Julius Malema slams ‘back-stabbing’ Jacob Zuma as South African left reshapes
South Africa’s populist firebrand Julius Malema has lashed out at his old rival Jacob Zuma as a “back stabber”, as he sought to scotch speculation that his leftist movement could soon merge with the former president’s upstart party.
Malema, whose Economic Freedom Fighters marked him out as the radical agitator of the country’s opposition, has been rattled by a number of recent defections to Zuma’s one-year-old political party, which defied expectations to win nearly 15 per cent in May’s election.
Speaking to the Financial Times, Malema dismissed the idea of coming together with Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) to unite the radical opposition, even though both parties champion stripping land from whites without payment, and nationalising mines and banks.
https://www.ft.com/content/3070a75a-a579-497e-8d7a-acc50e2dc46e
South Africa’s populist firebrand Julius Malema has lashed out at his old rival Jacob Zuma as a “back stabber”, as he sought to scotch speculation that his leftist movement could soon merge with the former president’s upstart party.
Malema, whose Economic Freedom Fighters marked him out as the radical agitator of the country’s opposition, has been rattled by a number of recent defections to Zuma’s one-year-old political party, which defied expectations to win nearly 15 per cent in May’s election.
Speaking to the Financial Times, Malema dismissed the idea of coming together with Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) to unite the radical opposition, even though both parties champion stripping land from whites without payment, and nationalising mines and banks.
https://www.ft.com/content/3070a75a-a579-497e-8d7a-acc50e2dc46e