Times of Eswatini

Discipline Zondo - Malema

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-O+ANN(6%8R* ± (conomic )reedom )ighters ()) leader -ulius Malema has added his voice to calls for &hief -ustice Raymond =ondo to be held to account for suggesting President &yril Ramaphosa’s election saved the country.

,n part four of the state capture report released two weeks ago, state capture inTuiry chairperso­n =ondo said the National Treasury would have suffered irreparabl­e damage had it not been for the African National &ongress AN& conference in 2 1 that elected Ramaphosa to take over from former president -acob =uma, 6owetan/,9(’s sister publicatio­n Times/,9( reported.

Addressing the media on Monday,

Malema lambasted the remarks, saying they were an endorsemen­t for Ramaphosa’s second term when the party holds its elective conference in December.

³=ondo is a factionali­st who supports Ramaphosa’s second term. That’s why he saw it necessary for him to put that Ramaphosa’s election in the AN& rescued us from where we were. +e’s effectivel­y saying if you don’t elect Ramaphosa this December, we are going to be in trouble,´ said Malema.

Endorsing

The red berets’ leader said =ondo had entered political terrain and as result should be taken to task, as was the case with his predecesso­r Mogoeng Mogoeng.

+is remarks come days after AN& heavyweigh­t Tony

³:hen a chief Mustice, no less, says a candidate for the presidency of the ruling party saved the country from ‘more damage’, that political comment carries significan­t political weight with voting delegates and potential political donors. This is what has moved me to lodge this complaint,´

Malema lauded

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