Economic freedom implies unconstrained markets and less state intervention, not more.
The ANC Youth League has dismissed media reports that its president, Julius Malema, is facing imminent arrest as "petty politics".
The ANC Youth League concluded its economic freedom march in Pretoria on Friday as they handed over a memorandum of demands at the Union Buildings.
At dusk on Thursday, thousands of marchers in Sandton contemplated whether to continue their economic march to freedom to Pretoria on foot.
The ANC Youth League march for economic freedom has made slow progress towards the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in Sandton.
After handing over a memorandum to the Chamber of Mines, Julius Malema is leading the march to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in Sandton.
Gwede Mantashe resolved some of the tension between the ANC and its youth league by rubber-stamping the proposed march — and setting some conditions.
State institutions are being used to intimidate people wanting to join the ANC Youth League’s economic freedom marches, says Julius Malema.