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EFF leader Julius Malema gives a news conference following the South African national, provincial and regional elections results from the Results Operation Centre in Midrand, Gauteng on 1 June 2024. Photo by Delwyn Verasamy/M&G
OPEN BORDER POLICY

Malema: MK party, not open border policy, is behind EFF’s 2024 electoral decline

The EFF leader said the party’s key takeaway for the election was that the MK party had helped achieve its goal of depriving the ANC of its outright majority

  • Mandisa Makgakga
3 min read
Mzikazi Tyakume, who lives in KwaKlifu village in Qonce, part of Buffalo City, in the Eastern Cape, says that she is boycotting the elections later this month. Photos: Delwyn Verasamy
ANC

Buffalo City residents turn their backs on ANC over municipal failings

Irate community members say they will boycott the May 29 elections because of housing and infrastructure failures

  • Khaya Koko
8 min read