POLITICAL NEWS - At the launch of the EFF’s new manifesto at the Giant Stadium in Soshanguve, Gauteng, on Saturday, the party’s leader used part of his speech to level accusations at South Africa’s new national director of public prosecutions (NDPP), Shamila Batohi.
“I’ve got no trust in the newly appointed NPA head. She is very close to Pravin Gordhan,” Malema said.
“She is controlled by a group that is very close to Pravin,” he continued. “They appointed her to protect the crimes of Pravin Gordhan and the cabal of Gordhan and Cyril Ramaphosa.
“The EFF will appoint an independent NPA head who is going to arrest criminals, whether they are EFF criminals [or not],” Malema added before moving on to other subjects.
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The EFF has been accused of flip-flopping regarding their view of Gordhan, as in 2016, while the party was loudly proclaiming that Zuma Must Fall, he began to expose alleged corruption by the Gupta family, leading to Malema praising the minister and calling on South Africans to back him.
Soon after Zuma was removed as president, however, the EFF leader and his party set their sites on Gordhan, who has since become their ultimate nemesis.
The party has been accused of creating or perpetuating “conspiracy theories” about the minister.
Malema lashed out at Gordan in a speech at the EFF’s fifth birthday celebrations in July, 2018, saying it was the minister who controlled South Africa rather than the president. He called Gordhan a “Stalinist”, a “control freak”, and a “gangster”.
