That independence has been threatened by political forces including Julius Malema's Economic Freedom Fighters and members of the ANC's RET faction who have been demanding greater political control over the institution...

Aside from a steady stream of provocative tweets such as one endorsing a call from EFF leader Julius Malema that South Africa should 'let the white economy collapse' Masina has strong support within ANC branches in Ekurhuleni where he has made liberal use of the municipal fund for community and poverty alleviation projects...

Of the three breakaways from the ANC since the first post-apartheid elections in 1994 three have fizzled while the EFF of Julius Malema commands just 44 of the 400 seats in Parliament...

The JSC held interviews for appointments to the Constitutional Court at which Julius Malema leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters targeted Judge Dhaya Pillay's candidacy for the highest court...

Zuma and Magashule are closer to Julius Malema's far-left Economic Freedom Fighters who favour more interventionist economic policies – including the nationalisation of the central bank...

The NPA is effectively guarding Ramaphosa's other flank by going after Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema together with EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu and his brother Brian...

The leader of South Africa's opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Julius Malema who is calling for land expropriation without compensation condemned the move and called on 'ordinary Zimbabweans to reject this wasteful use of money that should be directed towards building hospitals in Zimbabwe'...

The President has also been cited in a court action by Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema that seeks to force him to disclose his funders in the closely contested 2017 election so that he cannot be 'captured' by them as Jacob Zuma was...