that it was no longer a case of “if” there was a case for Malema to answer, but a matter of “when” he was likely to be hauled before a court. Sources close to the criminal investigation into Malema said he faced cases of corruption, fraud and money laundering which mirror the cases President Jacob Zuma faced before ascending to the Union Buildings.
The Hawks were investigating, among others, the Ratanang Family Trust, named after his son, which Malema allegedly used as a conduit for bribes, a company owned by Maropeng Ramohlale, the mother of his son, and others that are run by Malema’s friends.
The Sunday Independent was informed that several of Malema’s acquaintances had approached the Hawks requesting co-operation, instead of being arrested.
The source said the case against Malema relied heavily on SMSes exchanged between him and several businessmen. “You must know that businessmen do not want to spend a day in prison. Once you visit them, they tell you the whole story and produce the evidence to corroborate their story,” said the source.
In February 2010, SGL Engineering Projects, a company Malema owned with his friend Lesiba Gwangwa, won tenders worth millions of rand from municipalities across Limpopo. Gwangwa is also the chief executive officer of On Point, a company that was paid R52 million in 2009 to administer the programme management unit of the Limpopo Roads and Transport Department for a period of three years.
On Point is a sister company of SGL Engineering, which started out as Segwalo Consulting Engineers in 2002, and the Ratanang Family Trust has a stake in On Point. Malema resigned as a director of SGL Engineering last year.
Ramohlale has two companies registered under her name – Ratamaropeng Construction and Projects and Bondu Engineering Contractors.
The Hawks have two investigators probing Malema while Public Protector Thuli Madonsela has three. Madonsela’s spokesman, Oupa Segalwe, said their investigation into Malema’s business interests was ongoing.
“Up to so far,” he said, “we have collected documents, identified some of the witnesses and agreed with the Hawks on the approach. We will be getting three investigators to help expedite the case.”
The investigations into Malema started when his lavish lifestyle, expensive parties and houses came to the fore, with many questioning how he managed all these things on his youth league salary.
The Sunday Independent broke the story of his R3m house that was destroyed to make way for a bigger mansion, believed to be worth about R16m.
Hawks spokesman McIntosh Polela refused to comment on the investigation: “We are not giving updates on investigations.”
The Hawks have reportedly collected enough documents which point to money laundering, fraud and corruption involving the league leader. The officials – who spoke on condition of anonymity – said immediately after AfriForum’s complaint, the Hawks applied for a court order, requesting it to grant them the power to obtain Malema’s bank records, his cellphone accounts and the list of companies registered with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission, be they under his name or those of his allies.
“We got SMSes. You could see from the records that there was a request for money and it then gets deposited the next day. Malema has made a lot of enemies and most of them are willing to talk.
“Some have approached the Hawks with information and the Hawks have told them to wait until they finalise their investigation,” said the official. During their investigation, the Hawks apparently found a lot of companies registered under Malema and his associates, with “big money moving from one account to another”.
“There’s huge amounts of monies amounting to millions of rand moving from one account to the other,” the official said.
In August this year, a few days after the ANC charged Malema with sowing divisions and bringing the ruling party into disrepute, the Hawks confirmed that they were probing Malema for corruption and fraud.
At the time, the Hawks said the probe was preliminary. In July, Malema said he was not engaged in illegal activities.
“Why would I form a trust to do illegal activities and put my child in that trust and my grandmother in that trust?”
Polela said afterwards the investigative unit had, from the information at their disposal, “enough to tell us that we need to do a full investigation because there’s a lot that tells us that we have reason to worry”.
He said the Hawks investigation was related to the Ratanang Family Trust and other companies linked to him.
“There are a lot of companies that are involved that we need to look into and their finances and how those finances come in and get out and what those finances are used for,” Polela said then.
In May 2008, Malema was controversially elected as the league’s president and, weeks later, the Ratanang Family Trust was registered at the Pretoria office of the Master of the High Court.
Juju jets off to R10m party with the rich
JUST two hours after leading thousands of desperately poor people on a march for "economic freedom" on Friday, Julius Malema jetted out of Johannesburg for an all-expenses-paid weekend of booze, parties and luxury at a R10-million wedding in Mauritius.
Malema couldn't get away from the masses fast enough. He was whisked away in a blue-light convoy to catch a business class flight to party it up at the five-star resort.
When the flight landed at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport, Malema was picked up from the aircraft in a private vehicle and shuttled to the terminal.
He later checked into the exclusive five-star Long Beach resort, where rates start at R4648 a night for a beach-facing room and go up to R14 784 for a suite.
http://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2011/10/30/let-them-eat-cake
Friday, October 28, 2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Juju's March
TRUE COLOURS: ANCYL T-shirts and caps are displayed for sale at the league’s economic freedom march in Johannesburg.
WTF ?!?
AT THE READY: Marshals stand ready as the ANCYL's economic freedom march moves through Johannesburg.
I like the way Malema was not only late for his own march but also alternated between walking and riding the route
but his supporters didnt have that priviledge, what a twat!
EN MASSE: ANCYL march on Oxford Road, Johannesburg.
Just an excuse to cause more disruption, who is paying for this & the destruction left in their wake??
FRIENDLY: A jubilant supporter jumps on Julius Malema as he leads the crowd of protesters during the ANCYL march to the Chamber of Mines in central Johannesburg.
A look of total disgust at being touched....so much for being with the people for the people?
DANCING: Members of the ANCYL dance as they stage an "economic freedom youth mass action" march in Johannesburg.
I thought they were meant to be the Youth League not the Old Wives Club??
PS: The red is my own comments and not what was published by the media.
I will die laughing if we get a huge rain storm tonight washing out their night vigilante
At least the traffic going to work was better this morning.....
My thanks to Tanya Blank for this email - you rock my friend <3<3
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Malema threatens ANC leaders
Wed, 19 Oct 2011
Julius Malema
Leaders are not indispensable and could be removed at the wish of those who elected them, ANC Youth League president Julius Malema said on Tuesday.
He told students at the Walter Sisulu University in the Eastern Cape that Alfred Xuma, ANC president in the 1940s, never listened to the youth and was therefore not re-elected to lead the party.
"When president Xuma chased them [the youth] away and accused them of being disrespectful — the same accusation we have today against the leadership of the youth league — they went into the conference of the ANC and they said he cannot be a president again," Malema said.
Malema said at that time, not everybody qualified to be president.
"Today, for you to lead the ANC you have to be a person who has got a good standing in society."
Xuma was seen during his leadership as too conservative by an increasingly impatient and activist youth of that time, including former president Nelson Mandela.
Malema made his first reference to Xuma in public after the ANC slapped him with disciplinary charges.
Malema and the youth league's top five officials are accused of sowing division and bringing the ANC into disrepute.
This relates mainly to their statement about helping to effect regime change in Botswana.
The ANC leadership ignored an apology and pressed ahead with disciplinary action against Malema, his deputy Ronald Lamola, spokesperson Floyd Shivambu, secretary-general Sindiso Magaqa, his deputy Kenetswe Masonogi and treasurer-general Pule Mabe.
At his disciplinary hearing over the weekend, Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale testified for Malema.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and ANC national executive committee member Tony Yengeni were also expected to testify in Malema' defence.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
ANC's view of judiciary a threat to our Constitution
15 September, 2011
The Times Editorial: Is the ANC genuinely committed to upholding South Africa's cherished Constitution, the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary?
Seventeen years ago, the party of Nelson Mandela played a leading role in forging a constitutional order that made the new South Africa the envy of the world.
Our Constitution is intact today, but in recent years the ruling party, under pressure from an electorate disenchanted with corruption and the slow pace of service delivery, has been chipping away at the independent state institutions and a critical media.
The scrapping of the Scorpions, the reshaping of the National Prosecuting Authority, President Jacob Zuma's recent appointment of a chief justice not renowned for enlightened judgments, and the Protection of State Information Bill are manifestations of this.
Yesterday, ANC Youth League president Julius Malema, in criticising Judge Colin Lamont's ruling in his hate-speech case, said it showed that the courts and the judiciary were "not transformed" and "if not being transformed means racist, so be it".
Malema's views could be glibly dismissed if they were not broadly shared by other senior leaders of the ruling party.
Secretary-general Gwede Mantashe warned in a recent interview that the Constitutional Court was being used as an opposition to the ANC-led government. Responding to criticism of Zuma's nomination of Mogoeng Mogoeng as chief justice, Mantashe said: "My view is that there is a great deal of hostility that comes through from the judiciary towards the executive and parliament, towards the positions taken by the latter two institutions. Unless this issue is addressed deliberately, it's going to cause instability."
Last week, senior ANC member Ngoako Ramathlodi claimed that opposition parties and civil society bodies were frustrating the government's transformation agenda by using the "mainly untransformed judiciary".
http://www.timeslive.co.za/opinion/editorials/2011/09/15/anc-s-view-of-judiciary-a-threat-to-our-constitution
The Times Editorial: Is the ANC genuinely committed to upholding South Africa's cherished Constitution, the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary?
Seventeen years ago, the party of Nelson Mandela played a leading role in forging a constitutional order that made the new South Africa the envy of the world.
Our Constitution is intact today, but in recent years the ruling party, under pressure from an electorate disenchanted with corruption and the slow pace of service delivery, has been chipping away at the independent state institutions and a critical media.
The scrapping of the Scorpions, the reshaping of the National Prosecuting Authority, President Jacob Zuma's recent appointment of a chief justice not renowned for enlightened judgments, and the Protection of State Information Bill are manifestations of this.
Yesterday, ANC Youth League president Julius Malema, in criticising Judge Colin Lamont's ruling in his hate-speech case, said it showed that the courts and the judiciary were "not transformed" and "if not being transformed means racist, so be it".
Malema's views could be glibly dismissed if they were not broadly shared by other senior leaders of the ruling party.
Secretary-general Gwede Mantashe warned in a recent interview that the Constitutional Court was being used as an opposition to the ANC-led government. Responding to criticism of Zuma's nomination of Mogoeng Mogoeng as chief justice, Mantashe said: "My view is that there is a great deal of hostility that comes through from the judiciary towards the executive and parliament, towards the positions taken by the latter two institutions. Unless this issue is addressed deliberately, it's going to cause instability."
Last week, senior ANC member Ngoako Ramathlodi claimed that opposition parties and civil society bodies were frustrating the government's transformation agenda by using the "mainly untransformed judiciary".
http://www.timeslive.co.za/opinion/editorials/2011/09/15/anc-s-view-of-judiciary-a-threat-to-our-constitution
Shoot the Boer hullabaloo
Comedian Riaad Moosa thinks the country suffers from a condition similar to "family dysfunction" or "birth order theory", and only Dr Phil can help us recover from the Shoot the Boer hullabaloo.
In a YouTube video that has resurfaced, after first appearing on Loyiso Gola's Late Night News show on e.tv, Moosa - who is producing musical scores for his upcoming movie Material - agreed with Judge Colin Lamont that ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema should refrain from singing the struggle song.
Lamont, of the Johannesburg Equality Court, on Monday ruled that the song constituted hate speech.
"For songs the context is much more important than the words. Like Ring a Ring o' Rosie - that's about the black death. Also Rock-a-bye Baby. Do we ever concentrate on the words of that song? It's hectic," Moosa says in the video.
Moosa cautioned that if songs such as Shoot the Boer were allowed, parents could end up turning the struggle song into a nursery rhyme, which could result in violent youths.
Ultimately, the only way the country could move forward was if we embraced each other's differences, he said.
Moosa said Afrikaans singer Steve Hofmeyr exhibited "middle child" symptoms, and wanted attention, while Malema was the "classic last-born" as he was noisy and caused "a lot of crap [which] others have to clean up after him".
But Malema wasn't all bad, said Moosa, because in singing Shoot the Boer he wasn't referring to "Old MacDonald" somewhere in the country, but was focusing on the apartheid regime.
"In fact he even tried to say we should try to kiss the boer. But they were not impressed."
http://www.timeslive.co.za/entertainment/2011/09/15/sa-in-dire-need-of-dr-phil
In a YouTube video that has resurfaced, after first appearing on Loyiso Gola's Late Night News show on e.tv, Moosa - who is producing musical scores for his upcoming movie Material - agreed with Judge Colin Lamont that ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema should refrain from singing the struggle song.
Lamont, of the Johannesburg Equality Court, on Monday ruled that the song constituted hate speech.
"For songs the context is much more important than the words. Like Ring a Ring o' Rosie - that's about the black death. Also Rock-a-bye Baby. Do we ever concentrate on the words of that song? It's hectic," Moosa says in the video.
Moosa cautioned that if songs such as Shoot the Boer were allowed, parents could end up turning the struggle song into a nursery rhyme, which could result in violent youths.
Ultimately, the only way the country could move forward was if we embraced each other's differences, he said.
Moosa said Afrikaans singer Steve Hofmeyr exhibited "middle child" symptoms, and wanted attention, while Malema was the "classic last-born" as he was noisy and caused "a lot of crap [which] others have to clean up after him".
But Malema wasn't all bad, said Moosa, because in singing Shoot the Boer he wasn't referring to "Old MacDonald" somewhere in the country, but was focusing on the apartheid regime.
"In fact he even tried to say we should try to kiss the boer. But they were not impressed."
http://www.timeslive.co.za/entertainment/2011/09/15/sa-in-dire-need-of-dr-phil
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Drop the charges - Malema
September 1 2011
Julius Malema has asked the ANC to drop three of the charges against him because they have “no substance”.
In a lengthy argument which dominated Wednesday’s disciplinary hearing proceedings, the ANC Youth League president’s legal counsel argued that the committee should dismiss the charges relating to:
* Malema’s comments last month that the youth league would set up a “command team” which would assist the opposition parties in Botswana to unseat President Ian Khama. The league leadership also called Khama “a puppet of the West”.
* Malema’s comments during a local government election rally in Kimberley where he labelled whites criminals, reportedly saying: “We must take the land without paying. They took ours without paying. Once we agree (that) they stole our land, we can agree (that) they are criminals and must be treated as such”.
* Comments he made in which he praised former president Thabo Mbeki, saying his departure from South Africa’s and the continent’s affairs had signalled an end to issues of the “African Agenda”.
It is understood that Malema’s legal team argued that his utterances did not constitute a breach of the ANC’s constitution because Malema was expressing an opinion held by the youth league leadership and its supporters.
His team also submitted that the league’s leadership had also apologised for its comments on Botswana and its head of state. The ANC’s prosecution rejected the application.
The hearing was postponed to Friday to allow the presiding officer, ANC NEC member Derek Hanekom, to make a decision.
The national disciplinary committee (NDC) said it needed time to “deliberate on the substantive issues raised by both parties”.
If Malema wins, he and his co-accused will only be left with one charge to answer – that of storming a meeting chaired by President Jacob Zuma early last month. Zuma was apparently unhappy about their action because he had instructed an ANC NEC member to inform Malema that he had postponed their scheduled meeting. Malema and his co-accused – deputy president Ronald Lamola; secretary-general Sindiso Magaqa; his deputy, Kenetswe Mosenogi; and treasurer Pule Mabe – allegedly ignored the official.
The disciplinary hearing of Floyd Shivambu was postponed to a later date, the NDC said.
Magaqa briefed Malema’s supporters outside Beyers Naude Square after the adjournment, saying: “There are lots of things happening inside, but we cannot brief you on them because they are internal matters.”
He also appealed to the crowd to maintain discipline when they return tomorrow. “We find hope, when we see you, during hard times. You bring hope to the leadership of the ANC Youth League,” Magaqa said.
Meanwhile, the Gauteng provincial government is to lay criminal charges against the youth league for damage to one of its buildings in the Joburg city centre.
A total of 18 windows of the Department of Roads and Transport were shattered when Malema supporters pelted police with stones and bottles outside the department’s offices on Tuesday.
It is understood the decision to lay criminal charges was taken at a high-powered meeting attended by the acting head of department, Stuart Lumka, and senior officials yesterday.
It was not clear whether Lumka’s political boss, MEC Ismail Vadi, was in the building during the attack. The departmental officials have started gathering video footage and photographs and other materials which could assist in the arrest and prosecution of the suspects.
Roads and Transport spokeswoman Octavia Mamabolo confirmed the meeting but would not confirm that a decision to lay criminal charges was taken.
Support for Malema appears to have lost momentum with a drastically reduced number of supporters arriving at Beyers Naudé Square yesterday. No violence was reported.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Violence erupts outside Luthuli House
2011-08-30
Police fired rubber bullets at rowdy ANC Youth League supporters who tried to force their way into the ANC's headquarters on Tuesday where Julius Malema faced a disciplinary hearing.
Police sprayed water and fired teargas at his supporters, who were running amok and throwing bottles at law enforcement officials.
A cameraman had to run away and hide behind a wall after a brick was thrown at him.
A heavy police contingent cordoned off Luthuli House building, where the ANC Youth League leader and several other top leaders faced charges of bringing the ruling party into disrepute.
According to tweets from the scene, violent clashes erupted between ANCYL supporters and police. Bricks, stones and bottles have also been hurled at television crews.
Several streets were closed while groups of supporters, whistling and blowing on vuvuzelas, ran up and down, signalling to motorists to stop and make U-turns.
One of the supporters told a Sapa reporter they were running around to show the police they were not scared of them, and that they would force their way into Luthuli House if the disciplinary hearing went against Malema and his co-accused.
Beyers Naude square, where portable toilets had been set up, was strewn with litter following a night vigil.
A helicopter hovered over the crowds while police would not allow anyone near the Luthuli House building.
"The numbers are swelling," said Johannesburg metro police spokesperson Wayne Minnaar.
"Sauer street is blocked off at Market street, Simmonds street is blocked off at Pritchard street and Harrison street is blocked off at Pritchard street."
Malema faces charges alongside league spokesperson, Floyd Shivambu, league deputy president Ronald Lamola, secretary general Sindiso Magaqa, his deputy, Kenetswe Mosenogi and treasurer general Pule Mabe.
The charges include bringing the ANC into disrepute and sowing divisions in ANC ranks.Promises of discipline
Earlier, an ANC Youth League leader of Ekurhuleni promised that supporters would stay disciplined on Tuesday, as crowds grew outside the ruling party's headquarters.
"We will not cause confrontation with police...we are staying together united and disciplined. We are not going to break anything," said Thepelo Khumalo, chairperson of the ANC Youth League's Tsakane branch in Ekurhuleni.
He said his branch members arrived in five Toyota Quantums.
"We did it for President Jacob Zuma so now we are doing it for Julius Malema... we support everyone in Luthuli House...
"He [Malema] is the son of the president."
Members who converged around him said they did not believe the charges brought against their president meant that Zuma was going against Malema.
Should "the big 5" be suspended, Khumalo said the elders would have to suspend all members of youth league.
"Malema is our mouth, he took a mandate from us...if he is suspended, we are going with him in solidarity."
One member was draped in chains across his chest. He strode across Beyers Naude square, carrying a placard saying: "Julius Malema ons stan by jour [sic]. Deur dik en dun! [Malema, we stand by you through thick and thin.]"
Khumalo was one of Malema's supporters who had gathered at Luthuli House in Johannesburg to show support for Malema and his co-accused.
Hundreds of people had gathered and busloads more were expected.
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/ANC-flags-Zuma-T-shirt-set-alight-20110830
Police fired rubber bullets at rowdy ANC Youth League supporters who tried to force their way into the ANC's headquarters on Tuesday where Julius Malema faced a disciplinary hearing.
Police sprayed water and fired teargas at his supporters, who were running amok and throwing bottles at law enforcement officials.
A cameraman had to run away and hide behind a wall after a brick was thrown at him.
A heavy police contingent cordoned off Luthuli House building, where the ANC Youth League leader and several other top leaders faced charges of bringing the ruling party into disrepute.
According to tweets from the scene, violent clashes erupted between ANCYL supporters and police. Bricks, stones and bottles have also been hurled at television crews.
Several streets were closed while groups of supporters, whistling and blowing on vuvuzelas, ran up and down, signalling to motorists to stop and make U-turns.
One of the supporters told a Sapa reporter they were running around to show the police they were not scared of them, and that they would force their way into Luthuli House if the disciplinary hearing went against Malema and his co-accused.
Beyers Naude square, where portable toilets had been set up, was strewn with litter following a night vigil.
A helicopter hovered over the crowds while police would not allow anyone near the Luthuli House building.
"The numbers are swelling," said Johannesburg metro police spokesperson Wayne Minnaar.
"Sauer street is blocked off at Market street, Simmonds street is blocked off at Pritchard street and Harrison street is blocked off at Pritchard street."
Malema faces charges alongside league spokesperson, Floyd Shivambu, league deputy president Ronald Lamola, secretary general Sindiso Magaqa, his deputy, Kenetswe Mosenogi and treasurer general Pule Mabe.
The charges include bringing the ANC into disrepute and sowing divisions in ANC ranks.Promises of discipline
Earlier, an ANC Youth League leader of Ekurhuleni promised that supporters would stay disciplined on Tuesday, as crowds grew outside the ruling party's headquarters.
"We will not cause confrontation with police...we are staying together united and disciplined. We are not going to break anything," said Thepelo Khumalo, chairperson of the ANC Youth League's Tsakane branch in Ekurhuleni.
He said his branch members arrived in five Toyota Quantums.
"We did it for President Jacob Zuma so now we are doing it for Julius Malema... we support everyone in Luthuli House...
"He [Malema] is the son of the president."
Members who converged around him said they did not believe the charges brought against their president meant that Zuma was going against Malema.
Should "the big 5" be suspended, Khumalo said the elders would have to suspend all members of youth league.
"Malema is our mouth, he took a mandate from us...if he is suspended, we are going with him in solidarity."
One member was draped in chains across his chest. He strode across Beyers Naude square, carrying a placard saying: "Julius Malema ons stan by jour [sic]. Deur dik en dun! [Malema, we stand by you through thick and thin.]"
Khumalo was one of Malema's supporters who had gathered at Luthuli House in Johannesburg to show support for Malema and his co-accused.
Hundreds of people had gathered and busloads more were expected.
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/ANC-flags-Zuma-T-shirt-set-alight-20110830
Thursday, August 25, 2011
ANC Youth League Fights Back
25 Aug 2011
THE ANC Youth League has upped the tempo in its face-off with the ANC, calling for the reopening of the government's controversial R30 billion arms deal.
"We want to get clarity on the arms deal, because time and again we get signals elsewhere outside the country that there are unanswered questions," said ANCYL Limpopo chairperson Frans Moswane yesterday.
The call followed confirmation by the ANC that it had laid charges against the ANCYL's general-secretary Sindiso Magaqa, deputy president Ronald Lamola, treasurer Pule Mabe and deputy secretary Kenetswe Mosegoni.
The ANCYL leaders, including its president Juluis Malema and spokesperson Floyd Shivambu, are charged with bringing the ANC into disrepute. This follows a statement by the league accusing Botswana President Ian Khama of being a "puppet of the West".
The arms deal has haunted the ANC, with allegations that its key members and the party received bribes from arms manufacturers.
In 2005, then president Thabo Mbeki fired his deputy, Jacob Zuma, after the latter's financial adviser Schabir Shaik was found guilty of trying to solicit a bribe from Thint, the local subsidiary of French arms company Thales, on behalf of Zuma. The NPA subsequently withdrew charges of corruption against Zuma.
In 2003, then ANC chief whip Tony Yengeni was convicted after he received a large discount on a luxury car from one of the firms bidding for the contract. Yengeni was chairman of Parliament's defence committee at the time of the arms deal.
Earlier this year, it was reported that Fana Hlongwane - the middleman who received more than R200million in bonuses in the arms deal - bought a R4million home for General Siphiwe Nyanda, Zuma's new parliamentary counsellor, on his retirement as defence force chief five years ago.
Nyanda was defence force chief during the arms deals.
Political analyst Elvis Masoga said the ANCYL was "taking a swipe at Zuma". He, however, said the move was hypocritical.
"When they were prepared to kill for Zuma they said close the investigation, but now because they are probably prepared to politically kill Zuma they say the probe must be reopened."
Executive director of research at Unisa Professor Tinyiko Maluleka said: "In touching on that issue it will not be surprising should they (the ANCYL) get national sympathy."
Moswane denied that they were targeting anyone within the ANC.
ANC spokesperson Keith Khoza said: "The arms deal has nothing to do with the ANC as a party. It is in the hands of government."
http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2011/08/25/anc-youth-league-fights-back
THE ANC Youth League has upped the tempo in its face-off with the ANC, calling for the reopening of the government's controversial R30 billion arms deal.
"We want to get clarity on the arms deal, because time and again we get signals elsewhere outside the country that there are unanswered questions," said ANCYL Limpopo chairperson Frans Moswane yesterday.
The call followed confirmation by the ANC that it had laid charges against the ANCYL's general-secretary Sindiso Magaqa, deputy president Ronald Lamola, treasurer Pule Mabe and deputy secretary Kenetswe Mosegoni.
The ANCYL leaders, including its president Juluis Malema and spokesperson Floyd Shivambu, are charged with bringing the ANC into disrepute. This follows a statement by the league accusing Botswana President Ian Khama of being a "puppet of the West".
The arms deal has haunted the ANC, with allegations that its key members and the party received bribes from arms manufacturers.
In 2005, then president Thabo Mbeki fired his deputy, Jacob Zuma, after the latter's financial adviser Schabir Shaik was found guilty of trying to solicit a bribe from Thint, the local subsidiary of French arms company Thales, on behalf of Zuma. The NPA subsequently withdrew charges of corruption against Zuma.
In 2003, then ANC chief whip Tony Yengeni was convicted after he received a large discount on a luxury car from one of the firms bidding for the contract. Yengeni was chairman of Parliament's defence committee at the time of the arms deal.
Earlier this year, it was reported that Fana Hlongwane - the middleman who received more than R200million in bonuses in the arms deal - bought a R4million home for General Siphiwe Nyanda, Zuma's new parliamentary counsellor, on his retirement as defence force chief five years ago.
Nyanda was defence force chief during the arms deals.
Political analyst Elvis Masoga said the ANCYL was "taking a swipe at Zuma". He, however, said the move was hypocritical.
"When they were prepared to kill for Zuma they said close the investigation, but now because they are probably prepared to politically kill Zuma they say the probe must be reopened."
Executive director of research at Unisa Professor Tinyiko Maluleka said: "In touching on that issue it will not be surprising should they (the ANCYL) get national sympathy."
Moswane denied that they were targeting anyone within the ANC.
ANC spokesperson Keith Khoza said: "The arms deal has nothing to do with the ANC as a party. It is in the hands of government."
http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2011/08/25/anc-youth-league-fights-back
Monday, August 22, 2011
Ex-bodyguard ‘let down’ by Malema
August 22 2011
About R3.6 million is spent each year to guard ANC Youth League president Julius Malema.
But this money has never benefited Steve Mashala – who spent 10 months shielding Malema’s life without being paid.
Mashala, now jobless, has accused Malema of reneging on a promise to find him a job in the SAPS or Joburg metro police department.
Mashala, 36, said Malema used used him as his personal bodyguard and driver for 10 months before dumping him “for no apparent reason”.
He was the driver of the get-away car with Malema in it when the league leader’s entourage came under attack, apparently from Inkatha supporters at Mangosuthu Technikon, in 2009.
Mashala was in a Durban hotel with Malema when news came through about a possible attack and police had to supply them with back-up.
Malema’s state security was withdrawn, after Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa ruled that his life was no longer in danger.
During his hate speech trial in the Johannesburg High Court this year, Malema used private security outfit Mikeric Security and Training Solutions to guard him.
Mashala trained as an underground ANC cadre in Sekgosese Village in Limpopo in the 1990s while a pupil there. Malema had received similar training.
Mashala joined the SAPS in 1999 as a reservist, where he worked until 2006. He says that during that time, he secured the arrest and conviction of several high-profile criminals and testified against them in court.
Mashala came to Joburg after he failed to get a permanent post at Sekgosese police station in 2006. He continued applying for a job in the police, but failed.
It was then that he approached Malema for help.
“After I asked him for help, the president (Malema) replied: ‘We are going to work together. After that I will enlist you in the VIP unit’.
“He made it clear to me that he wanted me to work as his bodyguard. He said we needed to work together to ensure that Jacob Zuma becomes president of the country after the (2009 national) election. He again promised to enlist me in the metro police or SAPS.”
Mashala fought back tears as he explained the lengths he went to protect Malema in strife-torn political areas of KwaZulu-Natal. He was also at Malema’s side when he went to campaign at Orania, a conservative Afrikaner bastion outside Kimberley.
“I was working with a hope that I would secure a permanent job in the future. After the elections, I again raised my frustration with the president. He said I should not worry – ‘We are sorting it out’, I was told.”
Mashala said Malema promised him that former deputy minister of police Fikile Mbalula would give him a job in the VIP unit. But then Mbalula’s own bodyguard, known only as Eric, got the job.
Mashala has been jobless for almost two years. He said he was trying to survive by working part-time as a driver, but got fired as soon as his employers become aware of his past links with Malema.
ANC Youth League spokesman Floyd Shivambu has dismissed Mashala’s assertions.
He confirmed Malema offered Mashala a job before the elections when he desperately needed a driver. He denied, however, that Malema promised to enlist his accuser in the SAPS VIP unit. Malema could not be reached for comment.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Juju and the Jet Plane
21 August, 2011
Mystery tycoon Mohamed Dada, who is said to be flying ANC Youth League president Julius Malema around the country in his private jet, was awarded lucrative tenders by the Limpopo Roads Department - whose projects are managed by Malema's company.
Malema's Ratanang Trust owns shares in On-Point Engineering, which scored a R52-million deal to act as "project manager" for Limpopo's roads department. This effectively gave it influence over how tenders are awarded.
This week the public protector, Thuli Madonsela, launched a probe into On-Point Engineering as evidence mounted of businessmen giving kickbacks to Malema's company in return for lucrative tenders.
Hawks spokesman McIntosh Polela also confirmed that the elite police unit had launched a criminal probe into Malema's dealings.
The Sunday Times obtained documents this week revealing that On-Point arranged for kickbacks from partner companies awarded roads tenders, through highly secretive "back-to-back" agreements.
Among the businessmen close to Malema who concluded lucrative deals with the roads department is Dada, a Limpopo businessman who owns Dada's World of Hardware. He is said to have flown Malema around the country in his private jet, a Cessna Citation 500, worth R18-million.
Several well-placed insiders said Dada's jet had flown Malema from Rand Airport in Germiston to Polokwane, Durban and East London in the past two months.
Trips included a flip to watch the Black Leopards play Orlando Pirates in Polokwane on August 12, and a jaunt to the Durban July horse race.
According to legal experts, any benefit in kind, including flights, could be considered a prosecutable offence under the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act.
Dada's pilot, Jared Zeeman, said on Friday that he flew "influential people" around but would not confirm that these included Malema.
"That's confidential information that I can't discuss. I'm just the bus driver," he said.
Despite promising to return calls, Dada has avoided questions from the Sunday Times for two weeks.
The Sunday Times last week revealed that a company known as Sizani Build It had won tenders from the provincial roads department.
It is owned by businessman Steve Bosch, a founder of the ANC Youth League in the province.
Bank statements confirmed that in recent months Bosch had paid R1.2-million to Aurelio Cimato, the Johannesburg architect building Malema's mansion in Sandton.
The bank statements say the R1.2-million was transferred for "J Malema", and smses were sent to Malema confirming payment. Bosch refused to explain the payments, saying they were for "my private business dealings" with Cimato.
This week the Sunday Times obtained documents that uncover secret "back-to-back" agreements between On-Point and partner companies that were awarded roads tenders.
The documents shows that On-Point appears to be invoicing one contractor at least R1-million a month for "consulting fees".
If it is splitting fees with contractors appointed by the roads department to work on specific projects, this would be a conflict of interest.
A "memorandum of understanding" between On-Point and a company called Mpotseng Infrastructure CC details how fees "shall be shared" for eight road improvement projects awarded by the roads department.
"Proceeds from the above projects shall be shared between the parties", with On-Point collecting "all fees for the planning and design stages", while Mpotseng would collect "all fees for the construction stages", the document says.
Under this deal, On-Point would collect R1.6-million, while Mpotseng would collect R684 866.00. Mpotseng Infrastructure CC's sole director, Arthur Mpotseng Phetla, is listed as a former director of On-Point Engineering, with the same residential address as On-Point's CEO Lesiba Gwangwa.
Gwangwa referred questions to his lawyer Lazarus Ledwaba, who did not return calls or respond to text messages. Mpotseng Phetla's lawyer Mojalefa Motalane said his client declined to discuss the issue. "My client and Lesiba Gwangwa share a very long relationship. We really can't entertain these issues any further."
Although dated this year, the memorandum of understanding is not signed. It says the deal ends "on handover of the projects to the Limpopo Department of Roads and Transport".
Two invoices from On-Point - seen by the Sunday Times - offer further evidence that contractors pay it kickbacks:
On March 22, On-Point invoiced Mpotseng for R1.2-million, and on April 21, Mpotseng was invoiced for a further R1-million by On-Point. The amounts were payable to On-Point's company cheque account held at FNB's Sandton branch.
Both parties were clearly at pains to ensure their special arrangement was kept secret.
A secrecy clause in the contract obliges both parties to "keep confidential the terms and conditions of this (memorandum of understanding) ... whether such information has been marked by the disclosing party as confidential or not".
The memorandum even specifies the names of the parties involved must be kept from the eyes of Treasury officials, who might raise questions about the efficient use of taxpayers' money.
"Any information shared by the service provider with the National Treasury will be shared on a statistical basis and no names will be made known," the memorandum says.
These back-to-back deals are likely to be investigated by Madonsela, as well as how On-Point scored the R51.9-million "project management" contract from Limpopo's government in the first place. Complaints have been laid at Madonsela's office by the Democratic Alliance, COPE and Afriforum.
Malema could not be reached for comment and failed to respond to text messages
http://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2011/08/21/juju-and-the-jet-plane
HIGH LIFE: Julius Malema is said to have taken trips in this Cessna Citation 500, whose owner has won lucrative tenders in Limpopo
Mystery tycoon Mohamed Dada, who is said to be flying ANC Youth League president Julius Malema around the country in his private jet, was awarded lucrative tenders by the Limpopo Roads Department - whose projects are managed by Malema's company.
Malema's Ratanang Trust owns shares in On-Point Engineering, which scored a R52-million deal to act as "project manager" for Limpopo's roads department. This effectively gave it influence over how tenders are awarded.
This week the public protector, Thuli Madonsela, launched a probe into On-Point Engineering as evidence mounted of businessmen giving kickbacks to Malema's company in return for lucrative tenders.
Hawks spokesman McIntosh Polela also confirmed that the elite police unit had launched a criminal probe into Malema's dealings.
The Sunday Times obtained documents this week revealing that On-Point arranged for kickbacks from partner companies awarded roads tenders, through highly secretive "back-to-back" agreements.
Among the businessmen close to Malema who concluded lucrative deals with the roads department is Dada, a Limpopo businessman who owns Dada's World of Hardware. He is said to have flown Malema around the country in his private jet, a Cessna Citation 500, worth R18-million.
Several well-placed insiders said Dada's jet had flown Malema from Rand Airport in Germiston to Polokwane, Durban and East London in the past two months.
Trips included a flip to watch the Black Leopards play Orlando Pirates in Polokwane on August 12, and a jaunt to the Durban July horse race.
According to legal experts, any benefit in kind, including flights, could be considered a prosecutable offence under the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act.
Dada's pilot, Jared Zeeman, said on Friday that he flew "influential people" around but would not confirm that these included Malema.
"That's confidential information that I can't discuss. I'm just the bus driver," he said.
Despite promising to return calls, Dada has avoided questions from the Sunday Times for two weeks.
The Sunday Times last week revealed that a company known as Sizani Build It had won tenders from the provincial roads department.
It is owned by businessman Steve Bosch, a founder of the ANC Youth League in the province.
Bank statements confirmed that in recent months Bosch had paid R1.2-million to Aurelio Cimato, the Johannesburg architect building Malema's mansion in Sandton.
The bank statements say the R1.2-million was transferred for "J Malema", and smses were sent to Malema confirming payment. Bosch refused to explain the payments, saying they were for "my private business dealings" with Cimato.
This week the Sunday Times obtained documents that uncover secret "back-to-back" agreements between On-Point and partner companies that were awarded roads tenders.
The documents shows that On-Point appears to be invoicing one contractor at least R1-million a month for "consulting fees".
If it is splitting fees with contractors appointed by the roads department to work on specific projects, this would be a conflict of interest.
A "memorandum of understanding" between On-Point and a company called Mpotseng Infrastructure CC details how fees "shall be shared" for eight road improvement projects awarded by the roads department.
"Proceeds from the above projects shall be shared between the parties", with On-Point collecting "all fees for the planning and design stages", while Mpotseng would collect "all fees for the construction stages", the document says.
Under this deal, On-Point would collect R1.6-million, while Mpotseng would collect R684 866.00. Mpotseng Infrastructure CC's sole director, Arthur Mpotseng Phetla, is listed as a former director of On-Point Engineering, with the same residential address as On-Point's CEO Lesiba Gwangwa.
Gwangwa referred questions to his lawyer Lazarus Ledwaba, who did not return calls or respond to text messages. Mpotseng Phetla's lawyer Mojalefa Motalane said his client declined to discuss the issue. "My client and Lesiba Gwangwa share a very long relationship. We really can't entertain these issues any further."
Although dated this year, the memorandum of understanding is not signed. It says the deal ends "on handover of the projects to the Limpopo Department of Roads and Transport".
Two invoices from On-Point - seen by the Sunday Times - offer further evidence that contractors pay it kickbacks:
On March 22, On-Point invoiced Mpotseng for R1.2-million, and on April 21, Mpotseng was invoiced for a further R1-million by On-Point. The amounts were payable to On-Point's company cheque account held at FNB's Sandton branch.
Both parties were clearly at pains to ensure their special arrangement was kept secret.
A secrecy clause in the contract obliges both parties to "keep confidential the terms and conditions of this (memorandum of understanding) ... whether such information has been marked by the disclosing party as confidential or not".
The memorandum even specifies the names of the parties involved must be kept from the eyes of Treasury officials, who might raise questions about the efficient use of taxpayers' money.
"Any information shared by the service provider with the National Treasury will be shared on a statistical basis and no names will be made known," the memorandum says.
These back-to-back deals are likely to be investigated by Madonsela, as well as how On-Point scored the R51.9-million "project management" contract from Limpopo's government in the first place. Complaints have been laid at Madonsela's office by the Democratic Alliance, COPE and Afriforum.
Malema could not be reached for comment and failed to respond to text messages
http://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2011/08/21/juju-and-the-jet-plane
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