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.
M&G readers write in about the EFF and freedom of speech, and how Thuthukile Zuma’s job is an insult to our democracy.
The Economic Freedom Fighters has hogged headlines since its entrance in May. Party leader Julius Malema says "you can’t be an EFF MP and be shy".
Julius Malema has threatened mass protest following the Gauteng Legislature’s decision to bar EFF’s members from wearing their red uniforms.
On Thursday the Gauteng legislature will rule on the EFF’s overalls. But the red berets seem happier working without the legislature, anyway.
Gauteng is meant to have ruled on whether overalls are appropriate in the halls of power, but the red berets seem happy working outside the house.
Julius Malema told supporters at the party’s first anniversary celebrations in Soweto that the EFF was already "playing in the big leagues".
It’s the EFF’s first birthday and the party was in the wars again. But Malema maintains he is no monster – he listens, reflects and can be won over.
Charges of trespassing and intimidation have been laid against the EFF, after its members allegedly forced entry into the provincial legislature.