The Eastern Cape, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) provincial command team are calling for the immediate resignation of their leader Julius Malema accusing him of supporting foreign nationals in South Africa whom they deem “illegal” among other issues.
In a press release addressed to Malema, the Eastern Cape EFF said based on the assessment of recent Local Government Electoral outcomes, they found Malema being behind the party’s poor performance due to his ‘unloved’ association with former president Jacob Zuma, support for immigrants and frequent attacks on the Judiciary.
“Based on the assessment of our local government electoral outcomes, the EFF Eastern Cape Provincial Command Team convened this morning to take stock of our performance. Part of this assessment included our view of the CIC’s (Commander in Chief) role in eroding the electoral margins of our movement,” read the statement.
“A more balanced approach was to empirically consign the conduct, behavioral attitude and the utterances of the CIC both in the course of, and during the elections. The collapsed coalition pacts were closely studied, too.
“Your Excellency, you are hurting the EFF. The EFF brand has been eroded, resulting in our own supporters losing confidence in the movement. The attacks on the judiciary, illegal immigrants’ soundbites, the ill-conceived association with President Zuma and the long-winded abuse of our own commissars, chiefly explains the underlying currents behind our poor showing.
“We take a dim view of your hardline stance on illegal immigrants. Our cardinal pillars, particularly on Africa’s integration, are not fashioned to champion a ‘free-for-all’, opening of borders policy.
“We also took a deem view that our fighters who were on the ground, but could not be elected because of your very attacks on the courts and endorsement of illegal foreigners, were subject to insults at our press briefing.”
The statement comes barely two days after Malema vowed to continue standing with Zimbabweans and other foreigners in his country even if it meant losing votes and leadership of the party.
“I’m not prepared to take a platform and say foreigners must go home. I would rather not be the president of South Africa. I will be the president of my children. To say I must go and tell these hungry Zimbabweans to leave here and when I tell them to leave I send them to where?” Malema said.
This comes at a time when thousands of holders of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) are risking losing jobs and deportation from South Africa because the government there has not yet indicated whether it will renew their permits which are set to expire on 31 December 2021.
UPDATE
The EFF has since distanced itself from the statement which was purported to be from the EFF in the Eastern Cape.
EFF MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi and EFF chairperson in the Eastern Cape Yazini Tetyana took to social media to clear the air on the statement, calling it “fake”.
— Mbuyiseni Ndlozi (@MbuyiseniNdlozi) November 17, 2021
Tetyana told TimesLIVE the party will not entertain the fake letter.
“I don’t know where it comes from. Actually, we don’t care where it comes from. It’s fake news. It doesn’t matter what they wanted to achieve, they will never divide the EFF. We will not waste energy and time investigating who did it, it doesn’t matter to us. We are too busy for that,” he said.
FAKE ALERT|| FAKE ALERT
This is Statement is fake. We dismiss all this content with contempt. A desperate attempt by enemy forces. pic.twitter.com/ht2HNTDXYp
— Yazini Tetyana (@YaziniTetyana) November 17, 2021
It’s fake news, a fake letter!!! Research first
I don’t see any offence in supporting fellow Africans remember we used to accommodate Zambians ,Malawians nd Mozambiqueans we as Zim why didn’t they waved a red flag now we are in a bad patch the noise is now loud I personally stand with Malema
Sheunesu Mudungwe i was saying the same thing about Zimbabweans last week with my zim friend that there was a time when there was a lot of foreign people in zim but Zimbabweans never killed or hate anyone that time when there economy was one of Africas biggest, i respect Zimbabweans very educated people
Sheunesu Mudungwe ru from Zim?
Kajawo Leonard Lenzo Google the word Gukurahundi.
Kajawo Leonard Lenzo in Zimbabwe there has been Appathierd system against Ndebele people since 1980
Keepwell Zuzumbe that’s within zim but im talking about foreigners, even in malawi also there is a certain tribe which is the most hated by the majority
Kajawo Leonard Lenzo So you mean its cool to kill your own. Zimbabwe is a very tribalistic country . The only reason why those especial people of Malawian origin were never attacked in Zimbabwe is because Mugabe himself is Malawian and there are many politicians both in Zanu pf and in opposition who have malawian origins. Even the current Zim president is Zambian.
Keepwell Zuzumbe I don’t support tribalism at all, we need to leave in peace and respect one another
Kajawo Leonard Lenzo I doubt any foreigner would get a job in Zimbabwe like in South Africa.
Kajawo Leonard Lenzo Any average foreigner if not staying in a refugee camp in Zimbabwe can not survive a week
Keepwell Zuzumbe when Zimbabwes economy was strong foreign people used to get jobs bcoz there was alot of opportunities then, but now no foreigner has got an ambition to stay in zim because the economy collapsed
Kajawo Leonard Lenzo Which foreigners, Malawians and Zambians working in Zimbabwe were employed by white gvt. Majority of them were getting jobs in farms. After 1980 it became hard for even Zimbabwean Ndebeles to get jobs. Today its almost impossible.
Keepwell Zuzumbe why are ndebele people being hated in zim if i may ask?
Kajawo Leonard Lenzo Economic competition. That Malawian Mugabe was creating comfort for Maliwians at the expense of Ndebeles.
Keepwell Zuzumbe What is your definition of Zimbabwe? That white government, where was it governing from? Are there no white Zimbabweans in your understanding? Is it not the same oppressive system in Zimbabwe that every Zimbabwean, Shona, Ndebele, white or black and all other tribes are crying foul about?
Anyway, here we are talking about Malema and the people of Eastern Cape
Golden Jowa There is a great difference between White Rhodisians and Shona Zimbabweans. Early 90s we had Ndebele people who were working in companies in Zimbabwe owning houses . Those people were employed by Rhodisians. But all Ndebeles that were retiring were completely replaced with Shona people in both private and public sectors. We had Ndebele people staying in gvt Compounds in Bulawayo , Gweru, Kwekwe etc. Today if you go right round those compounds there is no Ndebele person.
Golden Jowa I know its about easten cape. Why don’t you tell a person who introduced Zimbabwe that we are not talking about Zimbabwe
Keepwell Zuzumbe even here in SA there was a war between the Zulus and Xhosa people plus if you look at Zim Gukurahundi it was a revenge the Ndebele people are the ones who started the war with shonas longtime ago
Julius is stubborn like Trump. He is digging his own grave.
Nkululeko Mafu why do we black people hate each other
Nkululeko Mafu how can you dig a grave on your African brothers statement was clear u only need to wake up.
He is going nowhere
Fake news. Tinyareiwo
You should have made more research before posting this,that letter is fake
Nehanda don’t lie
Malema to stay!
Don’t lie imi
Fake letter remove this post
Nehanda Radio propagating and advancing the views of the Rhodesians,who think if they force people to go back to Zim MDC will win
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Better you delete this post cos it was confirmed to be fake
Fake
INot every foreigner is illigal in SA as they assume,
Malema, true African leader. Nomatter how you hate him, the more I love him.
Fake news,,
Possible written by put south Africa first to embarrase EFF.
Ko dzeikoko mapedza here nhau zvamavakunanambira kwamusina kuswera
Nehanda vakunyepa Fake News zvakataurwa nezuro vani
Malema is the leader of EFF there is noone have the power to remove him , let those who are unhappy by his support to foreigners go and form their party , or let them go and stay anywhere they want in africa and see if they will be takan back to SA , SA if the only african country which is still frastrating foreign nations ,they behave like dogs which when it sees another strange dog ,it want fight it
Those members should resign with immediate effect Malema will go wen we want they are free to form their own party
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Keepwell Zuzumbe , it’s very honorable to keep quiet listen or read read to understand. First of all, the subject matter is about one province rejecting Malema due to difference in ideologies. Absolutely nothing to do with Zim or tribe. Why are you trying so hard to introduce unrelated issues here? Am I missing something 😕?
Golden Jowa i waa responding to someone who introduced Zim issue and i want him to stop lying . Do not just pop up and respond . Go and respond on the conversation.
Keepwell Zuzumbe , I am not “just popping up mate”, I am just giving you a heads up that, this now degenerating into a new topic that has nothing to do with the matter at hand. Whether you are the one who detoured or it’s someone else, it’s immaterial, the fact remains, it’s a new topic. I trust you will get my point.
Golden Jowa Am i the one who detoured or i comment after the detour?
Golden Jowa I do not get your point first go to the person who detoured and then come to me after if you are genuine
Murimbudzi fake news
Fake