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President Cyril Ramaphosa said the decision to return for a second term lies with the branches of the ANC. File photoImage: Thapelo Morebudi/Sunday Times

Will Ramaphosa return for a second term? Malema says ‘never,’ president says it’s up to ANC structures

EFF leader Julius Malema told party supporters in eThekwini that President Cyril Ramaphosa “will never see the second term” as ANC president. Malema was addressing the party’s Siyabonga rally to celebrate the “successful” local government…

EFF leader Julius Malema.Image: ANTONIO MUCHAVE

Malema calls for ground forces to find ‘culprits’ who kidnapped Polokwane boys

EFF leader Julius Malema has mobilised a call to “ground forces” to help find the four Moti brothers who were hijacked together with their driver on Wednesday morning in Bendor, Polokwane. The brothers — Zia, 15, Alaan, 13, Zayyad, 11,…

Former political allies Julius Malema and Jacob Zuma in October 2009. The EFF leader and former president are due to meet today. Archive imageImage: Mlondolozi Mbolo

Jacob Zuma orders ANCYL not to block Julius Malema from Nkandla

Tea for two scheduled to take place today Former president Jacob Zuma is said to have instructed members of the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) in KwaZulu-Natal not to prevent EFF leader Julius Malema from entering his Nkandla homestead,…

Julius Malema says many businesses in SA, particularly in the hospitality and the agricultural industry, employ Africans from other parts of the continent so that they can exploit them.Image: Supplied

EFF calls on businesses to make sure 60% of employees are South Africans

EFF leader Julius Malema has called on businesses to make sure at least 60% of their staff are South Africans. Malema was at pains to explain that this was not a xenophobic call, but that it would stop employers from exploiting foreign…

The two men implicated in the murder of farm manager Brendin Horner are to make their second court appearance on Friday.Image: Facebook

‘Violence won’t bring justice for Brendin Horner’: SAHRC as EFF, AfriForum & farmers head to Senekal

The SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has called for calm as members of the EFF, civil rights group AfriForum and local farmers are expected to descend upon the Senekal magistrate’s court in the Free State on Friday. This is ahead of the…

EFF MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi and party leader Julius Malema appeared in the Randburg magistrate’s court on Monday.Image: Twitter/ @EFFSouthAfrica

Forcing us to come to court was irresponsible, says Julius Malema

EFF leader Julius Malema, who risked arrest had he failed to appear in the Randburg magistrate’s court on Monday, said it was irresponsible for the court to have summoned him to appear. Speaking to the media shortly after his case was…

PROTEST: Woolworths and Pick n Pay announced that they would remove TRESemmé products from their shelves following an alleged racist hair advert posted by Clicks.Picture: THULANI MBELE

Clicks to remove TRESemmé products, close for a day as senior exec resigns

Clicks has accepted the resignation of a senior executive responsible for an offensive hair product advertisement and said staff responsible for publishing it had been suspended. Clicks also said on Tuesday that it would delist and remove…

Clicks apologised on Friday for an insensitive hair advert. The EFF has threatened to shut down stores nationwideImage: Picture: SUPPLIED

EFF threatens to shut down Clicks stores after ‘racist’ advert

The EFF has threatened to shut down Clicks stores countrywide on Monday if the company does not do so itself. This after the health and beauty retailer came under fire on Friday, for an advert in a campaign run on its website where it…

Julius Malema and Mbuyiseni Ndlozi are expected to appear in the Randburg magistrate’s court in connection with the alleged assault of a police officer during Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s funeral.Image: Sunday Times/Thapelo Morebudi

Malema and Ndlozi’s assault case returns to court

The assault case against EFF leader Julius Malema and the party’s former spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi is expected to proceed in the Randburg magistrate’s court on Monday. The case had been postponed in June because of the coronavirus…

Pravin GordhanImage: Trevor Samson

Gordhan lays criminal charges against Malema

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan on Monday laid charges of crimen injuria, incitement of violence and criminal defamation against EFF leader Julius Malema. He laid the criminal charges at the Brooklyn Police Station in Pretoria…

WATCH | ‘It is not me, it is Mandela’s generation’

EFF leader Julius Malema appeared in Newcastle Magistrate’s Court on June 25, 2018 for allegedly inciting his supporters to invade land. Malema faces criminal charges relating to alleged contravention of the Riotous Assemblies Act. He…