Topic: Julius Malema
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South African ruling party expels Malema, but what's next?
Julius Malema, outspoken leader of the ANC Youth League, was expelled Wednesday for creating division within party. But ANC still faces challenge of appealing to youths.
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Africa Monitor
Fiery South African youth leader suspended, but the fire remains (+video)
Suspension of ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema may soothe South Africa's political and economic elites. But guest blogger Zama Ndlovu says youths won't remain silent.
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Zuma tells the UN: Listen to African Union
South African President Zuma airs complaints of UN interference in Libya during a UN Security Council meeting on how the African Union and the UN can work more closely.
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Global News Blog
Pushing racial buttons, a young firebrand stirs up South Africa
The ruling African National Congress party has suspended its youth league leader Julius Malema for hate speech, but his career is far from over.
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Mugabe grilled in South African chicken ad
A satirical ad by Nando's Chicken poked fun at Zimbabwe President Mugabe. His supporters were not amused.
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Violence at Malema hearing shows divide within South Africa's ANC
Angry supporters of ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema battled police outside the ANC headquarters in the strongest indication that the ANC's youth wing is rapidly falling out of control.
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Africa Monitor
The state of South Africa's news media: Where's the substance?
This weekend's coverage of fiery ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema missed his reasonable arguments, and focused instead on scoring political points.
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Backchannels
Civilian deaths in Libya were inevitable
The real question is 'have more lives been saved than lost?'
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Africa Monitor
Wing of South Africa's ANC calls for war crime charges on NATO's Libya conflict
South Africa's ANC Youth League said the ICC should lodge war crime charges against Western leaders for their leadership of the Libyan conflict, but with less than half a million members, the effect of its demands may be limited.
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Africa Monitor
Court ruling ends Cape Town's 'toilet wars'
Today's court order for Cape Town to build enclosures around government-provided toilets is likely to become a matter of national political discussion.
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Africa Monitor
In S. Africa, song controversy reveals depth of racial rift today
An Afrikaans group has filed a racial hatred lawsuit against prominent politician Julius Malema because of his penchant for singing 'Shoot the Boer,' a provocative song of the South African freedom movement.
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Ivory Coast, Libya highlight growing rift between Africa and the West
Many African leaders share China's viewpoint that national sovereignty is more important than human rights and democracy.
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State of the Nation: Zuma's jobs focus brings sighs of relief in South Africa
South Africa President Jacob Zuma promised a $1.2 billion fund to create jobs, but critics and supporters alike question whether his government has the capacity or will to deliver.
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Africa Monitor
Why the Twitterverse turned on South African politician Julius Malema
A spokesman for politician Julius Malema threatened to 'shut down' Twitter after fake accounts making fun of Mr. Malema surfaced. South Africans responded by making Malema, known as "Juju," one of the most popular topics on Twitter Friday.
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Africa Monitor
Industry expert warning: Nationalizing South Africa mining will scare investors
The nationalization of South Africa mining would scare off investors at a time when foreign investment is needed most to help create jobs, say industry experts.
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ANC faction proposes a second South Africa media tribunal
Ahead of the ruling ANC's party meeting next week, a faction suggests altering the Constitution to include a second South Africa media tribunal. Some see the move as a warning to the media to stop fighting a greater degree of regulation.
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Africa Monitor
In South Africa, ANC Youth League bouncers send local journalists scurrying
Security guards ejected South Africa media professionals from a meeting of the ANC Youth League on Thursday, another sign of the African National Congress's increasing discomfort with a free press.
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Africa Monitor
Zimbabwe Youth League urges South Africa to grab mines, land from white farmers
Youth League leaders from Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF party urged their counterparts in South Africa's ruling party to seize land and mines from minority white farmers to 'correct past imbalances.'
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As World Cup 2010 kicks off, where South Africa stands 16 years after apartheid
South Africa is a model of racial reconciliation following decades of apartheid, with a burgeoning black middle class. But high crime, unequal wealth, and social tensions persist as the nation hosts World Cup 2010.
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White South Africans use Facebook in campaign to return to Holland
White South Africans, concerned about racism and crime, have launched a Facebook petition to return to Holland, where their ancestors lived 300 years ago.
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South Africa's Julius Malema ordered to take anger management class
South Africa's outspoken Julius Malema was fined $1,300 and ordered to attend anger management class for fomenting dissent within the African National Congress (ANC) party, and ejecting a BBC reporter from a press conference.
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South Africa's Zuma goes soft on Malema. Is he losing control of the ANC?
Days after threatening 'consequences' for misbehavior within the ruling African National Congress party, President Jacob Zuma now seems to be going soft on Julius Malema, the leader of the vaunted party's youth league.
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Eugene Terreblanche eulogized. Are South Africa's racial tensions buried?
The funeral service Friday for South Africa's white supremacist leader Eugene Terreblanche was not marred by violence. Will his burial mark the end of this flare-up in racial tensions between blacks and whites in South Africa?
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South Africans face off at Terreblanche trial
A South African court on Tuesday charged two men with the murder of white supremacist Eugene Terreblanche. Outside the courtroom, whites and blacks faced off from across a police line.
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Can South Africa leaders cool racial tensions after killing of white supremacist?
South Africa leaders are racing to allay concerns about security during the World Cup in June as details of Sunday's killing of white supremacist leader Eugene Terreblanche grab headlines worldwide.
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