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CAPE TOWN, South Africa- South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have raised alarm over Minister Gayton McKenzie’s recent SHEIN meeting in Singapore, warning that it could undermine national trade priorities and marginalise local businesses. The party has formally written to Mzwandile Masina, chairperson of Parliament’s Trade and Industry Committee, questioning the appropriateness of McKenzie’s engagement […]

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 […]

EAST LONDON, South Africa- Supporters of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have gathered outside the East London Magistrates’ Court, where party leader Julius Malema is awaiting judgment in his firearm discharge case. Dozens of EFF members, dressed in the party’s signature red regalia, began arriving early on Monday morning. Many were seen singing struggle songs […]

SOWETO, Johannesburg- Operation Dudula has defended its campaign calling for children of foreign nationals in South Africa to be enrolled in private schools rather than public ones. The controversial movement insists the initiative is not intended to deny access to education. Instead, it argues that the country’s limited public education resources should be prioritised for […]

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, South Africa – South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters warned on Thursday that escalating gun violence in the United States threatens the safety of the 2026 FIFA World Cup after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot at a Utah university event. The EFF, South Africa’s fourth-largest political party, said Kirk’s death on September 10 […]

Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema called Wednesday for South Africa’s Political Killings Task Team to investigate anti-migrant group Operation Dudula, labeling them “thugs” amid rising tensions over immigration policy. “Operation Dudula is a group of thugs and must be subjected to the Political Killings Task Team. Period!” Malema wrote on social media platform X […]

Afrika Mayibuye Movement leader Floyd Shivambu dismissed South Africa’s main black opposition parties as unfit to replace the governing ANC, calling the Economic Freedom Fighters “directionless” and warning they would deepen the country’s crisis. In an interview with state broadcaster SABC on Wednesday morning, Shivambu said the ANC was “naturally dying” and had “fulfilled its […]