'It's not black unity; it's an agenda to destroy the EFF'

Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema has accused former president Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party of being disingenuous and trying to undermine the EFF under the guise of promoting a “black unity” agenda among opposition parties.

- Lunga Mzangwe

Zuma has been advocating for the unification of so-called black parties to challenge the ANC and the Democratic Alliance (DA) and has previously said the proliferation of “black parties” has hindered the country’s progress and what he called the total liberation of black people.

On Wednesday, Malema said Zuma was being hypocritical, given that his own MK party was founded quite recently (in December 2023).

“If you wanted to call for unity of people, you should have joined the EFF and not formed a parallel organisation,” Malema said outside the home of Presley Chweneyagae, where he went to pay his condolences after the actor's death last week.

Malema questioned why the EFF was often the target of such calls for the unification of “black parties”.

“Why is this unity of black parties only directed at the EFF?

“They never complain that the ANC does not want to unite with them; they never complain that the Patriotic Alliance does not want to unite with them,” he said.