ACM files contempt charge against youth league over Kathrada’s memorial
Durban — The stand-off between the Active Citizens Movement (ACM) and the ANC Youth League over the disruption of ANC stalwart Ahmed Kathrada’s memorial service in Durban is still raging. On Friday, the ACM filed another court application for contempt of court against the league after it refused to apologise for disrupting the service last month‚ during which former finance minister Pravin Gordhan and ANC treasurer Zweli Mkhize were booed by its members. Before the service‚ the league had threatened to prevent any speaker from criticising President Jacob Zuma. The ACM obtained an interdict ordering the league to refrain from disrupting the service. After the service‚ the AMC demanded that the league apologise in writing for violating the court order granted by the High Court in Durban‚ instructing them not to interrupt the memorial. It now proposes that the league offer "an unconditional and unequivocal apology to" to Kathrada’s family and the people of SA for the "unlawful disrupti...
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