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Julius Malema (President of ANC Youth League) not welcome in Zimbabwe
Youth Agenda Trust
April 01, 2010

The Youth Agenda Trust notes with great concern and utter disgust the visit to Zimbabwe by ANC Youth League president, Julius Malema. We condemn in the strongest terms his continued association with the Zanu PF Youth League and his scheduled rallies across the country. We wish to make it clear to him that the young people of Zimbabwe will not remain in the closet as he will be cheering murderers and butchers. The Zanu PF Youth League has been largely responsible for murdering, raping, maiming and destroying houses and livestock of perceived opposition sympathisers and innocent citizens. On the other hand Julius Malema has gained notoriety over his extreme racist and male chauvinist tendencies. He is also equally an intolerant youth leader who perpetrates gross violence against his opponents. It is with this background that we declare Julius Malema an accomplice to all these crimes against humanity committed by the Zanu PF regime and its youth militias.

Julius Malema's visit to Zimbabwe is guised as a fact finding mission on nationalization and empowerment. We strongly believe that Julius Malema should be the last person to preach about empowerment because the South African media has managed to reveal how he has enriched himself and his tenderpreneur friends at the expense of the toiling and suffering youths of South Africa. We also reiterate that we the young people of Zimbabwe will not learn anything from Malema's visit since he is here to share with his ZANU PF colleagues on how to plunder state resources and perpetrate violence against divergent views.

The intimate relationship between the ANC Youth League and the Zanu PF Youth League leaves us wondering whether Jacob Zuma is the best person to facilitate the smooth implementation of the Global Political Agreement since Malema is a close ally of the South African President.

The Youth Agenda Trust therefore urges all progressive young people in Zimbabwe to boycott the planned rallies and send a bold message to Julius Malema that we hold our destiny in our hands.

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