In December, Malema sent the ANC conference a letter asking for his job back, but at the time Mantashe said it was received too late and that the programme was already adopted.
UMalema wathumela incwadi engqungquthleni ye-ANC ecela ukuba abuyiselwe umsebenzi wakhe, kodwa uMantashe wathi incwadi ifike sekwedlule isikhathi, uhlelo lwase lwamukelwe.