ANC leader guilty of hate speech

**A South African judge has convicted ANC official Julius Malema of hate speech for his comments about the woman who accused President Jacob Zuma of rape.**The Equality Court judge ordered Mr Malema to make an unconditional apology and to pay 50,000 rand ($6,700; £4,500) to a centre for abused women.

The ANC Youth League leader had said the woman must have had a “nice time”. Mr Zuma was acquitted of rape.

Mr Malema, a close ally of President Zuma, is a highly controversial figure.