We are going to be alright đź’ś
Gaborone
Joined February 2010
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to be honest, EFF is one of the few parties that actually has always put South Africans first. Not by talking, by action.
From insourcing, building houses, adopting orphanages, adopting schools, donating school uniforms, giving bursaries, refusing vat increase, data must fall,
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Mbhazima Shilowa | Abstention won’t keep your seat empty until a worthy candidate arrives news24.com/opinions/columnis…
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There is nothing morally superior about not voting and it is irresponsible. It is even worse when one’s defence for that is that no one is perfect enough to receive my vote.
White farmers were devastated by a Foot & Mouth Disease outbreak at the behest of the DA - they did not abstain, they voted DA.
The right and a large majority of the DA’s white constituents are vociferously opposed to the DA going into a coalition with the ANC in the GNU - they did not abstain, they voted DA
When it was exposed in the Madlanga Commission that former DA Mayor in Ekurhuleni Tania Campbell introduced Cat Matlala into that municipality - DA voters did not abstain, they voted DA.
In Cape Town, when the relationship between 28 numbers gang leader Ralph Stanfield and DA MMC’s was exposed, revealing R1 billion in housing tender collusion - DA voters did not abstain, they voted DA.
Many black DA members have a bad taste in their mouth seeing Helen Zille as the Mayoral candidate of the DA, knowing her views on colonialism, and regressive views on redress - they did not abstain from voting, they voted DA.
They do this because they know that political parties just like society are spaces of contestation of ideas, direction and values. They know that sitting on the sidelines and being self-important has no positive net effect on their lives. They must participate, influence, lobby and yes, VOTE!
The suggestion that political parties which are left in persuasion or represent black interests in particular ought to be perfect for them to be voted for, is as silly as suggesting that not voting is some morally superior form of expressing one’s dissatisfaction.
It is the height of what defines the self-righteousness of an individual that inadvertently hands political power to the right because “no one is good enough for my vote”
The right does not operate like this, they vote because they appreciate that state power held by those who represent them has the potential to serve their interests.
I am extremely proud that not only the EFF is shaming people for not voting, but South Africans are doing so in general.
In social spaces, in your family, at your work place, continue to shame people who undermine voting, especially those who do so because it no longer serves their interests.
The political space has been fractured for many years, including between 2013 and 2024 when some non-voters of today, urged you to vote while they were in Parliament.
Do with that information what you wish.
Here is a nice article we wrote on the irresponsibility of voter apathy and its consequences!
ewn.co.za/2026/09/29/sinawo-…
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The writing is on the wall, yes but the wall is not a mirror. The percentages indict all of us. Julius Malema’s electoralist rebuke is correct the masses still subscribe to politics that still treats the ballot box as the central terrain of Black freedom. So no, comrade Quintin, we will not go argue with the wall. We will organise to knock it down. No one is entitled to our votes. And no ballot is entitled to our souls. The wall is not the measure of our weight. The movement outside is.
In the end, the writing is on the wall—properly displayed in percentages.
It begs the obvious question: what is it about YOU that produced this performance? Why is it that you have lost almost half of your vote share? Yes, YOU!
As I have said before, go argue with the wall.
As for me, I did abstain. A deliberate, conscientious abstention.
The right to abstain is not limited to parliament or council sessions. It is very much constitutional, and available to all citizens—especially those who DO register to vote!
That our voter registration increases by millions every time is a sign of genuine interest. When they do not show up to vote, after turning out to register, they may very well be refusing to choose between different versions of failure!
Voting MUST NEVER be a conscription; it is a right that comes with responsibility—one that can’t be deployed without conscience.
Above all, NO ONE is entitled to people's votes. VOTES are earned, just like respect. To say otherwise is the gospel according to dictators.
How else can we explain that Mandela campaigned in 1994 and lost both KZN and Western Cape, yet Mbeki won both 10 years later? They earned the votes through results on the ground by improving the living standards of our people. They were NOT ENTITLED to them!
Those who protest by deliberately not voting or deliberately spoiling their vote are exercising as sacred a right as the right to vote! A true revolutionary should know that, and would listen to them, for they too have registered a view!
It is in line with this spirit—the letter of which is in the Constitution, that 'every citizen is free to make political choices'—that Ronnie Kasrils, alongside Barney Pityana and others, in 2014 called on people to protest by spoiling their vote.
I’m sure you’ll agree, these are stalwarts of the anti-apartheid movement. They understood that no one—NOT even their own comrades—is ENTITLED to votes.
But first, go to the wall, brother. There, the measure of your weight is fully determined."
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Like yall genuinely just get off on dog pilling because it feels good to gang up on someone else. Don’t try to act like there’s some noble reason behind it. It’s not about accountability or constructive criticism.
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Political parties that manipulate the frustrations of South Africans by falsely promising to chase foreigners away will soon be chased out of office by the very people who voted for them.
In America, Donald Trump won elections by promising to build a wall to keep immigrants out.
His administration took videos of children held in cages at the border. Immigration officers carried out “raids” in the streets with television cameras following them. When conducting their raids, they would even bring along TV personalities like Dr Phil to film the arrests. Arresting people became a show for an audience.
These are the same tricks we see in South Africa, where politicians arrive with cameras to perform “raids” for social media, making a spectacle, and calling it delivery, only for those same immigrants to come back tomorrow when the cameras are switched off.
However, the recent loss of the Republicans in the Midterm Elections in America is proof that you cannot fool and trick voters forever. In the end the people want to see their lives improve, not slogans.
They want jobs, they want dignified and affordable housing. They want access to healthcare, they want safe communities, and they want education and a future for their children.
You cannot put a wall on the dinner table. Chasing an immigrant away does not mean your food prices will come down, or a factory will be built to create jobs.
The same can be said about elections in Australia. Peter Dutton enjoyed a lot of support, singing the same song of chasing foreigners away. But, eventually his party lost badly! He even lost his own seat.
We can even talk about how Lula defeated right winger Bolsonaro, with a message that spoke to hunger, poverty and the needs of ordinary families.
South African politicians who are copying these tricks must learn from what is happening in the world. A video of a raid may get you a thousands of likes, today, but it will not feed the people who voted for you.
Sooner or later, the people will get tired of the theatrics and demand jobs, houses, running water, and education for their children.
Our people are angry because life is hard. Those who use people’s anger to fool them for votes will one day face that anger themselves. The same people who cheered you into office can vote you out.
Honest political activists must not get tired. We must fight very hard for real improvements in the lives of our people.
Fight for education, fight for jobs, fight for decent housing, healthcare, running water, affordable food prices, financial security and safe communities. As it is happening across the world, we will win our people back with honest and sincere politics. Not politics of hate and deception.
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Nobody insulted Alpha & journalists are not beyond reproach. If they really held power accountable the ANC would be trending & not the EFF.
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#MadlangaCommission received that prominent politician's answering affidavit. #Madlanga is satisfied about the answer they got. If you're not satisfied, go and ask that politician yourself. Re busy rona.
#MadlangaCommiss Still awaits the question on why a prominent political leader wanted contact details & physical address of the curator ofVBS. That Q was never answered by imminent future Pres
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To all EFF Ground Forces: stop entertaining people who vote for their own parties yet spend 24/7 talking about the EFF!
The rule is simple: They must tell us about the parties they voted for!
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Here's a story from propublica on potential funding to Afriforum from the U.S. State Dept.
Trump’s State Department Is Giving $1 Million to Controversial Group to Study Crimes Against White South Africans
propublica.org/article/afrif…
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ANC lost 10%, multiple municipalities and hundreds of wards
MK lost 5%
EFF lost 3% and gained multiple wards
But guess who is being talked about losing 🤔
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South Africans, you have built a wall of hostility against foreigners especially other Black Africans and too many of you refuse to hear what Julius Malema is actually saying in this speech.
He is not placing foreigners above South Africans. He is not defending illegal immigration. He is not saying open the borders and ignore the law. What he rejects is the idea that, for political points, he must pretend African brothers and sisters are the enemy, or that public violence against them is justified.
Listen carefully. He says he will not lie to get votes. He says if loving other Africans costs him support, so be it. He says he will not teach his children hatred just to chase numbers. That is the core: the truth about who we are as a people should not be sacrificed for short-term political gain.
The real issue is not whether the state should deport people here illegally or arrest those who commit crimes. Governments exist to enforce the law—deport the undocumented, prosecute criminals. That is not in dispute. What he highlights is the manner of treatment. When Black South Africans publicly beat, humiliate, or kill another Black African because he is “foreign” or “illegal,” that act does not primarily solve an immigration problem. It broadcasts something far more damaging: that we, as Black people, will turn on one another with the same brutality once reserved for outsiders. It tells the world that African unity is a slogan we abandon the moment it becomes inconvenient.
Contrast that with how many European societies handle the same issue. A French person does not organise a mob to kill an undocumented Italian or beat a Romanian in the street and call it “protecting the nation.” They deport. They process. They may argue fiercely about policy, but public violence against fellow Europeans is not normalised as a legitimate response. Dignity in enforcement is not weakness; it is a basic standard of civilisation. We should demand the same of ourselves.
This speech is one of the more significant in modern African politics precisely because Malema had an easy alternative. He could have joined the chorus of resentment, stoked the anger, and collected the votes. He chose not to. Whether you agree with every EFF policy or not, the principle he defends is clear: law and order without race-based hatred; enforcement without the spectacle of Black people destroying one another for the cameras.
Many of you have already decided what he said before listening. The wall is real. The lesson is still sitting in the open if anyone is willing to hear it. One day, as he says, the truth remains stubborn.
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You know why haters are so angry at CIC @Julius_S_Malema, is because they know if he speaks millions listen.
So because he doesn't say "Abahambe" they feel like their voice is voiceless.
They hate him for refusing to hate Africans.
Being CIC is job and half.
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The EFF haters, are angry because CIC @Julius_S_Malema want to do things on his way.
Mehlolo
"Malema is killing EFF "
" EFF must remove Malema "
I thought they want EFF dead, instead they were supposed to be the happiest, if he kills EFF.
They are busy with stinky advises
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Julius Malema is correct. The results of this #LGE2026 is, among other things, the product of the #2024GNU and the 2021-2026 municipal coalition decisions.
The DA and ActionSA are the biggest beneficiaries. They should be congratulated for having seized the opportunity.
For the ANC, this series of setbacks cannot be said to be strategic anymore. The drawings on the board ought to now look different.
But more importantly, the ANC must be commended for accepting the results. This is what democracy must look like.
Communities have decided 🇿🇦
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Congratulations to the @EFFSouthAfrica , @Julius_S_Malema , its members and supporters for remaining steadfast in their opposition to the scapegoating of foreign nationals for South Africa’s problems. At a time when anti-immigrant sentiment was being exploited as voter currency, they refused to sacrifice principle for political expediency. Their willingness to stand by this position, even at an electoral cost, deserves acknowledgement and respect.
