The African National Congress on Monday said it would deal with the ongoing spat between ANC Youth League President Julius Malema and Deputy Transport Minister Jeremy Cronin internally.

The two have locked horns over Malema's calls to nationalise mines.

Cronin published an article criticising the youth league president’s call for the country’s mines to be nationalised. Malema then reacted by calling the deputy minister a "white messiah".

The ANC has decided not to comment on the public spat, saying the party feels it would be inappropriate to speak on the matter in public before it has dealt with the matter internally.

In his article Cronin stated Malema's stance on the nationalisation of mines was ironic because the ANC Youth League had not put any concrete proposals on paper.

Malema retorted by referring to Cronin as a "white messiah", drawing fire from the Young Communist League and the South African Communist Party.

The two communist organisations have called for a public apology.

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