Julius Sello Malema

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...

But Ramaphosa has repeatedly been forced onto the defensive on land reform by Julius Malema's Economic Freedom Fighters who first introduced and won a motion in Parliament in favour of expropriation without compensation and more recently pushed the ANC to embrace a change in the country's Constitution which many ANC members see as unnecessary...

The wall in question surrounds the Moroccan embassy in Pretoria and the pickets outside it were members of Julius Malema's Economic Freedom Fighters...

The combined forces of pro-Zumaists in the ANC and firebrand Julius Malema's Economic Freedom Fighters appear determined to push the ANC into changing section 25 2(b) and 3 of the constitution which allows for 'just and equitable' compensation by the state for land required for 'public purpose and interest'...

For today's generation of radicals such as Julius Malema and the Economic Freedom Fighters she became a torch bearer for the revolution they say the ANC failed to see through...

Deprived of the easy target of Zuma's leadership of the African National Congress Julius Malema's EFF has doubled down on its leftist redistributionist rhetoric outflanking Ramaphosa on issues such as land ending all fees for schools and colleges boosting welfare payments and hiking taxes on business...