By Doreen Mokgolo
- Malema warns against people using black consciousness to avoid being held accountable for their actions.
- The EFF will replace its student command with a youth command to attract more young South Africans.
EFF leader Julius Malema has warned his supporters not to be fooled by people who use black consciousness to avoid being held accountable.
“The desperate need for black solidarity must not be taken advantage of by individuals who manipulate the black identity to avoid accounting for how they have jeopardised the cause of black liberation,” he said.
Speaking at the EFF’s third National People’s Assembly at Nasrec in Johannesburg, Malema hit out at those who claim to fight for black unity.
“There are forces in South Africa who have discovered the cause of black unity after they previously undermined it when they were in power. You can be black yet advance politics of tribalism,” he said.
“Where was this black consciousness when the miners in Marikana were killed?”
Malema also criticised former CEOs of state companies who left them broken and bankrupt.
Looking at the EFF’s poor showing in the May elections, Malema said they would get rid of regional structures and replace the student command with a youth command to appeal to all young South Africans.
“They are no longer fit for purpose, we inherited them from the former liberation movement which we must now do away with.”
He warned members not to let the party become one person’s playground.
“Internal democracy doesn’t equate to weakness or the absence of decisive leadership.”
The party will elect new leaders on Saturday. Malema remains unopposed as president; Godrich Gardee is nominated for the vacant position of deputy president, and Nontando Nolutshungu for chairperson.
The other nominations are:
- Marshall Dlamini for secretary general
- Leigh-Ann Mathys for deputy secretary general
- Omphile Maotwe for treasurer.
Pictured above: EFF president Julius Malema.
Source: Doreen Mokgolo
