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Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema said he was not intimidated by former president and current uMkhonto weSizwe (MK Party) leader, Jacob Zuma, adding that he is ready to fight.<\/p>\n
Malema was speaking on the party\u2019s podcast and the interview was made available on the party\u2019s social media platforms.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is not the first time he is inviting me back to fight with him and I\u2019ll do it, I\u2019ll do it with ease. I\u2019m not scared of Zuma or all his people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201c…There is no way anyone is going to threaten the existence of the EFF and that person becomes a friend, that will be a lie. People keep stabbing you in the back and when they meet you in public they want to be smiling. No, keep your distance,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Malema made the comments after some of his high-ranking members resigned and established membership with Zuma\u2019s MK Party.<\/p>\n
Former EFF deputy leader, Floyd Shivambu, former Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane as well as advocate Dali Mpofu left the red berets to join MK Party.<\/p>\n
MK Party is now the third largest party with only less than a year of being launched.<\/p>\n
During the podcast, Malema mentioned that before the May 29, 2024 elections, the EFF and other opposition parties were called in Zuma\u2019s homestead in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal where it was discussed that the EFF must be dissolved and form part of the MK Party.<\/p>\n
Malema said he didn\u2019t attend the meeting by sent some of his then senior members to attend the meeting.<\/p>\n
\u201cDali went to make a presentation in that first meeting where he said the EFF must shut down with the other parties and then form something under Zuma\u2019s leadership,\u201d said Malema.<\/p>\n
Last week Friday, Malema spoke to the media during President Duma Boko’s inauguration ceremony in Botswana, addressing the status of his relationship with Zuma.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don’t have any relationship with President Zuma. We are political contenders, he is a leader of a political party, and I am a leader of a political party. That’s where our relationship starts and ends.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere we agree on issues we will share a common perspective, where we disagree, we will disagree respectfully so,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Malema affirmed that the EFF will not fall apart not under their watch.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou cannot destroy that which you have not built. It can’t fall apart. It’s our own child, it’s our baby and we will decide what we do with it. The EFF is the future, and it cannot be destabilised by opportunism,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the EFF is preparing for its elective conference next month.<\/p>\n
sinenhlanhla.masilela@iol.co.za<\/p>\n
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