THE African National Congress yesterday confirmed ANC Youth League president Julius Malema would be suspended from the party, but that the suspension had not taken immediate effect.
There was confusion at the weekend about whether his suspension would begin immediately, following an announcement that his appeal to overturn last year’s convictions had not been successful.
“There should be no confusion,” ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe told journalists yesterday. “We have decided to delay everything from kicking in until the processes are completed.”
Mr Malema was given a suspended sentence in 2010, as part of a deal where he pleaded guilty on a charge of bringing the ANC into disrepute. His sentence was suspended on condition he did not commit a similar offence during the following two years.