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Mr Malema, who has galvanised the country's poor black majority with calls for a state takeover of mines and white-owned farms, has been accused of sowing dissent in the party and bringing it into disrepute. The proceedings are seen as a showdown between Mr Malema and President Jacob Zuma.
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