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Will Juli-Ass never learn? He cannot imagine that this will improve his chances of a successful appeal against his membership suspension; if anything the ANC will hit him with further insubordination and disrespect charges.
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ANC Youth League president Julius Malema has again ridiculed President Jacob Zuma, this time leading supporters in a song about how "the shower man is giving us a hard time" - while gesturing with a make-believe shower head at the party's Limpopo conference.
Malema's supporters demanded that Zuma be removed, accusing him of masterminding a "coup" in Limpopo.
Last week, Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan placed under national administration several key Limpopo departments responsible for awarding tenders. Malema is a beneficiary of several tenders.
Malema made his fresh attack at the University of Limpopo, where his key ally, premier Cassel Mathale, was fighting to retain his position as chairman.
The shower song was a reference to Zuma, who, in his rape trial in 2006, told the High Court in Johannesburg that he took a shower after having unprotected sex with his HIV-positive accuser.
Two years later, Malema, at a Free State rally, said he would "kill for Zuma". But now his antics will annoy Zuma, who is upset with Sunday Times cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro, also known as Zapiro, for portraying him with a shower extending from the top of his head. Zuma is currently suing Shapiro for R5-million in damages. The case is set for trial in August 2012.
Strong anti-Zuma sentiment prevailed among Mathale's supporters, who sang "showara wa re sokodisa (the shower man is giving us a hard time)" as Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe walked in.
Motlanthe didn't visibly react to the song or the gesture.
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