Economic Freedom Fighters

Monday, 01 September 2025. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), led by President Julius Malema, held a significant engagement with His Excellency Mr. Carlos F. Feo Acevedo, Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, accompanied by his First Secretary, Jessica Garrido. This meeting forms part of the EFF’s consistent internationalist outlook, aimed at forging solidarity between […]

Tuesday, 02 September 2025. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) notes the decision by ArcelorMittal South Africa to shut down its long steel business, placing more than 3,500 workers at risk of immediate retrenchment, with unions warning that the number could exceed 4,000.   This catastrophic development is not an isolated incident but part of a […]

Sunday, 24 August 2025. Allow me to extend my greetings to the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, President Afam Osigwe, the leadership collective of the Nigerian Bar Association, who have honoured me with an invitation to this esteemed occasion. I further greet all Members of the Nigerian Bar Association who are present here today, […]

Monday, 25 August 2025 The President and Commander in Chief of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), Julius Malema, addressed the opening ceremony of the 2025 Nigerian Bar Association Annual General Conference on the 24th of August 2025, held in Enugu State, under the theme, “Stand Firm, Stand Tall.”   He delivered the keynote address as […]

Wednesday, 20 August 2025. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) notes with concern the release of South Africa’s July 2025 Consumer Price Index (CPI) by Statistics South Africa, which shows that inflation rose to 3.5% year-on-year, up from 3.0% in June, marking the highest reading since September 2024. Prices increased by 0.9% between June and July, […]

Friday, 22 August 2025. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) rejects the reckless and irrational decision by Minister Patricia de Lille to dissolve the South African Tourism (SAT) Board. This move is a desperate attempt to shield corruption and obstruct investigations into serious financial misconduct within the tourism sector. The Minister’s claim that the board unlawfully […]

Friday, 1 August 2025. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) welcomes the formal introduction of the Insourcing Bill by the EFF in the National Assembly as a Private Member’s Bill, tabled by the Treasurer General, Commissar Omphile Maotwe. The purpose of this Bill is to compel the state, across all levels and entities, to insource essential […]

Monday, 04 August 2025. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) notes the statement issued by the South African government in response to the unilateral imposition of 30% tariffs by the United States. However, we reject this statement as weak, impotent, and inconsequential.   The joint statement by the Minister of International Relations and the Minister of […]

Monday, 04 August 2025 The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) notes the convening of the newly established Ad Hoc Committee in the National Assembly, set to begin its work on Tuesday, 5 August 2025, to investigate the serious allegations of corruption, criminal syndicate infiltration, and political interference in South Africa’s law enforcement agencies.   This Ad […]

Thursday, 07 August 2025. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) strongly condemns the despicable and racist stereotyping of Coloured people in the recent “Open Chats” podcast circulating on social media platforms, in which the hosts shamelessly portray Coloured communities as people who “have sex with their siblings” and label them as “crazy.”   This vile, offensive, […]

Saturday, 09 August 2025. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) calls for the immediate removal of Gayton McKenzie as Minister of Sports, Arts & Culture following the resurfacing of a long history of hateful, racist, and dehumanising remarks he has made about Black people.   In a series of tweets, McKenzie referred to Black people using […]

Tuesday, 12 August 2025.   The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) notes with alarm the latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey results released by Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) for the second quarter of 2025, which reveal a worsening jobs crisis in our country. The official unemployment rate has risen to 33.2%, up from 32.9% in the first […]

Wednesday, 13 August 2025.   The Economic Freedom Fighters |(EFF) rejects with contempt the recently released United States State Department Human Rights Report, which shamelessly positions itself as a moral authority while engaging in the most grotesque violations of human rights both domestically and abroad. This report was clearly crafted to smear South Africa for […]

Saturday, 16 August 2025. Today the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) marks another year since the brutal and premeditated massacre of 34 mineworkers in Marikana on 16 August 2012. This was a crime against the working class executed under the command of the state to protect white monopoly capital.   The workers of Marikana were not […]

Wednesday, 13 August 2025.   The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) joins all progressive organisations in condemning Israel’s recent declaration of militarily control the entire Gaza Strip and to occupy Gaza City. Benjamin Netanyahu’s declared intent to militarily control the entire Gaza Strip and occupy Gaza City represents a continuation of illegal expansion and an intensification […]

Thursday, 10 July 2025 The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) calls on all victims of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and those with unresolved child maintenance matters to urgently come forward and report their cases to the EFF offices. We request that all those affected provide the following information: Your case or docket number; The police station where […]

Sunday, 13 July 2025 The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) is appalled by the decision of President Cyril Ramaphosa to place Minister Senzo Mchunu on “special leave” instead of removing him entirely from his position. This so-called “special leave” is a cowardly deflection, designed to shield a corrupt Minister whose involvement in organised crime has been […]

Sunday, 13 July 2025 The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) extends its condolences to the people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria following the passing of former President Muhammadu Buhari. We send our sympathies to his family, loved ones, and all those affected by his death.   Muhammadu Buhari was born in 1942 in Daura, in […]

Thursday, 17 July 2025 The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) notes the visit by Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, General Bantu Holomisa, to 1 Military Hospital in Thaba Tshwane today, and we unequivocally reject any attempt to reduce this visit to a mere photo opportunity or public relations exercise.   For nearly two decades, […]

Tuesday, 22 July 2025 The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) notes the removal of Nobuhle Nkabane as Minister of Higher Education and Training as a necessary, albeit overdue, step in confronting the corruption and deceit that have come to define her short and chaotic tenure. Her attempts to irregularly appoint politically connected ANC figures, including relatives […]

Tuesday, 22 July 2025 The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) welcomes the long-overdue arrest of four men connected to the brutal murder of Oupa John Sefoka, widely known as DJ Sumbody. In November 2022, DJ Sumbody was assassinated by gunfire in Woodmead, Johannesburg in what looked like a targeted hit that also claimed the life of […]

Thursday, 26 June 2025. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) rejects the appointment of African National Congress (ANC) loyalists to the board of the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), in a clear case of patronage. The most recent appointments, including Ayanda Dlodlo, Dr Nomusa Dube-Ncube, and Dr Sydney Mufamadi, represent a continuation of a corrupt practice in […]