Axed ANC Youth League head Julius Malema has lambasted President Jacob Zuma, The Times reported on Friday.

The paper said Malema was scheduled to deliver a public lecture at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology on former president Nelson Mandela on Thursday, but instead used the podium to criticise Zuma.

Malema labelled Zuma a “questionable leader”, saying he was a laughing stock internationally who got married every December and used his culture to promote his multiple marriages.

“Zuma is a polygamist (who) undermined the rights of women,” Malema was quoted as saying.

He also accused Zuma of avoiding the opportunity to answer to charges of corruption for which his former financial adviser, Schabir Schaik, was jailed.

The charges against Zuma were dropped.

Malema praised the leadership skills of Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe.

“(He) takes the office of the (deputy) president very seriously.”

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