(TALKZIMBABWE) Malema challenger expelled from ANCYL

Malema challenger expelled from ANCYL
By: iafrica-TZG
Posted: Monday, July 19, 2010 7:10 pm

FORMER ANC Youth League Limpopo chairman Lehlogonolo Masoga was expelled from the league on Monday, according to reports from South Africa. Masoga refused to comment about his expulsion. "I cannot comment on that because I have not seen the statement and I have not been informed," he said.

The league expelled him for a range of infractions — impeding the proper functioning of the league, creating divisions, engaging in an act calculated to undermine the effectiveness of the organisation and taking part in factional activity that threatened the league's unity, according to a statement.

"[Comrade] Lehlogonolo Masoga is therefore expelled from the ANC Youth League, and any appeals will be entertained through appropriate platforms as provided for in the Constitution and Rules of Disciplinary Procedures of the ANC Youth League," the league's spokesperson Floyd Shivambu said.

The offences he had committed were considered "grave" and "serious".

'Pain and humiliation not above ANCYL'

Masoga had initially tried to interdict the disciplinary process against him, but agreed to withdraw it, issuing a statement saying the courts were not the places for such matters.

He also said that the "pain and humiliation" he felt over the way he was being treated did not come above the organisation.

The charges relate to events at a conference the organisation attempted to hold in April.

In spite of problems with the registration of delegates, the conference began and league president Julius Malema is alleged to have ordered police to remove Masoga's supporters.

The Democratic Alliance lodged a complaint with the police watchdog body the Independent Complaints Directorate over this, and spokesman Moses Dlamini said that investigation is still underway.

"We won't say anything until we finish the investigation," he said.

While all of this was playing out, Frans Moswane was elected chairman. Moswane has been accused of drawing a salary of R35 000 a month for his position as a communications officer for a Limpopo municipality despite not having reported for duty since July 2009.

Thandi Moroka, the former provincial deputy secretary was also arrested for allegedly spiriting away the accreditation forms of delegates.

Her case was subsequently also struck off the court roll on Monday, according to a provincial league media spokesperson Papiki Tjebane.