‘We must shoot… shoot with a gun’ ANC Youth League members danced, sang and blew vuvuzelas in support of their president Julius Malema outside the ANC's headquarters in Johannesburg on Monday night.
They intended holding a vigil outside Luthuli House ahead of Malema and African National Congress Youth League spokesman Floyd Shivambu's disciplinary hearings on Tuesday and Wednesday.
“The cowards are scared, we must shoot… shoot with a gun… Viva Juju viva,” more than 70 ANCYL members sang as they marched through the streets to Luthuli House.
Some of them carried placards denouncing everything from capitalism to Botswana's president Ian Khama.
“We say no to a military base in our continent that is under USA control. Ian Khama - the puppet - an insult to Africa. Viva Julius Malema,” read a placard.
“Please comrade (Congress of SA Trade Unions general secretary Zwelinzima) Vavi, (SA Communist Party general secretary Blade) Nzimande, (ANC secretary general Gwede) Mantashe, we need constructive politics. I will die for Julius… The people will govern,” read another.
Last week, the ANC announced that Malema and Shivambu would face disciplinary hearings on charges of bringing the party into disrepute and sowing division.
Malema recently said the ANCYL would send a team to Botswana to consolidate local opposition parties and help bring about regime change, as it believed the government there was “in full co-operation with imperialists” and was undermining the “African agenda”.
More than 200 police officers were deployed around Luthuli House on Monday night, and roads around the building were closed to traffic to make way for supporters.
A team of sound engineers set up a microphone and speakers so that supporters' message would be “strengthened”.
“Eish, we are just starting, this is going to go on for the whole night,” said one of the engineers, who asked not to be named.
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