EFF Deputy President Exposes Truth Behind Past Security Ties Of DA And VF Plus Leaders

The EFF deputy president has accused the Democratic Alliance and Freedom Front Plus of advancing interests linked to apartheid-era security forces through their participation in the Government of National Unity.

In a lengthy post on X, the politician alleged that former members of the South African Defence Force and police, along with their descendants, hold leadership positions in the two parties. The post further claimed that they were using the GNU to pursue aims that, according to the writer, could not be achieved before 1994.

The allegations were presented without names or supporting evidence in the post. They have not been independently established. The statements form part of a broader criticism of the ANC’s cooperation with the DA and the Freedom Front Plus in national government.

The EFF deputy president also argued that liberation-era ANC leaders had been sidelined by people who, in the writer’s view, lacked comparable experience in the struggle against apartheid. The post invoked former president Thabo Mbeki’s recent comments alleging that apartheid-era agents had infiltrated the ANC and may still hold senior positions in the party.

Mbeki made those remarks in an interview in 2025, where he alleged that the apartheid government had sought to infiltrate the ANC and other liberation movements. Those claims are Mbeki’s assertions; they do not verify the separate allegations in the EFF deputy president’s post about people in the DA, the Freedom Front Plus or the GNU.

The post also criticised the ANC’s handling of political alliances in KwaZulu-Natal and its relationship with the MK Party. It claimed that voters had punished the ANC for decisions affecting the MKP, and urged the ANC to accept the party’s role in municipal government. The electoral figures and political interpretations cited in the post were not independently confirmed in the material available.

The EFF deputy president warned that further cooperation between the ANC, DA and Freedom Front Plus could harm the ANC’s support. The post also predicted that the MKP could withdraw support from the Gauteng government, potentially affecting Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s position. That outcome was presented as a possibility, not a confirmed decision by the MKP.

The remarks come amid wider debate over coalition politics and the ANC’s partnerships with former political opponents. The GNU was formed after the 2024 national election, when no party won an outright majority. The DA and other parties joined the ANC in the national administration, a development that has drawn criticism from the EFF and other opposition groups.

The post concluded that the EFF had suffered as collateral damage in the ANC’s political disputes in KwaZulu-Natal. No response from the DA, Freedom Front Plus or ANC to the specific allegations was included in the post.

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