Julius Sello Malema

Although he threw his weight behind Ramaphosa's bid for the ANC presidency at a key moment in December 2017 Mabuza is politically close to EFF leader Julius Malema and is known to want the presidency in 2024 (AC Vol 59 No 8 Ace in a hole)...

The Economic Freedom Fighters of Julius Malema has a detailed manifesto but has not achieved national coverage and is grappling to find a credible election strategy now that Zuma has gone...

Estimates of the ANC vote range from 48% to more than 60% while there is a general consensus that the right-of-centre Democratic Alliance of Mmusi Maimane is likely to drop below 20% down from 22% in 2014 and the radical Economic Freedom Fighters of Julius Malema are likely to break through the 10% threshold up from 6% (AC Vol 60 No 1 The fight for the ANC's soul)...

Julius Malema and his associates have built the Economic Freedom Fighters and Andile Mngxitama the Black First Land First (BLF) movement on the perception of ANC betrayal...

The report which will be followed by a series of criminal investigations said the bank was looted by its directors and staff and a trail of politically connected individuals as well as politicians in the African National Congress and the national leadership of the Economic Freedom Fighters which is led by Julius Malema and his deputy Floyd Shivambu...

When Maimane dismissed Ramaphosa's response as inadequate and both he and Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema called for a full investigation into all payments into his election fund Ramaphosa said he would repay the money and investigate all payments into the election fund account...

The probe implicated several officials from the ANC and the populist Economic Freedom Fighters of Julius Malema...

Another complication in the arms deal with Saudi Arabia is that the populist Economic Freedom Fighters of Julius Malema and the right-of-centre Democratic Alliance of Mmusi Maimane will accuse the Ramaphosa government of selling the family silver getting little for South Africa in return...

Africa Confidential understands that Julius Malema the populist leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters had threatened to expose more 'secrets' about Nene if he did not resign...

But at home Ramaphosa faces growing criticism from both ends of the political spectrum – on the left for repackaging neoliberal policies in the eyes of Julius Malema's populist Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and on the right for capitulating to the populists...