ANC suspends youth leader Malema for 5yrs

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JOHANNESBURG, Nov 10 (AFP): South Africa's ruling African National Congress Thursday suspended firebrand youth leader Julius Malema for five years, after finding him guilty of provoking serious divisions within the party. Malema's conduct "would have a negative impact on international and inter-state relations, and would be prejudicial to South Africa as a whole," said Derek Hanekom, who headed the disciplinary hearing, in reading out the verdict. "In respects of the present disciplinary hearing, the respondent's membership is suspended for five years," he said.