[143][144] The EFF also accused Gordhan and his daughter of corruption. [91] It also found that a total of R16.1 million was channeled through a Shivambu associated company largely for the benefit of the EFF. The organisation describes itself as a radical and militant movement for economic emancipation, calling for ‘economic freedom in our lifetime’.” title_color=”light_title” subtitle_color=”light_subtitle” border_color=”dark_border”]. The judgement was released by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng and stated that the then-President had violated the Constitution of South Africa, along with the Speaker of the National Assembly Baleka Mbete. [116][117], In February 2019, after the SONA address in parliament by the SA President, EFF MP Marshall Dlamini physically assaulted a member of the presidential security team after a disagreement between EFF MPs and the security. This led charges with the police and Equity Court being laid against the party amidst speculation that this instance might be in breach of South Africa's Electoral Code of Conduct. [78] An investigation by the amaBhungane centre for investigative journalism stated that the EFF received R500,000 in kickbacks from a company in return for a R1.26 billion contract to manage a fleet of vehicles used by the City of Johannesburg with tacit acquiescence of the Democratic Alliance. The affidavit was supported by the South African National Editors Forum and other notable South African journalists such as Max du Preez, Pauli VanWyk, Adriaan Jurgens Basson, and Barry Bateman. [108], In January 2018, EFF Deputy President Floyd Shivambu congratulated the party supporters for causing damage to various H&M stores[109] across South Africa due to a picture of a young black child wearing a green hoodie reading, "Coolest Monkey in the Jungle". [66] They also won in Cape Town, the District Six, Mowbray and Bellville Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) campuses with landslide victories, meaning they now are in charge of the institution's SRC. South Africa: EFF - On a Path of Growth. [52] A 2018 survey conducted by social research company Citizen Surveys found that around 70% of EFF supporters were between the ages of 18 to 34, overwhelmingly black (97%), mostly based in major metropolitan cities (48%), predominantly male (62%) with 43% of their support base located in Gauteng Province. It was founded by expelled former African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) President Julius Malema, and his allies, in 2013. The EFF has threatened to shut down Clicks stores on Monday if the company does not do so itself. Nationalisation of mines, banks, and other strategic sectors of the economy, without compensation. The ANC has accused the Zimbabwean ruling party, the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF), of supporting the EFF in order to destabilise the ANC. [158][159], Speaking at a political rally in 2018, Malema, told supporters to "go after a white man", a reference to Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Athol Trollip, adding that "we are cutting the throat of whiteness". The organisation describes itself as a radical and militant movement for economic emancipation, calling for ‘economic freedom in our lifetime’. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. The Democratic Alliance (Afrikaans: Demokratiese Alliansie, DA) is a South African political party and the official opposition to the ruling African National Congress (ANC). The EFF is a South African movement with a progressive internationalist outlook, which seeks to engage global progressive movements. [46], The EFF was the only parliamentary party that opposed the 2018 political party funding bill. [90], A follow up investigation by the Daily Maverick found that R454,000 of VBS money was used to pay for the 2017 EFF birthday celebration. [120], South African political journalist Karima Brown was the target of verbal abuse and threats of violence by EFF supporters following the EFF's publication of her personal contact details. [43], The party supports the re-introduction of the death penalty. [124], Following the publication of an article by the amaBhungane Centre for investigative journalism looking into allegations of corruption by the EFF the party controversially announced that it would be banning both amaBhungane and the Daily Maverick from its public events[125][126][127] and announced that they would be treated an enemies of the party. [68], The ANC has accused the Zimbabwean ruling party, the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF), of supporting the EFF in order to destabilise the ANC. [63], On 27 February 2018, the EFF tabled a motion in the National Assembly to amend the Constitution so as to allow for the expropriation of land without compensation. [74][75] Following the judgement Manuel stated that he would be donating the R500,000 in damages to victims of the VBS Mutual Bank scandal which the EFF is alleged to have participated in. [47], High-profile members of the Central Command Team include Floyd Shivambu, Fana Mokoena and Mbuyiseni Ndlozi (National Spokesperson). Building state and government capacity, which will lead to The abolishment of tenders. Nationalisation of strategic sectors and assets will be blended with a strong industrial policy to support social and economic development. EFF Official Account (@EFFSouthAfrica). South African political party the EFF claimed that the death of 10 children from the novel coronavirus "completely disproves" that children are less susceptible to the virus. The EFF also accused the anti-corruption investigators of being members of an "Indian cabal" commenting on the presence of Indian South African's making up the investigative team. This was potentially enough for the party to hold the balance of power in provinces where the governing African National Congress was in danger of losing its absolute majority. The EFF Students Command claims a membership of about 100,000 students and has branches across all the nine provinces of South Africa. [44][45], In 2016, after local elections in South Africa, the EFF has suggested that they will back the Democratic Alliance in hung-metro areas, but would not be entering into a coalition with any political party in South Africa. [110][111][112][113][114][115] A Vodacom store in Polokwane was damaged and looted by EFF members following a presentation by Corruption Watch at the 2018 Vodacom Awards which included an image depicting EFF leaders Malema and Shivambu as "abusers of Democracy". The case was heard on 9 February 2016. [23] Malema is President of the EFF, heading the Central Command Team which serves as the central structure of the party. When asked for comment by a news agency, the ANC spokesperson, Zizi Kodwa stated that there will be no comment from the ANC, as "[h]e [Malema] was addressing his own party supporters. [74] Manuel brought the EFF and its leader, Julius Malema, to court after they alleged that the appointment of Edward Kieswetter as commissioner of SARS by Manuel was the result of nepotism. [81], Following the publication of a South African Reserve Bank report[82] into the collapse of VBS Mutual Bank implicating EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu's brother media reports came out alleging that Shivambu received R10 million in illicit payments from VBS prior to it being placed under curatorship in March 2018. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has told Health Minister, Zweli Mkhize, that government’s target to vaccinate 67% of the population against COVID-19 remains a pipe dream. [118], Journalist Ranjeni Munusamy lodged an affidavit in December 2018 detailing threatening remarks, intimidation, harassment and personal attacks made by party members, including Malema, towards her and other journalists[119] targeted by the party. South Africa's May 8 polls: Ruling ANC faces tough test from DA, EFF 01/05/2019 South Africa's May 8 vote, sixth post-apartheid general elections [155], South Africa's Independent Electoral Commission disqualified EFF councillor Thabo Mabotja from the 2016 local elections due to a tweet by Mabotja calling for the hacking and killing of white South Africans. EFF will, with determination and consistency, associate with the protest movement in South Africa, and will also join in struggles that defy unjust laws. #clicksmustfall,” the EFF posted on Twitter. The only parties who did not support the motion were the Democratic Alliance, Freedom Front Plus, COPE and the ACDP. [41][42], Malema addressed a crowd in Marikana, Rustenburg in the platinum mining area, blaming mining companies and calling out platinum mining company Lonmin in particular, for poverty in the region. [83][84] Prior to the publication of the Reserve Bank's report the EFF criticised the Reserve Bank for placing VBS under curatorship and accused it of victimising VBS on racial grounds. "[154] While still the ANCYL leader, Malema was taken to the Equality Court by AfriForum for repeatedly singing "dubul' ibhunu", meaning "shoot the boer [white farmer]". [149][150] EFF leadership and its supporters have been criticised for using Gordhan's second name, Jamnadas, as a racial dog whistle to highlight to his Indian ethnicity in a pejorative way and question his status as a South African on social media. Expropriation of South Africa’s land without compensation for equal redistribution in use. [24] The party itself has been accused of fomenting anti-white and anti-Indian racism, and Malema himself was convicted in 2011 for singing the racially discriminatory song, "Shoot the Boer". [162], Following the death of former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, Malema tweeted a number of controversial quotes from the late Mugabe that were racially prejudiced towards white people. [1], It criticises the African National Congress and their primary opposition, the Democratic Alliance, for their allegedly pro-business stances, which it claims have sold out the black people of South Africa to capitalism as cheap labour. [69], In October 2018, a group of 17 former EFF members and councillors in the Northern Cape accused the party's senior leadership of corruption and sexual exploitation of more junior female party members. [99] The South African Communist Party also condemnned the party. [72] The EFF denied Rawula's accusation and stated that they would sue him for defamation as well as make the party's financials public. [71], In April 2019, a former member of the EFF's central command, Thembinkosi Rawula, accused senior party leaders of dictatorial leadership practices and of using party finances for personal benefit. Massive development of the African economy and advocating for a shift from reconciliation to justice in the entire continent. ... Senior Eskom manager's bank account frozen, with R11m inside South Africa . [122] Malema stated on the incident that journalists have no privileges whilst accusing Brown of being a state agent and denied that EFF supporters were making threatening remarks. It promises to tackle corruption, provide quality social housing, and provide free primary healthcare and education for all, as well as proposing to expropriate White-owned farmland, nationalise the mining and banking sectors, double welfare grants and the minimum wage, and end the proposed toll system for highways. [27] The EFF is now registered with the IEC, after an objection to its registration by the Freedom Front Plus (FF+) was dismissed in September 2013. [38][39] Further protests in 2015, the EFF delivered demands that included the socialisation of the mining sector and called for more explicit targets for the 26% BEE ownership required by law. The transfer of mineral wealth beneath the soil, monopoly industries and banks mean nationalisation of such and the charter accepts that while the state is in command and in control of the commanding heights of South Africa’s economy,  “people shall have equal rights to trade where they choose, to manufacture and to enter all trades, crafts and professions”, meaning that there will never be wholesale nationalisation of the state control of every sector of South Africa’s economy. The motion, brought by the EFF leader Julius Malema, was adopted with a vote of 241 in support, and 83 against. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) announced its formation on 27 July, 2013 in Soweto. Foster an accountable, corrupt-free government and society. The leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), the third largest political party in South Africa, is Julius Malema: A controversial, but popular politician. [72], Malema later forwarded a conspiracy theory that the VBS collapse was part of a plot intended to damage the EFF. The red berets defeated the ANC-aligned South African Students Congress (SASCO) at the Durban University of Technology, the University of Zululand and Mangosuthu University of Technology. The EFF is a South African movement with a progressive internationalist outlook, which seeks to engage global progressive movements. Parties in breach of the code risk having their registration to run in elections being revoked. [133][134][135][136][137][138][139] This approach has proved persuasive to a largely disenfranchised young black youth in South Africa who are mired by poverty, unemployment and inequality, where all minority groups, in particular whites, are singled out by party propaganda as the sole benefactors and drivers of inequality. The EFF is widely criticised for inciting and perpetuating racism. He said the youth were the influencers of the future, "therefore, this is an indication of what is to follow". [28], In 2015, the EFF suspended MP Lucky Twala and expelled three MPs, Mpho Ramakatsa, Andile Mngxitama and Khanyisile Litchfield-Tshabalala. [85] The EFF stated that it had seen no evidence that Shivambu received the R10 million[86] and called for government to recapitalise VBS Mutual Bank[87] whilst also taking legal action against those mentioned in the Reserve Bank report. [128], In January 2020 the EFF was forced to publicly apologies and pay damages following a Gauteng High Court judgment that the party had made and spread false allegations that two journalists, Thandeka Gqubule and Anton Harber, were apartheid era 'StratCom' agents.[129][130]. HelenOnline/Wikimedia Commons. The EFF takes lesson from the notion that “political power, without economic emancipation is meaningless”. [160] This led to the Democratic Alliance accusing the EFF's leader, Malema, of racism and not sharing the more tolerant views of South Africans broadly. Protected industrial development to create sustainable jobs which includes the introduction of minimum wages in order to bridge the gap between the wealthy and the poor, close the aparthei2wage gap and promote rapid career opportunities for Africans in the workplace. [93][94][95], A former member of the EFF's leadership accused the party leadership of accepting donations from VBS Mutual Bank prior to its collapse. [156][157] The EFF welcomed the commission's decision and renounced Mabotja. [163][164] The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) condemned the quote and stated that they would be taking Malema to court for spreading hate speech. EFF statement below: This entry was posted on 06 Oct 2020,07:02PM at 7:02 PM and is filed under South Africa . South Africa South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters, EFF , have thanked voters for reposing confidence in them by giving them more seats in the next National Assembly. EFF is a radical and militant political party that is committed to the struggle for the economic emancipation of the South African majority. The party was formed by former ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema and former ANC Youth League spokesman Floyd Shivambu. The Economic Freedom Fighters appreciates the role played by the fathers and mothers of South Africa’s liberation movement. [26], At a 26 July 2013 press briefing in Soweto, Malema announced that the new party had over 1000 members, double the 500 required for registration with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). [145] The EFF accusations were proven false[146][147] and Gordhan laid charge of defamation against Malema stating that the EFF's "determined defence of corruption and the corrupt, using personal attacks, racism and alleged hate speech is not acceptable and must be challenged. [89] After being approached by the Mail & Guardian for comment on his personal financial expenses Floyd Shivambu admitted that money from VBS, channeled through his brother, was used to buy his Range Rover Sport valued at R680,000. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) is a South African left-wing[18][19] to far-left[20][21][22] pan-Africanist political party. [33][34], The EFF "draws inspiration from the broad Marxist–Leninist tradition and Fanonian schools of thought in their analyses of the state, imperialism, culture and class contradictions in every society", according to its constitution. [151], ANC member and government minister Jackson Mthembu accused the EFF of being racist and having a "deep-seated hatred" for Indian South Africans whilst criticizing the party's pursuit of Gordhan whilst participating in a parliamentary debate. The ANC supported Malema, though AfriForum and the ANC reached a settlement before the appeal case was due to be argued in the Supreme Court of Appeal. 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