‘Pro-poor’ EFF are tarnished hypocrites

EFF LEADER Julius Malema on Saturday released the party’s manifesto. The top executive of the EFF made wild claims in the name of the poor and, yet, the night before they were quite happy to go to a fancy restaurant, dressed in suits and bow ties, the dress of the colonialists, and sip on expensive wine most likely from a colonialist winery.

Malema is happy to dress in the clothes and indulge in the food and drink of the colonialist – and then wants to come to Parliament in overalls and pretend to be pro-poor, in denial of financial benefits they received through the VBS benefits and other controversial sources. The VBS scandal has dented the party’s efforts to portray itself as a voice of the poor ahead of elections in May. They claim to represent the poor, but underneath those red overalls are expensive designer suits from international fashion houses. This makes the case of the EFF being a “peoples’ party” a farce.

The EFF claims to represent the poor and to criticise capitalism for controlling the country’s wealth, but its leaders are the first to distort BEE to their favour and to go about systematically creating a small black elite, out of touch with ordinary South Africans, but happy to preach with moral bitterness from the nearest soap box.

HIRESH RAMTHOL Sandton