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Julius Malema (File) Related Links Louw expects fast semi SA women downed by NZ Yanks circumvent TV control Johannesburg - Former ANC Youth League president Julius Malema has defended the racial make-up of the SA Olympic team after suggestions that it was too white. Malema was asked about the team during an interview with British Sky News on Tuesday. The Sky News interviewer said: "It did strike me that there weren't many black faces in the group for a black majority country." Malema said the team members were chosen because they were qualified. "We think that we're a non-racial country and all South Africans who have qualified to make Team SA should carry the flag proudly, and we support them," he said. "It's not [any] more about the issue of colour." Malema said there was still a problem with poor communities not having access to sport. Sport Minister Fikile Mbalula was working to resolve this. "It's ...

Johannesburg - Former ANCYL president Julius Malema says his expulsion from the ANC will be automatically overturned when President Jacob Zuma is voted out of office in December, it was reported on Tuesday. Malema, who was being interviewed on the BBC's World Service in London on Monday evening, said his expulsion was being contested by structures of the African National Congress, Independent Online reported. He said the ANC's elective conference in Mangaung in December would be used to overturn it. "When we remove President [Jacob] Zuma in December, it will be an automatic overturning of that decision," he was quoted as saying. Malema said people were still committed to him even though he had been expelled by the ANC, because he was "leading a revolution in South Africa for economic emancipation". This was "close to the hearts of the people" of both South Africa and Africa, according to the report. He said his relationship with ANC veteran Winn...

The journey of life Chasing for glory and a good life I will no longer live the life i lived when l was young The time when parents were running the show It was life without many   thoughts, it was life with more luxuries. I now live my own life far from home Working for my own good My own produce my own pride Ohm what new era in my life Living it in the foreign lands I started new things Reminiscences of the past life still catches up with me Who was l as a young person? Now old age is catching up moving on with life New things comes up Responsibilities, my own family All the requirements, their needs come from me l have to work hard and make ends meet By the glory of God all things comes up right l look forward to the future For life goes own, day after day till eternity Challenges are there to make me grow For they say if you face them, rise and shine above them You have matured a new lesson will recorded in your mind. Thank you ...

Zuma on the airwaves: The sound of nothing, the meaning of silence When the presidency acceded to an interview with Talk Radio 702, surely there was some strategic thinking about what President Jacob Zuma would be communicating. It was to be an hour-long live interview broadcast simultaneously on 702 and its sister station, 567 Cape Talk. Zuma doesn’t do media interviews very often, particularly live broadcasts, and therefore there would have had to be some tactical planning.  There would be consideration given to the timing of the interview and the burning issues on the national agenda. As this was an independent radio station and the interviewer, Redi Tlhabi, was bound to focus on the running controversies, the president would have to be prepped with coherent responses and advised on how to handle the hot potatoes. He would also need to have some positive messaging on tap to counter the current negative publicity. Besides, it’s five months till he is up for re-election; s...