{"id":12088,"date":"2013-11-29T06:24:20","date_gmt":"2013-11-29T06:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=12088"},"modified":"2013-11-29T08:18:44","modified_gmt":"2013-11-29T08:18:44","slug":"malema-winnie-last-remaining-revolutionary-in-anc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=12088","title":{"rendered":"Malema: Winnie last remaining revolutionary in ANC"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12089\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12089\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/jujuwinnie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12089\" alt=\"Juju and Winnie\" src=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/jujuwinnie.jpg\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12089\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juju and Winnie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">EFF leader Julius Malema praised Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and said should be honoured for her struggle for liberation. Madikizela-Mandela, as a struggle icon could have become president of the country, he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;If we do not honour Winnie Mandela, it means the apartheid propaganda has succeeded. To defeat the propaganda we have to honour the remaining revolutionary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Malema said that allegations about lawyer Dali Mpofu, who left the ANC and joined the EFF last month, and Madikizela-Mandela having an affair were not true.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;This man does not have the potential to sleep with his mother. Winnie is Mpofu\u2019s mother.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Malema claimed ANC leaders benefited from investors as far back as the early 1990s. He mentioned leaders by name, saying they benefited from foreign companies currently operating in the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Madikizela-Mandela, Malema said, was the &#8220;only cadre of the revolution&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Malema said Madikizela-Mandela will not join the Economic Freedom Fighters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;She deeply identifies herself with the ANC. Asking her to join the EFF is like asking her to let go of herself and who she truly is,&#8221; he told supporters outside the Polokwane High Court.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Malema failed earlier in the day to persuade the court to withdraw criminal charges against him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Judge Ephraim Makgoba ruled that the case against him would go ahead next year as scheduled, unless the National Prosecuting Authority decided to drop the charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EFF leader Julius Malema praised Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and said should be honoured for her struggle for liberation. Madikizela-Mandela, as a struggle icon could have become president of the country, he said. &#8220;If we do not honour Winnie Mandela, it means the apartheid propaganda has succeeded. 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