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Botswana.
He was allowed to keep his party posts pending an appeal.
However, the ANC rejected his appeal on Wednesday and increased his sentence on the grounds he was unrepentant.
Malema still has support within the ANC, particularly in his home province of Limpopo and the women’s wing, which welcomed him as “our son” and presented him with a big birthday cake with the ANC’s black, green and gold colours.
The previous Youth League leader, Fikile Mbalula, now a government minister, called Malema’s expulsion “tragic and unprecedented,” urging Malema to appeal the ruling.
The youth league met yesterday to discuss a strategy for Malema and some of the league’s leaders who were suspended from the party. They are due to hold a Press briefing today. — Reuters.
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