Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has criticised leaders who use black consciousness to sanitise corruption.
Malema said this as he delivered the political report on the party’s achievements and challenges in the last five years at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg where the party is holding its three-day National People’s Assembly.
MALEMA CLAIMS SOME LEADERS WHO USE BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS TO CON
Addressing delegates on Friday, 13 December, Malema said that they should never allow for black consciousness to be misused to con people into forgetting, nor allow it to sanitise the legacy of failure and corruption.
Malema said some people committed themselves to undermining the liberation of black people while in government, and now, in an attempt to rescue their legacy of compromise and collaboration as head of state, director generals, and CEOs of state-owned enterprises, they reach for black consciousness as they approach their grave.
“When they were fresh, they didn’t know black unity; now that they see the grave, they see black unity. It is our revolutionary responsibility to vehemently reject the black unity born out of convenience and opportunism to tell those who live lives of betrayal while they govern,” he said.
TAKING A SWIPE AT MK PARTY?
Malema was seemingly taking a swipe at the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party and its leader, Jacob Zuma, who, along with prominent party members who held various senior positions during his tenure as head of state, has been preaching about black unity.
“You can be black yet advance divisive politics of tribalism. You can be black yet act as an agent of white supremacy and corruption.
“You may identify as black, but your character can still be defined by deception and dishonesty. You can be black and still sell out your brothers and sisters for a few pieces of silver,” he said.
In addition, Malema said as the EFF they do not subscribe to unity based on skin color alone in their pursuit of liberation.
“We subscribe to political unity defined by ideological conviction and honest politics, a unity that will bring about the defeat of the strategic enemy. Our enemy knows that it is the EFF that is the true liberation movement and not a pocket knife for individuals and self-gratification.
“In our history, we’ve never betrayed our people. As a result, we do not merely claim to be the home and inspiration of black people and unity. We have earned this role,” he said.
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