EFF CAMPAIGNS
XOLISA PHILLIP: Selective rabble-rousing of Red Berets
The EFF’s conduct in these less visible cases warrants a relook at whose interests the party truly represent
The EFF is a self-styled radical left force that burst onto the scene in 2013, ostensibly to light a fire under a complacent ANC on various frontiers concerning economic redistribution. That is the long and short of the Red Berets’ history, although some cheeky analysts might say Julius Malema had to find a political home after being expelled from the ANC — and what better way to get back at his nemeses than by tackling them head-on? Since its impressive debut showing in the 2014 general election, the party has gone from strength to strength, breathing fresh air into a political landscape that had grown weary of the ANC and the DA’s political duality, which often lacked dynamism; some even joked that the DA was the ANC dipped in vanilla. Malema’s party has demonstrated a healthy appetite for strategic collaboration across ideological lines, while also holding on to its identity as the country’s agitator-in-chief for the black majority’s economic emancipation.It has positioned itself...
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