Faced with a clearly combative opposition, the ANC on Thursday night abandoned a debate in the National Assembly on a report calling for the suspension of 20 Economic Freedom Fighters MPs from the legislature. The decision came after five hours of tense meetings in Parliament, while riot police were again[…]
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa should not be portrayed as a hero who saved the EFF, the Economic Freedom Fighters said on Tuesday. The EFF was responding to the deal struck between Ramaphosa and opposition parties that disciplinary proceedings against the EFF would be held in abeyance in return for assurances[…]
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has struck a deal with opposition parties that disciplinary proceedings against the EFF will be held in abeyance in return for assurances that they will respect parliamentary rules. “Are we going to put these things that happened into abeyance? Yes, because we are going to find[…]
Opposition parties intend to ratchet up the pressure on Speaker Baleka Mbete on Tuesday when the National Assembly reconvenes after riot police were called into the Chamber last week. “If she walks in there and thinks it is going to be business as usual, then it is not going to[…]
Chaos and violence erupted at an EFF Northern Cape conference at the weekend leaving a trail of blood, The Star reported on Monday. Members armed with machetes, pangas and bricks converged at the Savoy Hotel in Kimberley on Sunday, where the provincial leadership was to be elected. There was reportedly[…]
The Economic Freedom Fighters must take responsibility for the attempted “land grab” in Nellmapius, Pretoria, Gauteng premier David Makhura said on Wednesday. “This land grab taking place in Tshwane by the EFF is something we condemn completely and we want the law enforcement agencies to act firmly against those who[…]
The EFF has threatened court action should the National Assembly approve a recommendation by Parliament’s powers and privileges committee to suspend 12 of its MPs without pay. “We are not shocked, they reached the conclusion that they have because, as we said, there was a clear mandate from Luthuli House[…]
Twenty EFF MPs have been found guilty of all charges stemming from their heckling of President Jacob Zuma over his Nkandla home, Parliament’s powers and privileges committee said on Wednesday. Economic Freedom Fighters Chief Whip Floyd Shivambu and his colleague Mpho Ramakatsa were found guilty of seven charges each, and[…]
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema did not assault or point a firearm at a security guard in Limpopo, the party said on Monday. “He [Malema] has been subjected to the courts of public opinion which have already ruled him guilty which is the wish of those who are[…]
A few months ago, a collective body of organisations was formed with an aim to fight against gangsterism and drugs in Cape Town. The United Front Against Gangsters and Drugs (UFAGAD) consists of the Economic Freedom Fighters, the Pan African Congress, Azanian Peoples Organisation, People Against Gangsterism and Drugs, the[…]
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