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Malema: Zuma's MK party wants to undermine EFF under the guise of ‘black unity'
EFF leader Julius Malema
Economic Freedom Fighters leader
Zuma has been advocating for the unification of so-called black parties to challenge the ANC and the
On Wednesday Malema said Zuma was being hypocritical, given that his own MK party was founded quite recently (in December 2023).
'If you wanted to call for unity of people, you should have joined the EFF and not formed a parallel organisation,' Malema said outside the home of
Malema questioned why the EFF was often the target of such calls for the unification of 'black parties'.
'Why is this unity of black parties only directed at the EFF? They never complain that the
'Every time it's the EFF. We are not going to allow that. You can see it's not black unity; it's an agenda to destroy the EFF. Why are they not giving you a report about black unity with the
Parties such as
The relationship between the two parties
On Wednesday Malema said he would not work with Shivambu and did not want to involve himself in his problems, referring to
'Where was he going? He is not our problem. We are in parliament, we are working in parliament. If he comes into parliament, he will find us rolling,' Malema said of his former second-in-command's fate.
'The parliament now is run by young people; young people are running that thing. If he comes there and thinks he can impose himself on them, they are already ready for him. You can be rest assured that he will not do anything to undermine the superior logic of the EFF in that parliament.'
Malema said his party would not be intimidated by the experience Shivambu brings to parliament for the MK party.
'If you are saying this person is going to be a holy spirit and be in every committee and boost the MK's presence in those committees, it's practically impossible,' he said.
'We do our work not because we want to outshine everyone but because we genuinely believe in this work and put a lot of effort into researching what we are going to speak about [in parliament].'
