TUMI MOKOENA'S STATEMENT ON REPORTS ABOUT JULIUS SELLO MALEMA
Mr. Julius Sello Malema has been our client since 2004. We have since then been providing legal assistance to Mr. Malema in a transparent and honest way. As Legal representatives of Mr. Malema, we accepted, understood and respect the position taken by the ANC Youth League not to take any further media enquiries concerning the truth statement communicated by Mr. Malema on the 22nd of February 2010. But because of the ongoing allegations around Mr Malema's business interests, we deem it necessary to put things in proper perspective and re-affirm the realities he mentioned on the 22nd of February 2010. Our relations with Mr. Malema are always confidential, but because some of the reports in the public discourse have potential to damage his integrity as a person and leader of the African National Congress Youth League, we agreed with the leadership of the ANC Youth League to convene this press briefing to put to rest the issues raised.
On the 22nd of February 2010, Mr. Malema said the following, "Since my election as President of the ANC Youth League in 2008, I instructed my Lawyers to process my resignations from all the corporations and companies I was involved in when I was based in Limpopo Province. I issued the instruction because I vowed to dedicate all my time to serve and give undivided attention to the ANC Youth League as a full time President. I from 2008 stopped being an active director of the companies that I was previously involved in because all my time was dedicated to the service of the organisation. I refused to take any other responsibility, including going to Parliament, because I committed to work for the ANC on a full time basis as mandated by the 23rd National Congress of the Youth League" (see here).
This statement by Mr. Malema is true and these are things we have done as his legal representative to ensure that his instructions are fulfilled. We issue this information because when Mr. Malema was responding to questions from Journalists about the proof that he resigned, he recurrently advised members of the media to contact us as his legal representatives to get the documented proof that he has resigned. None of you came to enquire with us about that, but continued running stories that he is still a Director of these companies. Only E-News Channel enquired with us and we showed them the proof that he has resigned, but they ignored the information we gave them for reasons not known to us.
1. DE-REGISTRATION FROM VARIOUS COMPANIES
Shortly following his election as President of the ANC Youth League, Mr Malema gave instructions that he be removed form directorship he held in various companies including, 101 Junjus Trading, Blue Nightingale Trading 61, Ever Roaring Investment, Nkgape Mining Investment.