Julius Malema Issues A Statement on South Africa’s 2024 Elections.
Julius Malema Issues A Statement on South Africa’s 2024: The EFF leader has admitted that the 2024 election had not been “easy” for the party.
He stated, “[It] was fighting, not only against the ruling party, but against many puppets of the white racial capital establishment existing as political parties – and in different media platforms,”
”The results show that the EFF has lost its status as South Africa’s second-biggest opposition party, polling 9% of the vote behind the new party uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), led by former President Jacob Zuma,” he added.
Malema added that the EFF had suffered at the hands of MK in KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Gauteng provinces.
He stated, “We nevertheless commend the people of South Africa for voting the ANC from the ruling majority. Parliament will now be better positioned as a true representative of our people, and not a platform to protect the political elite of the ruling class.”
He set out some conditions for the EFF to enter in a coalition – including land expropriation.
He is currently answering questions from journalists – and has said the EFF is willing to talk and its preferred coalition party would be the ANC because the former liberation movement had been humbled.
We want to work with the ANC… because the ANC when compromised, it is not arrogant.”
Malema has added he isn’t resigning: “I’m not going anywhere.”
The leader of South Africa’s radical Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has outlined the conditions under which it will form a coalition with the African National Congress (ANC).
He identified this as a “cardinal principle” of the EFF, and said the party would not compromise on it any talks with the ANC.
“There are certain fundamental things which are deal breakers,” he said.
Mr Malema added that the EFF wanted to “work with the ANC”.
“If there is one party we can work with, it’s the ANC because when the ANC is comprised, they are not arrogant, you can work with them,” Mr Malema added
The EFF lost third spot in the election to former President Jacob Zuma’s new party, uMkhonto weSizwe (MK).
He was gracious in his response, described the MK’s performance as “commendable” and “decisive”