/ 28 March 2009

Malema touches down in Orania

ANC Youth League (ANCYL) president Julius Malema, the African National Congress delegation and the Freedom Front Plus met in Orania in the Northern Cape on Saturday.

Malema is visiting the white Afrikaner enclave as part of his electioneering drive in the Northern Cape this weekend.

Malema, who arrived in Orania early on Saturday, talked with Orania representatives and the media at the local petrol station while waiting for the ANC delegation.

Malema told Frans de Klerk, the chief executive of the Orania movement, that the ANC delegation wanted a tour of the town to ”understand the environment”.

Many ANCYL members took photographs of Malema with their cellphones in front of the Orania logo and sign, which reads: ”Welkom in die Afrikaner tuiste (Welcome to the Afrikaner home)”.

Another group examined the local currency, a ten Ora, which is the equivalent of a R10 note.

The ANC group, with an Orania representative in each vehicle, then went for a tour of the district.

The procession ended at the auditorium, where it was met by Carel Boshoff and ANC chairman in the Northern Cape John Block for closed door discussions. – Sapa