LETTER: EFF a dangerous threat
Attacks on journalists and Gordhan show Julius Malema is an authoritarian leader in the making
The EFF are doing more harm more than good while diverting attention from its VBS conundrum. The party rallied behind public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan when he was fired as minister of finance by former president Jacob Zuma. What has happened since then to make them turn against him? The recent media briefing of the EFF was a miscalculation of note because it was empty in content. They want the public to believe that everyone is wrong except the EFF, which is how fascists operate. Their attacks on journalists in a democratic society without engaging them through available avenues is a dangerous threat to media freedom. The EFF knows where the press ombudsman is situated and where they can lodge their grievances about what they perceive as media bias. Labelling the Zondo commission a “Micky Mouse” event creates the impression that the EFF knows something is on its way there that doesn’t sit well with them. The commission has invited everybody with evidence to assist its work...
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