Tag: Economic Freedom Fighters

The second involves AfriForum and Parliament, over land. Given the strategists involved in the ANC nowadays, it is entirely possible that there was a little bit of orchestration with the timing of Pravin Gordhan’s decision to walk into a police station and lodge crimen injuria charges against Malema and the EFF. However, the risk AfriForum might take in the case is that while they may from time to time have legal victories, they will continue to lose on the politics of it. It is entire possible for some in the ANC to point fingers loudly at AfriForum, to turn the election into a poll about identity. This might actually suit AfriForum, because it would create a situation that strengthens their base. Meanwhile, while Gordhan may well be on stronger ground legally, Malema may also believe that he has much to gain from a legal process. To make matters more complicated for the EFF leader, he himself said on Monday that he would be instituting criminal charges against Gordhan. Which may mean the case can return almost at any moment. That is extremely difficult in a country with so many fringe players as in South Africa today. DM Support DAILY MAVERICK & get FREE UBER vouchers every month An increasingly rare commodity, quality independent journalism costs money, though not nearly as much as its absence can cost global community.

South African politician Julius Malema says the King Mswati of eSwatini (formerly Swaziland) should leave politicians in the country to thrive. ... release the political prisoners in Swaziland. We don't want the king to interfere with the freedoms of the people of Swaziland. “Here at home, eSwatini, King Mswati, please leave politics to politicians and continue marrying as you want to marry many women, it’s fine. We don’t want the king to interfere with the freedoms of the people of Swaziland. “So we are saying to the king, please allow the people of eSwatini – what a beautiful name. This monarch (dictator) of Swaziland, he thinks better than the ANC people, he has changed the colonial name Swaziland to eSwatini,” Malema said to applause. The King who took over the reins over three decades ago has over a dozen wives. He usually picks a wive after the annual reed dance ceremony. The first landmark was his 50th birthday and the country’s 50 years of independence.