Malema urges EFF to capitalise on ‘death’ of ANC

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema says the African National Congress (ANC) will never be able to resolve its crises.

Addressing the Mopani Regional People’s Assembly in Limpopo on Sunday, the EFF leader said the ANC’s failure to register all its candidates to contest the upcoming local government elections was a sign the party was reaching its end.

According to SAfm, at least seven municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal are among the 30 that missed the IEC registration deadline of candidates. Most affected municipalities within the province are in the Zululand District, which contains five local municipalities, it said.

While the ruling party is putting up a fight in court to have all its candidates registered, Malema says winning the case will not solve the party’s problems.

The EFF would contest all 257 municipalities in the country in the upcoming local government elections, Malema announced last Wednesday during a press conference in Johannesburg.

“The EFF confirms that we will be contesting all the local, district and metropolitan municipalities in all the 4,468 wards in the upcoming local government elections,” Malema said.

He said they had convened rigorous branch general assemblies nationwide to elect capable ward candidate councillors ahead of the polls, scheduled to take place on 27 October 2021.

Malema said the EFF had submitted its candidate nomination lists before the IEC’s 9pm deadline on Monday.