The Western Cape High Court will deliver judgment next week on the EFF’s quest for an urgent interdict against sanctions implemented by Parliament against 20 of its MPs. The matter came before the court on Friday, but was adjourned after Judge Dennis Davis had heard arguments from Dumisa Ntsebeza, for[…]
The EFF is more united than ever following its elective conference in Bloemfontein, leader Julius Malema said on Tuesday. “The EFF has defended itself. It protected itself,” he told reporters during a press conference. “It has come out [more] united than ever from a conference where people thought there would[…]
Delegates burning T-shirts, swearing and arguing, and finally walking out of the hall, disrupted the EFF’s national people’s assembly held at the University of Free State’s campus in Bloemfontein on Monday. What started as a well-organised gathering, with well-behaved delegates, was thrown into disarray when it was time to elect[…]
The Economic Freedom Fighters have a future in the country and will grow, former intelligence minister Ronnie Kasrils said on Monday. “They have earned their spurs by forthrightly challenging the ANC and status quo; [and] resurrected interest in clauses of the Freedom Charter pertaining to the land question and nationalisation[…]
The Economic Freedom Fighters top six were elected on Sunday with Julius Malema retaining his position as party president. Floyd Shivambu was elected deputy president, Dali Mpofu as national chairperson, Godrich Gardee as secretary general, Hlengiwe Hlophe as deputy and Magdelene Monomsamy as treasurer. The more than 2600 delegates cheered[…]
The EFF has filed papers with the Constitutional Court challenging the suspension of some of its MPs by the National Assembly’s powers and privileges committee, the party said on Friday. “This is following the refusal by the Western Cape High Court to hear the matter…,” Economic Freedom Fighters spokesman Mbuyiseni[…]
The EFF on Wednesday said it was preparing to go to the Constitutional Court to challenge Parliament’s sanctions against some of its MPs. The opposition party’s legal team had originally prepared its case against Parliament to be heard in the Western Cape High Court. “The case is not happening. No[…]
The Economic Freedom Fighters will file papers on Monday to challenge the suspension of its 12 MPs, leader Julius Malema said on Saturday. “Our lawyers are busy preparing the papers. The papers will be filed in the Western Cape High Court on Monday,” Malema said. On Thursday night, the National[…]
The Economic Freedom Fighters will turn to the courts to stop Parliament suspending 12 of its MPs, the party said in a statement on Friday. “The EFF will be approaching the court for an urgent interdict against Parliament’s illegal decision to suspend its leadership,” said EFF spokesman Mbuyiseni Ndlozi. “Parliament[…]
The ANC has welcomed the suspension of EFF MPs from Parliament without salary. “The office of the ANC chief whip [Stone Sizani] welcomes the adoption [on Thursday night] of the report and the recommendations of the powers and privileges committee that conducted a hearing into allegations of misconduct by 20[…]
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