Malema’s lifestyle remains under scrutiny

By Khanyisa Tabata
21 February 2010

The furore surrounding ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema’s lifestyle just will not go away and it has now been reported that he is being bankrolled by lucrative government contracts awarded to his companies.

Media cites official tender and government documents that show that Malema's companies were awarded more than 20 contracts, each worth between 500-thousand rands and 39-million rands between 2007 and 2008.

Apparently one of the companies, a small engineering firm, profited from more than 130-million rands worth of tenders in just two years.

Meanwhile ID President Patricia de Lille has called on the South African Revenue Service to tell the public if Julius Malema has paid his taxes.

‘It is very difficult to give him the benefit of the doubt when he has already lied about what he earns - saying he was a middle income earner - and also about the fact that likes so many other ANC leaders, he has made millions from Government tenders.

“The ID Leader says she is sure ‘this information that has been released about Malema is part of the wider battle between the South African Communist Party and the ANCYL and I am also sure that in the next week or so there will be more revelations about the business interests of other leaders and their wives,” said Patricia de Lille.