Campaigning on Facebook is not allowed for would-be EFF leaders, but a murder conviction does not seem to be a problem.
EFF MPs have been suspended from Parliament without pay for disrupting proceedings when they shouted "pay back the money" at the president.
A 25 minute special sitting of the National Assembly has been convened, seemingly to ensure EFF MPs are suspended without pay before the holidays.
Beeld newspaper tweeted that EFF leader Julius Malema was pushed by a security guard at Emoyeni conference centre today. Obviously, Twitter went wild.
The Botswana government denies having a policy against the EFF, despite adding its members to a list of people who need a visa to enter the country.
Despite being "traumatised" after being forcibly removed from Parliament, EFF MP Reneilwe Mashabela says nothing will keep her away from Parliament.
National Assembly speaker Baleka Mbete said Thursday night’s events were a culmination of a build-up, and resulted in what the "law actually allows".
Police removed an EFF MP from the National Assembly after she refused to withdraw a statement that Zuma is a thief.
The EFF has threatened court action should the National Assembly approve a recommendation to suspend 12 of its MPs without pay.
Parliament is to investigate whether the EFF’s Floyd Shivambu’s middle finger gesture during a sitting of the National Assembly constitutes contempt.
EFF leader Julius Malema will not apologise for shoving and allegedly swearing at a man in a Limpopo fast-food outlet, the EFF said.
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/ 10 October 2014
The EFF says it is not giving up on Parliament, but rather that it is there to transform it.
The EFF is set to be absent from Parliament’s scrutiny of departments’ annual reports, which begins next Tuesday and runs until the end of October.
The disciplinary hearing of Economic Freedom Fighters MPs continues despite them walking out and renouncing the parliamentary process as unfair.
The disciplinary hearing of the "Pay back the money" EFF MPs may be held in public, if all involved agree.
The NPA denies it interfered in Julius Malema’s corruption case, saying its decision to prosecute Malema was based on credible evidence.
EFF leader Julius Malema will face charges of fraud, corruption, money laundering and racketeering in August 2015.
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/ 30 September 2014
EFF MPs have to submit themselves to a parliamentary disciplinary process after the high court in Cape Town kicked out the party’s urgent interdict.
Opposition parties say they will not be part of a process that shields President Jacob Zuma from liability for abuse of state funds.
The EFF had made a "gross and manipulative" misrepresentation of Baleka Mbete’s comments that she had "lost it", Parliament said.
Following Baleka Mbete’s "admission" that she "lost it" in Parliament, the EFF says it will legally challenge disciplinary charges against its MPs.
Yusuf Talia’s passing tells us a lot about South Africa. Our country is trapped in a fundamental generational crisis and a general crisis of age.
EFF chief whip Floyd Shivambu has vowed to "publicly withdraw the middle finger" after flipping the bird at Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Parliament’s communications portfolio committee has unanimously resolved to recommend the suspension of SABC board chairperson Ellen Tshabalala.
As Baleka Mbete passed the EFF’s suspension case on to a committee to handle, the party says it will continue to demand answers on the Nkandla matter.
Julius Malema has said his party will apply for an urgent interdict to stop the suspension of EFF MPs over recent disruptions in Parliament.
While evading questions about what measures might be taken against the EFF, the defence minister has accused the party of undermining Parliament.
The National Assembly speaker says she is granting EFF members a chance to give reasons why they should remain in the House following recent protest.
After an uproar in Parliament, sparked by EFF members chanting "pay back the money", questions have been raised about the house’s security.
Parliamentary proceedings were adjourned after the EFF disrupted President Jacob Zuma earlier on Thursday.
Economic Freedom Fighters MPs want President Jacob Zuma to pay back the money spent on Nkandla, causing uproar in Parliament on Thursday.
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