Political Contest Plays Out In South African Court

NPR | Oct. 09, 2012 8:25 a.m.

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Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

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In South Africa, a disgraced young politician expelled from the governing African National Congress, for insubordination and sowing division, is rebranding himself. Julius Malema has become the self-styled champion of the nation's striking miners and Number One critic of the president — a man he once ardently supported.