Julius Malema in hot soup for fighting Ramaphosa

South African opposition party Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Sello Malema has come under fire on social media after he said President Cyril Ramaphosa will not finish his term despite being given another term by his party African National Congress (ANC)

According to EFF Twitter handle Malema wrote, “Whether he likes it or not, Ramaphosa will not finish his term, we will fight it.”

One Nthungeni told Malema to use his power in building the country not to fight Presidents.

Panki Raphoko said all Malema knows is gossip.

“All Malema knows is gossip. He should focus on telling us what EFF can offer and solutions they have for our weak SA and not comment like a bitter ex girlfriend crying for a bf that’s long gone,” he said.

“How many times have you given him deadlines.He is not scared of you bring it on,” wrote Thabo Khoza.

However, President Ramaphosa has been re-elected leader of the ruling ANC party despite being mired in scandal and facing calls to step down as president.

Delegates at an ANC leadership conference voted on Monday to keep Ramaphosa as head of the party with 2,476 voting for him and 1,897 selecting his rival, former Health Minister Zweli Mkhize.

Julius Malema: Ramaphosa’s people won the first round

The adjournment on Friday of the ANC national executive committee (NEC) meeting meant to discuss the Phala Phala report has left politicians divided on the matter.

Members of the NEC met briefly at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg on Friday afternoon, after a report by an independent panel that found that President Cyril Ramaphosa may have violated the Constitution.

The special NEC meeting comes just two weeks before the ANC’s elective conference, which will take place from 16 to 20 December.

ANC NEC Communications protocols thrown out the window. Wonke umntu yazibambela. Individual impromptu media briefings galore! ??‍♀️

— Nonceba Mhlauli (@NoncebaMhlauli) December 2, 2022

ANC treasurer-general Paul Mashatile said NEC officials would meet again on Sunday, after the ANC’s National Working Committee (NWC) has convened to discuss the report.

The NWC – which consists of Ramaphosa, Deputy President David Mabuza, ANC chair Gwede Mantashe and Mashatile – will process the report then send it to the NEC.

‘First round won’

Reacting to the adjournment, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema said Ramaphosa’s people had won the first round.

“Cyril’s people won the first round by forcing the postponement of the NEC on a technical point of the process. They are buying themselves time by postponing the inevitable,” said the EFF leader.

This as KwaZulu-Natal ANC provincial secretary Bheki Mtolo labelled the adjournment as a waste of time.

“It’s something that is unprecedented because we thought were called in an NEC meeting because officials sat and reflected on the matter and go through NWC so that NWC makes recommendations to the NEC. But when we came here, it was discovered that those processes were not followed and unfortunately the NEC has to adjourn,” Mtolo told the media following the adjournment.

Mtolo said while it was not the call of the KZN ANC for Ramaphosa to resign, “we trust he will do what is right for the country, himself and the movement.”

‘Not ideal’ for Ramaphosa to resign

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said he believed people were making a big issue out the adjournment.

“The NEC says ‘we’re used to discuss things which have been processed and with recommendations. They start from the top 6 to the NWC, when they come to us, the recommendations and policy choices made before us. We don’t normally, as a big meeting like this, discuss raw things’.”

Nec members who have the plaform to air their views in nec meeting and deliberately decide to air their views outside nec platform are just demonstrating an act of ill disciplined ,There's absolutely no need for them to speak outside the nec meeting.

— FIKILE MBALULA | MR FIX (@MbalulaFikile) December 2, 2022

He, however, said it was not ideal for Ramaphosa to resign.

“It’s not ideal for him to resign particularly in this current environment, but if he does, there will of course be an immediate reaction. We will have to respond with two things: Make sure that the candidate that replaces him will provide the same credibility. Secondly, our communication of our policy stance remains consistent,” he told Newzroom Afrika on Friday.

Julius Malema: If ANC wants EFF support in Joburg, they must hand over Ekurhuleni

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema says if the African National Congress (ANC) wants his party’s support in the City of Johannesburg, it must first rectify the mistake it made in Ekurhuleni.

Speaking to Newzroom Afrika on Thursday, Malema slammed the party’s lack of communication following their disagreement on who would be voted in as mayor, which resulted in DA’s Tania Campbell’s return to her position.

Malema said the EFF was willing to talk to the ANC, on condition that they fix what happened in Ekurhuleni.

“The voter said I want to see how best you can cooperate and work together and that means sharing of power. I don’t understand where the arrogance of the ANC and DA comes from. We never said we can’t negotiate with the DA, they don’t want to talk to us because they think they lost the votes of racists on the basis that they worked with EFF, but the racists are leaving them either way,” said Malema.

Malema vs SAHRC

Responding to the South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) notice for an apology over his “hateful statements” made during the party’s Provincial People’s Assembly in the Western Cape, Malema said he was ready to go to court.

Last month, the EFF leader said the party’s members and supporters should “never be scared to kill” in defence of the red berets’ agenda for the economic emancipation of black people.

“You must never be scared to kill. A revolution demands that, at some point, there must be killing because the killing is part of a revolutionary act,” Malema told party delegates attending the conference.

“The founding manifesto of the EFF says we’ll take power by all means necessary. And therefore, revolutionaries when confronted by that situation should never think twice. Cowards are not for the revolution.

“The EFF must be known that it’s not a playground for racists. Any racists that plays next to the EFF and threaten to beat up the membership and the leadership of the EFF that is an application to meet your maker with immediate effect,” he said.

The commission said on Wednesday in its report into the incident following complaints: “The commission is of the view that certain parts of Mr Malema’s speech and some of the posters/banners displayed at the event [on 16 October] as set out above prima facie, individually and collectively, constitute incitement of violence, hate speech and possibly other transgressions.

“If they (Malema and EFF) do not, within ten days hereof, appropriately retract and apologise for the prima facie unlawful statements in question and give appropriate undertakings to desist from further promotion of hatred and violence on any ground, the commission will proceed to the Equality Court for appropriate interim interdictory relief.”

But the EFF leader has accused the commission of not being neutral in the matter.

“How do you, as a neutral body, just make a decision without talking to the other side? They never said to me ‘we received this complaint about you, what is your explanation?’ All I hear is that ‘retract this statement in the next 10 days or else we’re going to court’. So you can see there’s no neutrality,” said the EFF leader.

“They say there was display of posters at the EFF people’s assembly in the western cape. Those posters, you will know, are from the 2013 launch of the EFF in Marikana, so someone went to remanufacture those posters and sent them to the SAHRC. It doesn’t even do an investigation on basic things that those things EFF distances itself from those posters which were displayed in Marikana. Now the commission says they were displayed in the Western Cape. If they had asked for an explanation from the EFF before coming into this determination, we would have given them information that this is wrong and it’s from 2013 and the EFF is on record distancing itself from this. This is the context within which those things you’re saying are an incitement were made and therefore do not constitute any incitement.

“I’m not going to apologize in ten days, rather they take me to court, we have no problem with going to court.”

Julius Malema: Northern Cape is rich in minerals but the people live as if they’re in a desert

Economic Freedom Fighters leader (EFF) Julius Malema addressed party members ahead of the third provincial people’s assembly in Northern Cape on Friday.

The conference is a gathering of duly elected delegates, who will deliberate on the term of the outgoing leadership, and conditions confronting the organization in the province after the election of new leadership.

Malema explained the significance of having the gathering in the province. He said that Northern Cape is rich with unrealized potential and this conference is a catalyst in changing that.

“The Northern Cape is a strategic province to the fundamental agenda of the return of the land to our people. The Northern Cape is rich with potential but abandoned by those who view our people as voting cows.

“It is a province rich with Uranium, Manganese, Iron Ore, Zinc, and Copper, yet our people in Northern Cape live as if they are in a desert,” said Malema.

He highlighted that despite having white-owned mines in the province, regular people remain poor and forgotten.

“The minerals found in this province contribute to the white minority, yet the indigenous people of this land have nothing to show for it. The mining cartel here enjoys the fruit of and minerals of Africa’s wealth without making any contribution to the lives of our people.”

He added that the conference must formulate a plan and strategy on how to develop the province and improve the lives of “ordinary Joes’.

“This conference must therefore make as a priority, a concrete programme of action on how we intend to return the means of production to our people, and this begins by ensuring that the mines in this province develop this province.”

“Therefore, the Northern Cape is unique in that sense, because beneath our feet, in the soil which is red because of the blood spilled in the wars of dispossession.”

“There is an appetite for the EFF in the Northern Cape and we must begin to take our organization to the people, in order for us to gain the necessary strength to change the inhumane conditions they live in,” he said.

He added that all of this could only be attained through organizational discipline.

The conference will take place until Sunday at the Thabo Moorosi Multi-purpose Centre, Mothibistad.

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The EFF will hold its Northern Cape Provincial Peoples' Assembly (PPA), in order to reflect on the term of the outgoing leadership, prevailing political conditions in the province and to elect leadership of the Province.#EFFProvincialPeoplesAssembly pic.twitter.com/z45la8Ki5n

— Economic Freedom Fighters (@EFFSouthAfrica) September 30, 2022

Julius Malema: Even Jacob Zuma wouldn’t do what Ramaphosa did with Phala Phala tsotsis

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has questioned the decision of those who are thinking of electing a party that seeks to give President Cyril Ramaphosa a second term.

Malema was addressing the EFF provincial people’s assembly in Mpumalanga on Sunday. He said everything was going wrong in the province whose economy could thrive on tourism alone, yet no one cared enough to make it work.

“When they speak of potholes, Mpumalanga is the first province that comes to mind because of corruption in the province and because politicians don’t care about the people.

“There is no longer public health in Mpumalanga. Hospitals of Mpumalanga have actually become mortuaries, instead of becoming places where we heal people and re-integrate them back into society,” said Malema.

“How terrible can ANC be if the Bantustans actually built universities? They don’t know what it feels like to dig a foundation of a university because they inherited them from the apartheid government.”

The president appeared to be at the top of Malema’s mind, as the EFF leader once again raised questions about the Phala Phala farm scandal, allegedly involving millions of US Dollars.

“Nobody in his good state of mind can even think of electing Ramaphosa for a second term. He has done nothing right since he became president,” said Malema.

“Corruption is so high people are tired of banking their money in the bank, but save it in the mattress. When they find out other tsotsis stole from them, they don’t go to the police but go to other tsotsis to go after the tsotsis who stole from them. This is how gangsters work and this is what we saw there.” Julius Malema
“Even Zuma himself, the man we thought was worse, would never take police to go after people who stole his goats or cattle. How do you have such a person in the highest office? Our call for Ramaphosa to go is based on what is expected morally and ethically of a president.

“What if that money was found in Malema’s mattress? What would have happened? Why is it not happening to him? We are all equal before the law.”

Malema further called on fighters to build the EFF in preparation of the ANC’s imminent death.

“Whether there is EFF or not, ANC is bound to die a natural death. History has taught us liberation movements have a life span of 30 years, so you don’t have to kill the ANC, it will eat itself to death,” he said.

Farmgate scandal

Ramaphosa has increasingly come under public pressure to come clean on the robbery at his Phala Phala farm that took place in February 2020, after former spy boss Arthur Fraser laid a criminal complaint against him in June of money laundering, kidnapping, and corruption.

Fraser alleged that the president was involved in an elaborate cover-up of the crime after criminals – allegedly working in cahoots with his domestic worker – broke into his property and stole millions of US dollars in cash.

He further claimed that the suspects were subsequently kidnapped, interrogated, and bribed to keep quiet.

While Ramaphosa said he would cooperate with investigations, he denied any criminality on his part and maintained that the crime was reported to the Presidential Protection Unit.

ANC is like a used condom that will be dumped again, says Julius Malema

Leader of the Economic Freedom Fighter (EFF) Julius Malema has described the governing African National Congress (ANC) as a used condom that will be dumped at any time.

Malema was addressing the EFF’s People’s Assembly in Gauteng on Sunday.

Malema accused the ANC of misleading residents of Gauteng, citing a promise that was made to residents of Alexandra, north of Johannesburg a few years ago when President Cyril Ramaphosa in his capacity as ANC leader promised residents houses during a campaign trail.

ANC ELECTIONS CAMPAIGN RECAP

President @CyrilRamaphosa speaks in Alexandra. “Accountability will start with me, Premiers, MEC’s and all government leaders. I will not tolerate any excuses on failure to deliver to the people of South Africa.” ✊???? #VoteANC #IVoteANC pic.twitter.com/TfG5r4DdwC

— African National Congress (@MYANC) May 7, 2019

“This was just an election tactic by the ANC that has failed to give our people houses in Alexandra after promising them one million houses in 2019.

“Our people are being misled by the ANC that the problem in their lives begins with fellow Africans,” Malema said.

“We must as Pan Africanists declare here and now the Africans are not our enemies and that our enemy is white monopoly capital, that our enemies are the owners of the means of production and those who stole our land and are still in possession of stolen goods.

“The ANC is also not our enemy but it is a tool that is used by the enemy to perpetuate the interest of the enemy forces, so instead of saying the ANC is the enemy, we must know that the ANC is like a used condom that will be dumped at any time once they’ve finished using it because they don’t love the ANC,” Malema said.

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EFF leadership led by the CIC @Julius_S_Malema have arrived at the 3rd #EFFProvincialPeoplesAssembly of Gauteng

-It is a leadership that is politically grounded that will appreciate the difficult questions that are confronting the people of Gauteng and the EFF pic.twitter.com/iOfxiLegST

— Economic Freedom Fighters (@EFFSouthAfrica) September 11, 2022

He said the housing problems of Alexandra exist to this day ever since Ramaphosa left the township with locals turning on their fellow African brothers for their own misery while knowing where the ANC headquarters are situated.

Julius Malema expresses shock after Krugersdorp gang rape

The EFF has expressed shock after the Krugersdorp gang rape.

Eight women were gang raped while filming a music video at an abandoned mine dump.

MALEMA: Those thugs that raped 8 women, they must know they did not just commit rape, they killed those women, because when you rape you kill something in that person…They are not just rapists, they are murderers and we don’t want to see them in our streets. #EFFTurns9

— Economic Freedom Fighters (@EFFSouthAfrica) July 30, 2022

At least 80 suspects have been linked to the gruesome crime.

EFF leader Julius Malema addressed party supporters at the party’s ninth-anniversary celebration in Bloemfontein on Saturday.

He said those behind the incident should be removed from society.

“We don’t want to see them in our streets. They must be confronted, and they must be fought, and they must be locked in jail for a very long time” said Malema.

Witchcraft, his family, leading the EFF… – Julius Malema opens up about everything on MacG’s Podcast and Chill – VIDEO

Economic Freedom Fighters leader, Julius Malema is the recent and most interesting celebrity interview on South Africa’s number one charting podcast, Podcast, and Chill with MacG. The politician fresh from his jolly trip in Ibiza got candid with MacG and Sol Phenduka, and discussed cutting-edge South African issues such as load shedding, breaking his v1rginity, witchcraft, leading the EFF, his family life, and even dragged MacG for being homophobic in the past.

Malema started speaking about how his political career tenure started at a young age. He told MacG and the chillers that he was in Grade 8 when he realized his leadership qualities. The red beret party leader mentioned that he was appointed to a Student Representative Council. He then led his first strike, which lasted for about six months.

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He ndaa!! Vha ri mini?

Watch CIC @Julius_S_Malema on MacG’s Podcast and Chill Channel on YouTube, Monday, 18 July 2022.

You don’t want to miss this one pic.twitter.com/zfqvyMA9As

— Economic Freedom Fighters (@EFFSouthAfrica) July 17, 2022

He further addressed everyone claiming that he is a fun and social leader and not fighting political outcries. Talking on his recent trip to Ibiza, Malema said South Africa has bigger problems to worry about. He highlighted that Mzansi’s infrastructures are crumbling and potholes are not being fixed.

Malema added that South African citizens should not be worried about what he is doing because he is not the president of the country. “But South Africans will be worried about a man who goes to Ibiza with his wife. I am not their president. They have elected their own government. South Africa, you have the president that you deserve,” said Malema.

Here are some of the top highlights from the interview currently available on Youtube:

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CIC @Julius_S_Malema speaking on the issue of witchcraft on @MacGUnleashed’s podcast and chill channel : https://t.co/sYNIsfbv3e

“I have never encountered witchcraft, because it doesn’t exist”#CIConPodcastAndChill pic.twitter.com/LbqJOv7T7d

— Economic Freedom Fighters (@EFFSouthAfrica) July 18, 2022

About Investing In the Youth and Creativity
The young leader believes that it is the government’s job to give back to and support youth with potential in the country. He mentioned that the Podcast and Chill network deserves to be funded by the government, and further stated that he had intentions to fund MacG’s network but his political party advisors – especially the women advised him against that idea because MacG was alleged to be homophobic and transphobic in the past.

What does he think of Dlamini and his movement?
According to Malema, Dlamini, and Operation Dudula’s stance is rooted in self-hate.

“Black people are not loved all over the world. And for a black person to hate another black person who is hated all over the world, what is that?

“Criminals, let’s deal with them. I have no time for thugs. I do not tolerate thugs, but I am not going to beat up a person because he is dark and ugly in my eyes.”

We must support Podcast and Chill by MacG. This podcast has potential to become one of the best in the world and create more jobs for young people in the Media Sector.Its the best& Julius Malema interview was lit? #ciconpodcastandchill #podcastandchillwithmacg #PodcastAndChill pic.twitter.com/W9VBJSnkRZ

— Edgar Legoale ?? (@EdgarLegoale) July 18, 2022

Is corruption a ‘black people’s thing’?
Malema said people should do away with seeing corruption as a “black people’s thing”.

“You people speak about corruption as if it’s a black people’s thing. It’s white. When you say business is corrupting government you mean whites are corrupting black people because business is white and government is black. This government can’t be corrupt by itself. It needs someone to be corrupt with.”

Will he step down as leader of the EFF?
Malema said one day he will step down as leader and pass the position to the younger generation.

Why is he advocating for artists?
He said he chooses to help artists because SA would be a depressed nation without them.

“I like helping artists because they are underrated in SA. They are not given the special attention they deserve because without them, we would be a depressed nation.

“Their entertainment makes us who we are. They use their skills to comfort us and revive our inner being, and give us hope that not all is lost, even when they themselves are not doing well.”

How was his trip to Spain?
Malema described his trip to Ibiza, where he attended the wedding celebration of alleged cigarette smuggler Adriano Mazzotti’s daughter, as “chilled”.

“It was so chilled. I went there with my wife. We’d wake up, [have] breakfast and just chill.

“South Africans were worried about a man who goes to Ibiza with his wife when they’ve got so many problems. I’m not their president. They’ve elected their own government and got the government they deserve.”

What did social media users think of the interview?
If social media reactions are anything to go by, the interview was good, with some saying Malema made a lot of valid points.

Julius Malema helped Fifi Cooper and Here’s why

EFF leader, Julius Malema has opened up on why he helped Fifi Cooper.

Fifi had a very rough time with her former record label Ambitiouz Entertainment.

The intervention of the EFF leader Julius Malema worked in her favor as the court case went on to be cleared in her favor.

Speaking during the Podcast And Chill Interview with MacG, Julius Malema explained why he had to intervene to help the famed rapper.
Malema went up to explain that his intervention was of utmost good faith as he believes that artists in South Africa are underrated and are not given the attention they deserve.

“I did. I like helping artists because they are underrated in South Africa, and they are not given the special attention they deserve because, without them, we would be a depressed nation.” Julius Malema said.

See the tweet below:

Mac G: You helped FIFI Cooper?

MALEMA: I did. I like helping artists because they are underrated in South Africa, and they are not given the special attention they deserve because without them, we would be a depressed nation. #CIConPodcastAndChill

— Economic Freedom Fighters (@EFFSouthAfrica) July 18, 2022

‘I don’t go to funerals of people who commit suicides’: Julius Malema on Riky Rick’s death

Mzansi hip-hop community is still mourning rapper Riky Rick following his passing on 23 February. The rapper passed away at his Johannesburg north home after taking his life. Several of the Boss Zonke hitmaker’s colleagues and closest friends attended his funeral but one political figure chose not to attend.

Speaking on Tbo Touch’s radio show on Friday 24 June, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema said he did not attend Riky Rick’s funeral because he “does not agree” with people who take their own lives.

On 24 June, Julius Malema joined Tbo Toch on his Metro FM radio show, The Touchdown, to chat about his life as a young boy, his political career and a few other social issues affecting the country. Malema also surprised listeners with a DJ mix.

The politician told Tbo Touch that he does not attend funerals of those who take their own lives, adding that he believed that Riky Rick could’ve reached out for help before his untimely passing.
“If we are going to resort to that, then our children will no longer speak to us. We will just wake up in the morning [and] they’ve committed suicide. You must speak!” said Malema.

“We need to encourage our people to speak. You will become a laughing stock for that time but a solution will be found. There’s always a solution.”

“Killing yourself is not a solution,” he continued.

Julius Malema on why he didn't attend the late Riky Rick's funeral. pic.twitter.com/ZQ0ioTBTPX

— Musa Khawula (@MusaKhawula) June 25, 2022

Tweeps were not pleased with Julius Malema’s explanation about why he did not attend Riky Rick’s funeral. Many slammed the politician for his views on the late rapper’s mental health issues.

Julius Malema needs to learn to how to keep quiet ! Mental health is REAL, for him to just pop up like, is highly irresponsible; especially in an overtly patriarchal, stigmatic & ignorant Black society like ours. Sorry to Riky Rick & young men in who's lives are destroyed ? ? https://t.co/Zu7EMCyev1

— Kwena Molekwa ?? (@Ruraltarain_2) June 25, 2022

He clearly doesn't know anything about depression. How insensitive of him. Should have just shut up. https://t.co/5YL5sxeO7h

— Palesa Mogorosi ?? (@PalesaMogorosi_) June 26, 2022

“I’m not judging,” he says, while judging.

This is so ableist. His views are extremely dangerous and WRONG. Stop this. Stop it immediately. https://t.co/fRCAmKO66X

— Relebone Rirhandzu eAfrika is a prayer ? (@Relebone_) June 26, 2022

Some things are better left unsaid https://t.co/81nYgDxbaN

— Nakez (@realnakez) June 26, 2022