Shivambu’s redeployment to Parliament immaterial to EFF: Malema

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema says that Floyd Shivambu’s redeployment to Parliament is immaterial to the EFF as the former uMkhonto weSizwe (MKP) Secretary-General will not match the current leadership of the EFF in the National Assembly.

Malema’s comments come after Shivambu, who left the EFF to serve as the Secretary-General of MKP, was redeployed to Parliament yesterday by the MKP.

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Malema was speaking to the media in Pretoria shortly after paying his respects to the family of late Tsotsi actor and The River star, Presley Chweneyagae.

“I don’t work with Floyd anywhere, Parliament or soccer match or anything. I don’t work with Floyd. “Angifuni ukuyingena into kaFloyd” which is translated to, “I don’t want to get myself involved in Floyd’s business.”  Kuphi apha? I am not getting involved – ‘aya kwini yena?’, which is translates to, “Where was he going?” So, it is not our problem. We are in Parliament, we are working in Parliament and that’s it. If he comes to Parliament, he will find us rolling,” says Malema.

Malema: We don’t work with Floyd, angifun’ ukuyingena… yena ayakwini? #sabcnews pic.twitter.com/ECa6DmaCbF

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Fuel Levy

Furthermore, Malema says the decision of the Western Cape High Court to dismiss their urgent application to interdict the implementation of the fuel levy will negatively affect South Africans.

The party had brought the urgent application seeking to prevent the fuel levy hike from coming into effect from Wednesday.

The levy came into effect early on Wednesday morning.

The fuel levy hike was announced by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana when he tabled the 2025/26 budget for the third time last month.

“When they rejected the EFF application for levy it was not the EFF that go rejected it is the people of South Africa who lost because they are going to put an increase on fuel and once you put an increase fuel, everything else goes up. The bread that goes to children at schools, the food that goes to patients in hospitals all of that is going to be affected and we are already saying life is difficult for our people as it were now and to put any other increase on fuel levy it will be to burden our people and they cannot afford,” says Malema.

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