Julius Malema’s confession: we made a mistake backing Herman Mashaba
The EFF leader also told The Gathering that SA has the unmistakable features of a failed state
EFF leader Julius Malema has "confessed" that giving the party’s vote to Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba was not an answer to the leadership in the metro. It is unclear what this sentiment would mean for how the party, which is a kingmaker in the metro, would vote in a vote of no confidence tabled against Mashaba, who is a DA member, for next week. "If there is an ANC mayor with a history of immediate corruption and a mayor of the DA who has no history of anything except selling hair products, you are bound to try the hair product man," Malema said, referring to Mashaba, who made his fortune in the cosmetics industry. The EFF was forced to make that decision, Malema said. "After doing that we come here to confess that indeed that was not an answer. Our people in those municipalities are still subjected to difficult conditions," Malema said on Thursday evening in Sandton. He singled out Johannesburg, saying people were subjected to "xenophobic utterances by the mayor" — who, he sai...
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