Malema: ‘Stop saying you are voting for Mandela’

EFF leader Julius Malema has urged voters to stop claiming they are voting for Nelson Mandela, arguing that the former president is no longer alive and that the current ANC leadership does not represent his legacy.

Stop saying you are voting for Mandela. He is no more. You have Zuma. Even their heads don’t look the same. Zuma’s is like butternut.

Malema has consistently challenged the reliance on Mandela’s name in modern South African politics, often criticizing the ANC for failing to uphold the values he stood for while continuing to use his image to secure votes.