The Young Communist League has condemned the publication of ANC Youth League president Julius Malema's matric results in a daily newspaper on Friday.

"The YCL is concerned [about] the continued venomous and systematic attacks directed against the ANC Youth League president Julius Malema," the YCL said in a statement.

The Star newspaper published the youth leader's results where he allegedly scraped through matric with an H in Maths and a G in Woodwork, both on standard grade.

The YCL said it was disgusted by the leaking of the results to the media, and "this undermines the confidentiality of academic records between the student and educational authorities".

It said this provided a prima facie case which needed to be answered by education authorities in "malicious attacks aimed at destroying the political career of the ANCYL president".

According to the Star report, Malema obtained Es in Sepedi HG (higher grade) and second language Afrikaans HG, an F in Geography HG, a D in History SG and a C in second language English HG.

"The publication of these results are nothing else, but a political strategy to implant the notion that to be a good leader you must be 'certificated'," said the YCL.

The league said it believed "firmly" in the view that a leader's educational intellect was organically cultivated and linked with his practical experiences and interactions with the ordinary people on a daily basis.

Malema has previously admitted that he had failed both grades 8 and 9, but said this was because he could not contain his excitement about joining the Congress of SA Students.

Youth League owe creditors R14m

Meanwhile, it has emerged that the ANC Youth League owes R14-million to creditors who supplied services and goods for functions, including two conferences this year, according to a report in the Mail&Guardian.

The newspaper also reported there were questions relating to the whereabouts of the league's R2-million share of a R20-million payout by Nedbank for its part of a stake it had held in People's Bank through Lembede's associate company, the Progressive Youth Investment Company.

These dealings reportedly fell under the previous board of Lembede, which has since commissioned an audit by Gobodo. Lembede is the league's investment arm.

The league's spokesperson Floyd Shivambu could not immediately comment.

Sapa