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EFF playing in the big league: Malema

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema during the 1st year anniversary celebration at Thokoza park in Soweto. Photo credit: Bafana Mahlangu.
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema during the 1st year anniversary celebration at Thokoza park in Soweto. Photo credit: Bafana Mahlangu.

The Economic Freedom Fighters is only a year old but it is already playing in the big leagues with opponents who had extensive experience, leader Julius Malema said on Saturday.

"We are already competing in the same league as organisations with 100 years experience [such as the ANC]," he told supporters at Thokoza Park in Soweto.

Thousands had gathered to celebrate the party's one year anniversary.

Malema then started mocking the African National Congress.

He said certain leaders of the ANC would not be remembered for the work they did for the public when they died.

"Even if they die, there is nothing you will remember about them except that they were making babies," said Malema.

He said the formation of the EFF had shaken the political landscape in the country and the ANC was feeling the pressure being exerted by the organisation.

"The ruling party is scared because they understand the message of the EFF," he said.

Malema said when the organisation was started, people were saying it was a Mickey Mouse venture and it would die out but they proved the naysayers wrong.

"...Now you can't listen to the media without the mention of the EFF. That is because EFF is a giant," Malema said.

He then lashed out at those attacking the party's regalia of overalls and domestic worker uniforms. He said people should not be concerned about their attire but rather focus on the ideologies brought forward.

"We don't care what people wear. We care about their will to resolve issues of people on the ground. We want people who think and not domkops from the ANC," said Malema.

He called on leaders to commit to the struggle of uplifting the African child.

We will liberate the world: Malema

The Economic Freedom Fighters will liberate all the oppressed people of the world, leader Julius Malema said on Saturday.

"All the oppressed people in the world, we want them liberated," he told supporters at Thokoza Park in Soweto.

"We seek to liberate the world and Africa in particular."

Malema addressed a large crowd that had gathered at the park to celebrate the organisation's one year anniversary.

He said the party was an international organisation and more parties would emerge in other countries.

"Children of Africa, freedom is coming. We have not tasted freedom. Freedom will come with the coming revolution," said Malema.

He said people of Western Sahara, Botswana and South Africa were still oppressed and needed to be freed.

He said white monopoly capital was still pulling the strings in South Africa and the people would never enjoy freedom as long as that continued.

"[The] ANC has given them that freedom. We want to return that freedom," he said.

Malema said the EFF was going to be around for many years to come as he could not imagine a future without the organisation.

"The future looks very bright," he said.

DA is funded by Israel: Malema

The Democratic Alliance must be rejected at all costs as it is funded by people from Israel, Julius Malema told supporters on Saturday.

"All of us must reject the DA. The DA gets money from Israel," he said.

Malema told supporters who had gathered at Thokoza Park in Soweto for the party's one year anniversary that his organisation was the only one in the country that supported the people of Palestine.

"The people who fight with the people of Palestine in South Africa is EFF. We are the only organisation that said the ambassador of Israel must leave the country," he said.

Malema said the world could never be free as long as the people of Palestine were still oppressed.

He called on South Africans to boycott Woolworths as it was allegedly importing products from Israel.

"We must take a stand, those of us who can afford to buy from Woolworths to say we are no longer buying," he said.

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