Winnie attacks ANC, supports Malema

ANC veteran Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has spoken out against the ANC leadership’s disciplinary process against Julius Malema.

In a stirring acceptance speech of the 2011 National Heritage Council Ubuntu Award at Gallagher Estate on Friday night, Madikizela-Mandela said no other leader of the ANC Youth League had had to endure such treatment. “No other leader of the youth has gone through what you have,” she said.

For the second time in fewer than 16 months, ANC officials have charged Malema for sowing divisions within the ANC and bringing the party into disrepute. He was previously charged and found guilty, and received a suspended sentence[iol]