MALEMA: WE CAN WORK WITH ANC, BUT NOT DA

South African opposition leader Julius Malema says that he would be willing to cooperate and work with the ruling African National Congress (ANC), but on one condition: That the ANC kicks out the right-wing Democratic Alliance (DA) and Freedom Front Plus (FF+) parties from the Government of National Unity (GNU).

Speaking at a rally on 6 April in Johannesburg, Malema (@julius_s_malema on X, @julius.malema.sello on IG) said his party, Economic Freedom Fighters (@effsouthafrica), would not accept being part of any government or coalition that included parties he described as 'enemies of progress.' He said the DA and FF+ have historically opposed policies that seek to redress apartheid-era injustices against Black South Africans.

The EFF leader's comments come in the wake of increased tension between the ANC and the DA, the two largest parties in the GNU, a coalition government established after none of the parties failed to win an outright majority in the May 2024 elections.

For most of the previous months, the two parties have been at loggerheads over key issues, including foreign and economic policy. For example, the DA recently voted against the fiscal framework, a key part of the national budget, which Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, an ANC member, presented. This has led to calls from various stakeholders for the ANC to consider kicking out the DA from the GNU and replacing it with another party that has a similar ideology, such as the EFF.

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Sources

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/south-africas-anc-hold-more-talks-with-coalition-partners-over-budget-2025-04-08

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-04-08-gnu-2-0-anc-presses-control-alt-delete-on-the-national-coalition/?dm_source=top_reads_block&dm_medium=card_link&dm_campaign=top_reads&dm_content=south_africa

https://www.ewn.co.za/the-struggle-of-palestine-is-our-struggle-effs-malema