Julius Malema's visa denial sparks controversy

A SENIOR member of the EFF has confirmed that party leader Julius Malema and others are not planning to withdraw their visa applications to visit the UK, after a party delegation was not provided with visas to attend a conference at Cambridge University this weekend.

- MASHUDU SADIKE

Malema was invited by the African Society of Cambridge to speak at the 11th Annual Cambridge Africa Together Conference but could not leave OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg as their visas did not arrive in time.

Taking to social media platform X, Malema said he was at the airport when he received a letter, four hours before his departure, informing him he had been denied a visa.

"It is clear to me that this is an attempt to silence a dissenting political perspective. This is unacceptable and spineless," he said.