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Julius Malema - South Africa's radical agenda-setter leading the EFF into 2024 elections
Despite currently belonging to a minority party, Mr Malema and his colleagues are arguably the most visible politicians in parliament. They dress in red boiler suits - meant to symbolise solidarity with South Africa's labourers - and their style of politics has led to fist fights and walkouts in the National Assembly.
Mr Malema himself is known for generating controversy - throughout his political career he has offended a wide range of people, from women's rights groups, to white farmers, to his own political bosses.
He has twice been found guilty of using hate speech - in 2010 and 2011 - first for comments he made about the woman that accused former President Jacob Zuma of rape and then for singing the song "Shoot the Boer (Afrikaner)".
The EFF chief sparked a row just last year, when he told crowds at a protest against Israel over the war in Gaza: "The EFF, when it takes over next year, is going to arm Hamas and make sure Hamas has the necessary equipment to
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Julius Malema
South African politician (born 1981)
Julius Sello Malema (born 3 March 1981) is a South African politician. He is the founder and leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), a populist[1] political party known for the red berets and military-style outfits worn by its members.[2][3][4][5] He is sometimes referred to as Juju.[6] Before the foundation of EFF, he served as a president of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) from 2008 until his expulsion from the party in 2012.
As a child, Malema joined the ANC and was a highly engaged member growing up; he was ultimately elected president of its Youth League in April 2008 under controversial circumstances. While president, he was an early proponent of nationalising South Africa's mining industry and expropriating land without compensation. He rose to national prominence as an outspoken supporter of Jacob Zuma, then-ANC president and later President of South Africa. However, Malema's relationship with Zuma strained immensely following n
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Julius Malema addresses a 100,000-strong crowd at an Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) rally in Johannesburg in June
(Image credit: Frennie Shivambu/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
The leader of South Africa’s second-largest opposition party is waging a war of words with the world’s richest person after being accused of “pushing for genocide of white people”.
Elon Musk, who grew up in Apartheid South Africa, launched an online attack against Julius Malema in response to footage showing the politician and supporters at a mass rally in Soweto chanting “Kill the Boer” – a reference to the country’s historical white settler community. Musk tagged President Cyril Ramaphosa in a tweet asking: “Why do you say nothing?”
Malema and Musk appear determined to “tear each other apart” over the “controversial song”, said Africanews. Malema told reporters last week that Musk “seems illiterate”. The “only thing that protects him is his white skin”, added the politician, who is celebrati
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