Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has launched a fresh attack on Jacob Zuma’s MK Party.
Malema spoke during the EFF’s KwaZulu-Natal manifesto launch in Inanda on Saturday, 19 September.
The Dr JL Dube Stadium rally came weeks before South Africa’s 4 November local government elections.
Malema questions MK Party leadership
Malema focused heavily on the MK Party’s internal leadership changes.
He argued that the party’s instability could affect municipalities if it gained power.
“MKP is dead before it was born, they are killing each other, they are destroying each other, they’re expelling each other. If you elect them as a mayor on the 4th [November], on the 5th bazomxosha lo mayor [they would fire the mayor]. So, how are we going to have a municipality where you’re not sure whether the mayor would still be mayor the following day?” he said.
The MK Party has undergone several leadership changes ahead of the municipal elections.
Sibonelo Nomvalo replaced Bongani Mncwango as secretary-general in March.
The party also changed its KwaZulu-Natal leadership and electoral structures.
Several senior figures have faced expulsions and disputes during recent months.
EFF presents itself as organised
Malema then contrasted the MK Party’s leadership record with the EFF’s internal structure.
“Only the EFF is clear, Marshall Dlamini was a secretary from the NPA [elective conference in 2024] and is still the secretary till today. How many secretary-generals did MK have? It’s less than three years but it has had more than 15 secretary-generals [sic] that is a sign of disorganisation,” he said.
“You cannot vote for disorganisation, you must vote for organisation. The EFF is the only organisation that is organised in the whole of South Africa.”
Malema also said the EFF had registered councillors across every ward it would contest.
“We want to organise government the same way we’ve organised the EFF,” he said.
“Not even the ANC can match the EFF.”
The EFF is campaigning in a KwaZulu-Natal political landscape reshaped by the MK Party’s emergence.