'Useless and Wasteful': Malema demands deputy ministers be fired to save SA billions

'Useless and Wasteful': Malema demands deputy ministers be fired to save SA billions

Malema Calls for Deputy Ministers to Be Scrapped to Cut State Spending

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has renewed calls for the elimination of deputy minister positions, describing them as “useless” and a waste of state resources. Speaking at a Workers’ Day rally in Rustenburg, North West, on Thursday, Malema said scrapping these roles could save the country billions. “They said, ‘Where are we going to get money to support this budget?’ and we told them: fire deputy ministers — they are useles…

Critics Label Julius Malema a “Political Scam,” Urge Africa to Look Beyond Performative Radicalism

Julius Malema, leader of South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), is facing renewed backlash as critics—including Pan-Africanist thinkers and political commentators—accuse him of being a “political scam” whose brand of radicalism serves personal and elite interests rather than genuine liberation. The criticism places Malema in the same category as figures like former DA leader Mmusi Maimane, analyst Prince Mashele, and even intelligence-l…