The EFF has seen rapid growth in rural areas over the past five years, and has grown a large support base in other party's strongholds especially in KZN, spokesperson MbuyiseniNdlozi said.
Johannesburg - The Economic Freedom Fighters has seen rapid growth in rural areas over the past five years, and has grown a large support base in other party's strongholds especially in KwaZulu-Natal, spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi said on Friday.
After the 2016 local government election, the EFF took a drastic decision to disband its KZN executive and all regional structures in the province in preparation for the 2019 general elections. But the gamble seems to have paid off as support for the party has been swelling since then. "It's really inspiring because one of the misconceptions was that the EFF is not finding expression and resonance among the older population. But our people, particularly the elderly, have come to appreciate what we are about over the five years. The EFF has grown with the most supersonic speed in the rural areas. Once we reached the villages in KZN, we grew up like popcorn in an oven.
"When we closing the last provincial people's assembly, we were above half a million of people who have paid R10 to join the EFF. That means we have got an activist in half the people who voted for EFF in 2014," Ndlozi said.
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