COMRADE JULIUS MALEMA'S IMMEDIATE SUSPENSION PENDING DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS
At a meeting on 2 April 2012, the NDC decided to suspend comrade Julius Malema's membership of the ANC with immediate effect in accordance with the provisions of Rule 25.12 (c) of the ANC Constitution.
The NDC considered the nature and seriousness of comrade Malema's utterance, namely
"....It is under President Zuma that we have seen the youth of the ANC being traumatised, being expelled from their own home. It is under President Zuma we have seen a critical voice being suppressed We have seen under President Zuma, democracy being replaced with dictatorship. We have seen an intolerance....people, who become impatient with the youth....", at a meeting held on 30 March 2012 at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and concluded that such utterance could bring the ANC into disrepute as contemplated in Rule 25.5 of the ANC Constitution.
After due consideration, the NDC was satisfied that this utterance constitutes a very serious violation of the ANC Constitution and that the institution of disciplinary action, as provided for in Rule 25.3, and temporary suspension of comrade Malema, in terms of Rule 25.12(c), of the ANC Constitution is warranted.
The NDC also took cognizance of the fact that the said utterance received widespread coverage in the print and electronic media.