EFF’s ambitious manifesto sparks concerns over South Africa’s economic future
In a bold manifesto launch, South Africa’s EFF demands central bank policy overhaul and higher corporate taxes ahead of national elections
Economic Freedom Fighters
Nicholas Woode-Smith on the EFF’s dangerous influence: A threat to South African politics
Woode-Smith asserts that the EFF’s dangerous rhetoric and propensity for violence make them a threat to the country’s stability.
Julius Malema: Hero or Hypocrite? The danger of SA’s rising political star – Andrew Kenny
Julius Malema dominated the news last week with his planned national shutdown, the nation seemed to cower before him, as if awestruck.
Flash Briefing: ActionSA coalition talks; Eskom CEO de Ruyter refuses to ‘fall on his sword’; further Eskom woes
Coalition talks between parties continue, with the kingmaker in Gauteng – ActionSA – in active talks with the Democratic Alliance and the Economic Freedom Fighters.
Helen Zille’s ‘levers and fulcrums’ strategy for 2024
It’s Helen Zille’s belief that come 2024, the ANC will be pushed below 50% of the vote, necessitating the genesis of coalition politics at a national level. Who partners with the ANC is the question.
SLR: MI6, Malema and export of destructive populism
Representatives from no less than 11 African countries approached the British government to complain about Julius Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters, concerned that his toxic, destructive populism could be exported.
Revolutionary trash lays EFF bare – ‘Muckraker’ Marianne Thamm
An EFF entourage that travelled to Cape Town for SONA and the subsequent parliamentary debates booked into a four-bedroom luxury Camps Bay villa priced at between R7,100 and R25,000 a night.
Xenophobia alert as DA, EFF beat the anti-immigrant drum – #Election2019
Shorn of their most important campaign weapon, scandal-ridden former President Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s biggest opposition parties are turning to immigration as they scramble for votes in the most competitive election since the end of apartheid.
🔒 South Africa has a serious political problem and it’s not the ANC
A recently released Ipsos poll reveals some serious political problems in South Africa. In a refreshing change of pace, however, they aren’t the ANC.
Malema looking for hung Parliament in May elections
The EFF is positioning itself as king-maker in this year’s general election, promising to nationalise all land, banks and mines and double welfare payouts in its bid to lure voters and ensure the ruling ANC loses its majority.