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Malema blames GNU cooperation for EFF losing support to the DA

Published by Daily Maverick · South Africa 1 d ago
EFF leader Julius Malema (centre) at the Results Operations Centre in Midrand, Johannesburg, on 7 November 2026.
EFF leader Julius Malema (centre) at the Results Operations Centre in Midrand, Johannesburg, on 7 November 2026. · Daily Maverick

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EFF leader Julius Malema says voters questioned why they should not support the DA at the ballot box when the ANC itself was willing to work with the party and give it positions…

EFF leader Julius Malema says voters questioned why they should not support the DA at the ballot box when the ANC itself was willing to work with the party and give it positions in government.

EFF leader Julius Malema has rejected suggestions that the Democratic Alliance (DA) took votes from his party, arguing that voters who shifted their support to the DA did so because of the ANC’s decision to work with its former political opponents in the national government.

“There is no DA that stole votes. Our people voted for DA. DA did not steal any votes from the EFF,” Malema said.

He argued that the ANC’s decision to enter into a government of national unity with the DA after the 2024 national and provincial elections had influenced how voters viewed the two parties.

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