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August 24, 2024 at 4:05 AM. [Getty Images] A major player on South Africa's political landscape for more than a decade, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has been shaken to the core following ...
Juju. Julius Sello Malema (born 3 March 1981) is a South African politician. He is the founder and leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), a populist [1] far-left political party known for the red berets and military-style outfits worn by its members. [2][3][4][5] Before the foundation of EFF, he served as president of the African ...
The Reaction Unit was a counter-terrorist force within the South African Police (SAP) from 1979 to 2001, in support of the SAP Special Task Force. Elements of the Reaction Unit were attached to Regional Riot Units in locations throughout South Africa, the first of which was in Durban. Its recruits were specially selected and trained in order to ...
In 2010 Julius Malema sang a controversial apartheid struggle song "Shoot the Boer" (Boer being the Afrikaans word for "farmer"), which drew further criticism in light of the numerous killings of white farmers and black labourers across South Africa. The South African Equality Court ruled that the song motivated genocide and was thus declared ...
The Marikana massacre was the killing of thirty-four miners by the South African Police Service (SAPS) on 16 August 2012 during a six-week wildcat strike at the Lonmin platinum mine at Marikana near Rustenburg in South Africa's North West province. The massacre constituted the most lethal use of force by South African security forces against ...
September 13, 2024 at 8:08 AM. By Nellie Peyton. PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa's president signed contentious education legislation into law on Friday, angering his party's main coalition ...
Dubul' ibhunu. " Dubul' ibhunu " (Xhosa: [dəbʊliːbuːnuː]), translated as shoot the Boer, [1] as kill the Boer[2] or as kill the farmer, [3][4] is a controversial anti-apartheid South African song. It is sung in Xhosa or Zulu. The song originates in the struggle against apartheid when it was first sung to protest the Afrikaner -dominated ...
Economic Freedom Fighters. Our land and jobs, now! [13] The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) is a South African communist and black nationalist political party. It was founded by expelled former African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) president Julius Malema, and his allies, in 2013. [14]