Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille was embraced by EFF leader Julius Malema when she arrived at the party’s memorial service for Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in Brandfort. "I have come to Brandfort to pay tribute to a mother‚ a sister‚ a fearless leader and a true daughter of the soil. #RestInPowerMamaWinnie‚" De Lille tweeted. Malema told TimesLIVE‚ "She is coming as a speaker because she worked very close with uMama, but she is not joining the EFF." De Lille thanked the EFF for inviting her to pay tribute to "our mother". She said Madikizela-Mandela "always spoke truth to power" to the previous and current regime. She lashed out at critics of the late struggle icon‚ saying: "They are the same critics who did not say anything during the struggle against apartheid … who are they to criticise our mother?" Madikizela-Mandela‚ she said‚ "believed that the problems of our people know no political affiliation … she was there for every one of the poor people". Sharing one of many memories of ...
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