Economic Freedom Fighters

Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema said Wednesday that his conviction on firearms charges would not derail his political ambitions, calling prison a “badge of honour” for revolutionaries fighting for economic transformation. Speaking to hundreds of supporters outside the East London Regional Court moments after being found guilty on five charges, Malema framed the verdict […]

Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema was convicted Wednesday on five firearm-related charges stemming from a 2018 political rally where he discharged a weapon before thousands of supporters. The East London Regional Court found Malema guilty of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition, discharging a firearm in a public space, failure to take reasonable […]

The Economic Freedom Fighters opened a murder case against anti-migrant group Operation Dudula on Saturday after a one-year-old child died following alleged denial of healthcare access at an Alexandra clinic in July. Malawian national Grace Banda said members from Operation Dudula prevented her from getting medical assistance for her one-year-old child at Alexandra clinic. The […]

The Economic Freedom Fighters has introduced legislation to automatically register all South African citizens as voters at age 16, using national population data to address declining electoral participation. The private member’s bill, tabled in Parliament on Monday, seeks to amend the Electoral Act of 1998. The proposed changes would shift voter registration from an opt-in […]

Johannesburg – Popular Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) MP and the party’s former national spokesperson, Dr Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, has resigned from South Africa’s Parliament, the party confirmed on Thursday. The EFF issued a statement saying, “The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has received the voluntary resignations of fighter Yazini Tetyana and fighter Dr Mbuyiseni Ndlozi as representatives […]

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has criticised former president Jacob Zuma, calling his new political party “a spaza shop with expired food.” The attack comes after several high-ranking EFF members, including Mr Malema’s former deputy Floyd Shivambu, defected to Mr Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe party. “We are not going to sell the future generation […]

South African opposition leader Julius Malema has accused his former deputy of sabotaging the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party’s electoral chances in KwaZulu-Natal province. Mr Malema claims Floyd Shivambu, who defected to the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party in August, was “divorced from reality” during his leadership of the party’s campaign in the region. The EFF […]

The leader of South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Julius Malema has ruled out another meeting with former President Jacob Zuma, as tensions rise between their political parties following recent elections. Speaking in Botswana on Friday, Mr Malema said: “We are political contenders… That’s where our relationship starts and ends.” The statement comes as several […]

Senior leaders of South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) were aware of Deputy President Floyd Shivambu’s plans to defect to the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party), but the party’s commander-in-chief Julius Malema was deliberately kept in the dark, Mr Shivambu has revealed. In a candid interview with Sizwe Mpofu-Welsh on the SMWX podcast, Mr Shivambu […]

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has raised alarm over South Africa spending R52.8m ($2.7m) to deport undocumented migrants, saying the costly programme is undermined by inadequate border controls. The opposition party’s concerns follow revelations that Home Affairs deported 19,750 people in just five months between April and August this year. EFF MP Thapelo Mogale warns […]