Malema records song with Winnie Khumalo

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Julius Malema is making music again - this time as the co-producer of a gospel song about nationalisation.

The ANC Youth League president - known for belting out a struggle song or two - co-produced the track, Nationalisation, with his treasurer-general, Pule Mabe, on radio and club DJ Oskido's latest album, Church Grooves: 10th Commandment.

The mellow yet catchy song - sung by Winnie Khumalo - is the latest of several politically themed musical hits - and misses - to be linked to Malema.

In March civil rights group AfriForum lodged a hate speech complaint with the Equality Court against Malema and the league for singing the controversial song Shoot the Boer.

The following month the group successfully interdicted league members from singing it pending the hearing, which on Monday was transferred to the High Court in Johannesburg.

Also in April, a verbal outburst by Malema directed at BBC journalist Jonah Fisher, in which he labelled him a "bastard" and a "bloody agent", was remixed and turned into a hip-hop track. The remix became an Internet sensation.

The usually brash Malema, however, has changed his tune for Nationalisation. It is directed at President Jacob Zuma and sounds more like a lullaby than a fiery struggle song.

Longtime youth league member Oskido, whose real name is Oscar Mdlongwa, told the Sunday Times this week that the track was an open letter to Zuma asking him to enter the debate about nationalisation, which the league has been pushing for in the mining sector.

It includes a soft refrain, "Siyacela uBaba, Siyacela Msholozi" - a plea to hear the youth league on the issue.

"It's more of a traditional gospel song that's been remixed ... it's not hectic and aggressive," Oskido said on Thursday.

Despite its mellow mood, the song could become a club hit.

Oskido said he had started playing it when DJ'ing at clubs and the reaction was positive.

He added that it would soon be distributed to a number of young DJs to come up with new remixes and that a music video, which could even feature Malema, was also in the pipeline.

He said Malema and Pule's roles "involved talking about the track, how it could be approached, the message we wanted to relay on the song and making sure it wasn't boring".

Malema and Mabe did not respond to questions from the Sunday Times.
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http://www.timeslive.co.za/sundaytimes/article748754.ece/Mellow-Julius-changes-his-tune

Nogal a gospel song about nationalisation
 
A gospel song on the one hand, killing boers in the other. Talk about sending out ****ed up mixed messages.
 
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