African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has called on the ANC Youth League to step up and provide guidance to young people on politically-related topics.
Mbalula urged the ANCYL to become a reliable source of information for young people, rather than allowing them to turn to Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema.
Mbalula said this during the ANCYL's 80th anniversary celebration on Tuesday, where former ANCYL leaders shared reflections.
When young people want answers about the political situation in the country and they are naive and they want to know, they must come to the ANCYL. They cannot go to Julius (Malema), he said.
Malema, who is a former ANCYL president, was expelled from the party in 2012 for bringing the party into disrepute. After he was axed, he later founded his own political party, the EFF, in 2013.
