This year the young lions have chosen to back Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma ahead of the ruling party's National Elective Conference. Has it helped the Zuma camp's lobbying?
News24 politics reporter Tshidi Madia speaks to Youth League president Collen Maine.
Meanwhile, News24 Voices editor Alet Janse van Rensburg interviews political columnist Max du Preez on the role of the young lions in 2017, who says the Youth League is "a shadow of its former self".
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