Mliswa courts Malema, Graca Machel

Former Zanu-PF Mashonaland West provincial chairperson, Temba Mliswa has invited firebrand South African opposition leader Julius Malema and the late South African nationalist, Nelson Mandela's widow, Graca Machel to grace his youth lobby conference in Harare next month.

Mliswa, who is the chairman of Youth Advocacy for Reform and Democracy (Yard), yesterday said that other dignitaries would include former war veterans' leader Jabulani Sibanda.

Malema is the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters, which he founded in July 2013 after severing ties with the ruling African National Congress, where he was youth leader for four years.

Mliswa said Yard provincial executives will hold mini-conferences in their respective areas this month in preparation for the for the main event whose date is yet to be advised.