You won't find me in the Gupta emails, promises Malema
'I’m not in the Gupta’s phonebook. They’ve never called me. I’ve never met the Guptas. They’ve never WhatsApp’d me. They never send me an SMS. I am a free soul'
Economic Freedom Fighter’s leader Julius Malema is adamant that his name won’t appear in the leaked Gupta email dump. He was speaking in a wide ranging interview given to Tbo Touch on his Touch HD radio show Wednesday. Malema emphasised that he had never had contact with the Gupta family - emails from whom have revealed unflattering connections to African National Congress (ANC) power brokers. “I’m not in the emails‚” he said. “I’m not in the Gupta’s phonebook. They’ve never called me. I’ve never met the Guptas. They’ve never WhatsApp’d me. They never send me an SMS. I am a free soul.” Malema made a point of saying that he was not interested in coalition governance with the Democratic Alliance. His vision for 2019 was for outright winners in the provinces with strategic voting‚ if necessary. For instance‚ the minority parties could get together and decide which party had the strongest chance in a province and then all the parties would vote in unison to ensure their preferred result...
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