Malema has shown us ‘he will be worse than Zuma’

Fearless poet Ntsiki Mazwai is still at it, criticising EFF leader Julius Malema for apparently acting like a dictator. Though reports say Mazwai fought with Malema on Sunday, the poet said that was not the case.

“No I didn’t [fight with Malema]. He had a rant because I said eff is not Julius…and it’s not,” she said.

Malema was wrong for personally attacking Mazwai when all she did was state the facts on politics, not Malema as an individual. The poet said, as a citizen of South Africa, she had every right to engage in politics and ask questions, the same way everyone did with the ANC.

However, Malema’s “rant” proved he was “being a bully and dictator, qha!”

In fact, Malema has shown us all that “he will be worse than Zuma. He will never listen to anybody but himself. That’s deep”.

Mazwai said there was a difference between a leader and a bully, and the EFF leader was proving to be the latter.

“Everybody who disagrees with Malema gets fired from EFF,” she claimed.

The poet said her criticism of the EFF was positive, and should have been taken as such because her love for the EFF had never been a secret.

“Me thinks EFF needs to zone in on leadership..leadership not positions..EFF is a beautiful movement but must be represented by such leaders,” she said.

Mazwai further said she had long been asking about a women’s command in the EFF, to no avail. In fact, she was convinced women in the EFF did not stand up to their leader.

“Leigh-Ann Mathys, since the inception of EFF I have been shouting about wanting you women in the forefront. You are truly astonishing me now,” said Mazwai.

However, her comments did not please the national spokesperson of the Economic Freedom Fighters Student Command (EFFSC) Naledi Chirwa and EFF MP Mathys, who hit back at Mazwai’s comments.

Mathys said women in the EFF were indeed at the forefront.

“Do we need to make headlines or be trending etc to be at the forefront? We contribute with our blood sweat and tears,” she said.

Chirwa also responded, in a series of tweets, asking whether women should call the media when they confronted Malema.

“Must they write an open letter when they ‘speak up’?”

Chirwa further told the poet to “put some respek” on EFF women leaders, further explaining to her followers why Malema was, in fact, a great leader and fought for black women.

“Of all the interviews the CIC did last week, 90% of them were with Black womxn journalists.

“This is a big deal because not anyone can interview the CIC, and those who do gain some kind of legitimacy in the journalism industry.

“The CIC used his privilege to put Black womxn on. Me, I’m about that shit.

“Also, many who were at the NSA will recall the attempt by the CIC to show up for me for the shit boys put me through during my campaign.

“At the EFF plenum earlier this year, the CIC’s closing address was literally about feminism.

“CIC called out fighters for their misogyny, stating various things they say to demean womxn (she’s a councillor because she slept with so, etc).

“To date, he has been the only leader (in my presence) that has affirmed Black womxn in EFF even in our private gatherings and also publicly.

“He affirms Black womxn in private gatherings, press conferences, rallies and even in social spaces.

“There’s no Mmusi Maimane that has ever said #AllMenAreTrash only the CIC!

“There’s no other leader of any political party that has affirmed Black Radical Feminists in political parties publicly but the CIC.

“So me, I love the CIC. Also, we call him out when he says problematic things and any other man we feel the need to call out,” said Chirwa.

However, Mazwai said all Chirwa and Mathys were doing was fighting a man’s battle against another woman.

“How different is what Leigh and Naledi did from Bathabile Dlamini as well as buttocks protection?” she asked.

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