More than R400 000 of illicit VBS Mutual Bank funds was used by Brian Shivambu, brother of Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF’s) deputy president Floyd, as a deposit to purchase a R2.7-million townhouse in Fourways, Johannesburg. Continue reading…
Former South African international star Naka Drotske is in critical condition in hospital after being shot three times during a farm attack in Pretoria. Drotske, 47, stormed the farm attackers who shot him and then fled. He won the Rugby Union World Cup with South Africa in 1995 and was with another former Springboks star, Os du Randt, when the incident occurred. Continue reading…
Pauli Van Wyk is one of the investigative journalists behind Daily Maverick’s Scorpio team. Pauli Van Wyk recently published a report linking several high-ranking members of the EFF to the VBS Mutual Bank scandal.
EFF leader Julius Malema told eNCA’s Vuyo Mvoko, that their humiliating legal losses to Afrikaner lobby group AfriForum this week were as a result of “incompetent” black lawyers. “The mistake we made as the EFF is to hire incompetent people who lack professionalism, who are not in a position to follow up matters before court.. Continue reading…
“AfriForum has not won the merits – they have won technicalities.” – Julius Malema. Julius Malema, firebrand leader of the EFF (Economic Freedom Fighters), has hit out at his party’s legal team for the recent court losses to AfriForum. Continue reading…
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema is receiving blue-light protection, police have confirmed. National police spokesperson Vish Naidoo confirmed this to News24 on Tuesday, saying: “I can confirm that he is being protected by the SAPS (South African Police Service) but I can’t get into details for security reasons.” Sowetan reported on Tuesday that.. Continue reading…
AfriForum have got the EFF on strings in court battles. They’ve just won two cases in a day against the red berets: It’s bad news for Malema’s legal bills. Continue reading…
Malema, who coined the ‘pay back the money’ war chant during former president Jacob Zuma’s dubious tenure, has eventually obeyed a 2017 court order. Continue reading…
The IEC in the Western Cape confirmed that it had received an official complaint from the EFF in relation to intimidation in the Witzenberg municipality. Continue reading…
A political party attracts the kind of supporters it deserves. With less than seven months left before the general election of 2019, the loud-mouthed boy from Seshego’s party is facing serious legitimacy problems. Malema and Shivambu of the EFF are embroiled in serious allegations regarding corruption around the VBS saga and the GladAfrica contract in.. Continue reading…
According to the Department of Public Enterprises, this R5 billion bailout will be the final financial hand-out afforded to the ailing national carrier. Continue reading…
Oh jolly! Look who’s now a member of the Committee on Ethics and Members Interests in Parliament! No other than honourable comrade Julius Malema. Imagine how ethics will look in future! No, honourable Speaker, I did lie, but I decided it is ethical now. Like nose-picking and disrupting Parliament. It’s all ethical now. Just remember.. Continue reading…
The EFF has vehemently denied any accusations of wrongdoing on the part of the party or its deputy leader Floyd Shivambu in regards to the VBS looting saga. Continue reading…
Hot 91.9FM, the radio station that fired Sasha Martinengo for his on-air remarks concerning Julius Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has complained about the party’s intimidation tactics. This is according to the station’s managing director, Lloyd Madurai, who recently failed in his court application to have the EFF barred from entering the.. Continue reading…
Media personality Sasha Martinengo has defended the comments he made on radio, in which he called EFF leader Julius Malema a “monkey”. Hot91.9fm fired Martinengo with immediate effect following his remarks on the breakfast show. He said: “[And] people still listen to this monkey.” In a tweet on Tuesday morning, Martinengo apologised but didn’t retract.. Continue reading…