The Opposition Leader Who Has Thrown Africa's Oldest Surviving Political Party Into Disarray Again

The opposition leader who has thrown Africa's oldest surviving political party into disarray again

In 2012, Africa's oldest surviving political party expelled South African opposition leader Julius Malema for "bringing the party into disrepute" and "sowing internal divisions". Fourteen years on, he has shown he can still throw the African National Congress (ANC) into disarray.

South Africa's Julius Malema: The Opposition Leader Who Has Thrown Africa's Oldest Surviving Political Party Into Disarray Again

“Our long game is that we want to take over this country. These things are exposing [and] the ANC is becoming fragmented,” Mr Malema tells me in a glass box studio emblazoned with the red and black logo of his Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party in their headquarters, Winnie Madikizela Mandela House. As I sit down with the 45-year-old former ANC youth leader in downtown Johannesburg, the leadership of the ANC are scrambling to attend emergency…