Johannesburg – EFF leader Julius Malema has thanked former president Jacob Zuma for visiting his Limpopo home to offer condolences after the death of his aunt, stressing the gesture was about ubuntu and not politics.
Speaking in Johannesburg, Malema dismissed speculation of any political alliance between the EFF and Zuma’s MK Party, saying they remain in separate parties but unite in times of grief out of respect and African values.
“We want to thank President Zuma and the MK for coming to our home and sending condolences. It is only African to do so. It has nothing to do with political agreements or not. We belong to different political parties, we will never come together but when death occurs we will always come together and show respect for each other because it is for the love of Africans,” he said.
EFF leader Julius Malema has thanked former president Jacob Zuma for visiting his family to offer condolences, saying the gesture reflected Ubuntu and respect rather than political cooperation.
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He added: “It must be understood in that context that our visit to other political parties’ families is because we are Africans and we are told that during difficult times we must always show the highest form of ubuntu and we saw that with president Zuma.
The EFF described Zuma’s visit as an act of solidarity and praised his humility, while reiterating its call for African unity.
Zuma echoed this, urging black South Africans to unite despite political differences, though Malema maintained that political divisions remain.
“We need to come together even if we have different organisations or views… so that we can liberate black people… if we don’t we are going to be slaves forever… whilst we are still alive we must be in charge of this country,” said Zuma in Polokwane on Friday.
He also argued that freedom remains limited in practice: “We have been oppressed in this country and even when we say we are free we are actually not free… human rights… nothing more than that and we can’t say we are free.”
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