EFF leader Julius Malema is facing open rebellion within his party for the first time, after the student wing made it clear that it would oppose his intention to shut it down. His plan to establish a women’s structure is also being resisted
His plan to establish a women’s structure is also being resisted, as is his proposal to impose a leadership slate ahead of the party’s conference in three weeks’ time.
City Press has already reported on disquiet in the party about the possibility of the national conference being turned into a mere rubber stamp of a predetermined leadership, which could see Malema and his deputy, Floyd Shivambu, being the only two leaders to be retained out of the current top six. “We cannot have intimidation and propaganda in the organisation,” said a leading member of the Amapiano faction.While they accept that Malema should continue as leader, they want Shivambu to be replaced by the party’s national chairperson, Dali Mpofu.
Earlier this year at the student command NPA conference, he made the same claims, saying the structure could not establish its own branches. These students, he added, had recognised the structure during university registrations and exclusions. The EFF student command has already won elections this year at seven universities – including the universities of Cape Town, Venda, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal, and the Durban University of Technology – as well as at three Technical and Vocational Education and Training colleges.
Former #FeesMustFall leader Busisiwe Seabe told City Press that she shared the same sentiments as Malema regarding the student command, but was quick to add that the structure had to be lauded for its victories. EFF MP Naledi Chirwa backed Malema on Twitter, saying: “The disbandment of the command does not equal the disbandment of student command activism, politics and organising. Branches will exist as EFF [sic], like in 2013/14,” she wrote.While lamenting the weakness of the student command, Malema expressed interest in the formation of a women’s wing, in the hopes that it would assist in resolving the gender representation issues that the party currently faces.
“The EFF must mobilise women, not for votes but to genuinely fight the scourge of racism and economic exclusion, as well as cultural and social exclusion from all economic sectors,” she said.
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