Thirty-six-year-old MALEMA, who has since cut ties with the ANC and went ahead to form the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters, bagged a BA Honours degree in Philosophy from the University of South Africa.
The firebrand opposition leader had in the past been a subject of ridicule because of his poor academic background after his grim certificate from his final year in school was published in the media.
But MALEMA has since quietly furthered his studies, and also encouraged other members of his EFF party and young South Africans to do same.