Magaqa never planned to join the EFF, says ANC Youth League
The ANCYL says EFF leader Julius Malema’s ‘opportunistic remarks’ are misleading
The ANC Youth League has slammed EFF leader Julius Malema for claiming that the late Sindiso Magaqa was considering joining the red berets. Shortly after Malema graduated from the University of South Africa with a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in philosophy on Wednesday‚ he said he had asked Magaqa repeatedly to join the EFF as a regional organiser. "The ANCYL has further noted some unfortunate and extremely distasteful remarks made by those who seek to gain cheap political points on the back of cadre Sindiso Magaqa’s passing. They have used what should be a very solemn occasion to seek relevance and cast doubt on cadre Magaqa’s unflinching loyalty to the ANC‚" said ANCYL secretary-general Njabulo Nzuza. He was speaking at the party’s headquarters on Monday on the preparations for the funeral of the former ANCYL secretary-general‚ who died last week apparently from the wounds he sustained during a shooting in July. The funeral was pushed back a week after Magaqa’s mother collapsed...
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