The Economic Freedom Fighters led by fiery demagogue Julius Malema represents around 12% of voters but is seen as unreliable and opportunistic in coalitions...

He was provincial chair of the ANCYL when it was led by the current leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters Julius Malema...

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema called on 14 July for Ramaphosa to be removed from office focusing on his apparent flouting of foreign currency regulations...

His refusal to countenance any accommodation with the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) or with Julius Malema is thought to have tipped delegates in his favour...

On 26 June the party's leader Julius Malema told supporters that in Gauteng: 'The ANC is at its weakest at this point and it's a small window and if the EFF does not take full advantage of this weak state we will never get it again...

In the virtual absence of the once-powerful ANC Youth League which has been administered by a task GROUP since 2018 the urbane and smart Lamola is an attractive proposition for ANC middle-class youth who have not already abandoned the party for Julius Malema's Economic Freedom Fighters...

But this could split the ANC with the RET wing joining forces with the Economic Freedom Fighters of Julius Malema...

By his own admission populist EFF leader Julius Malema voted to prevent the ANC from winning control to bolster his position as king-maker in hung councils – even if it meant voting for the DA or ActionSA both political foes...