A highly-politicised three-year commemoration of the Marikana killings saw politicians jostling to promote their affiliations in Rustenburg on Sunday. “Marikana is another name of the EFF,” Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema told the approximately 20 000 people gathered at the dusty site where 34 striking mineworkers were shot dead[…]
“It is clear we will never get an answer from the president. Let’s meet in court.” These were the final words EFF leader Julius Malema delivered in the National Assembly on Thursday, clearly dissatisfied with the way in which President Jacob Zuma answered his question on Nkandla. Malema wanted to[…]
The EFF celebrated its second birthday this weekend, but how much of a difference has the party really made to politics? News24 spoke to several political analysts, and they all seem to have different views on the impact of Julius Malema’s opposition party. The Economic Freedom Fighters get too much[…]
EFF leader Julius Malema will be in Marikana on Friday to lay criminal charges against Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa for his alleged role in the violence and deaths during the strike at Lonmin’s mine in 2012. Despite the Farlam Commission of Inquiry clearing Ramaphosa of any responsibility for the deaths,[…]
The EFF will not go into coalitions with other parties, but would look at getting into what its leader Julius Malema called “contractual relationships”. Speaking at the Daily Maverick Gathering in Midrand, Johannesburg on Thursday, Malema said he would support anyone who advanced the national interest. “Whoever wants the votes[…]
The decision to dismiss the EFF’s application to intervene in Julius Malema’s sequestration case was recalled on Monday. Judge Gregory Wright recalled his order and rather struck the matter off the court roll. “The lateness of the application… is not explained satisfactorily and the matter is struck off the roll[…]
A candidate for the judge president position in the Limpopo High Court opened a can of worms when he disclosed that he voted for the ANC, not long after he said he was also close friends with deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa. The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) was interviewing High Court[…]
Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema has called on people to take down all statues that are a reminder of apartheid, the Sunday Independent reported. “I’m challenging you. Revolution is not a legal activity. You must stop listening to those things like: This is illegal. There’s nothing like this,” he[…]
EFF leader Julius Malema on Thursday claimed opposition MPs risked being assassinated in Parliament unless presiding officers were prevented from calling police into the National Assembly. Malema said the fact that riot police did not wear uniforms or names when they dragged the Economic Freedom Fighters from the chamber on[…]
The provisional sequestration order against Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema regarding his outstanding tax bill will be argued in the High Court in Pretoria in June. “I rule that the matter be extended to June 1. Costs reserved,” Judge Ferdi Preller said in the same court on Monday. Nic[…]
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