EFF leader Julius Malema says his party is the only party that can liberate South Africans, praising it for doing more than their 9% of the electoral votes at the national level.
Malema addressed party supporters outside the office of the National Treasury in Pretoria on Monday.
The red berets embarked on what they described as a “VAT victory” march, celebrating what the party deems a major triumph for the people of South Africa.
Malema urged his people to continue pushing to ensure that the EFF becomes the only hope for the people.
“Let’s build lower structures that work. Build the EFF – it will look after you.
“Look at the EFF taking care of you with just 9%, imagine if you put zero next to that 9%. What will happen to this country? What will happen to this continent?
“We are the only ones who can liberate black people,” he said.
Malema used his speech to blame the Treasury but more importantly to deliver a memorandum of demands to the institution to ensure an end to this “unjust regime”.
This also included implementing a budget that is for the people, that puts human dignity, racial justice, and structural transformation at the centre of economic planning.
“We want Treasury to withdraw from the IMF and generate money – not to service debt, but to serve ordinary people on the ground,” he added.
Meanwhile, Malema urged Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to table a budget fit for the people and not capitalists.
“If the budget doesn’t serve the people, they must know: There will be a fight in Parliament.We are not here to nurse egos,” he said.
Godongwana will deliver his speech on Wednesday.
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