Julius Malema Sets Conditions for EFF Joining GNU, Says DA and FF Plus Must Leave First

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has said the party would be willing to join the Government of National Unity (GNU) if the Democratic Alliance (DA) and Freedom Front Plus (FF+) withdrew, but would not compromise its political principles to enter government.

We are not opposed to participating in GNU. If Helen (Zille) walks tomorrow, and that other one of Correctional Services, the Freedom Front, (Pieter) Groenewald, walk, we’ll go inside.

Malema said this during a door-to-door election campaign in Naledi, Soweto, ahead of the November 4 local government elections. He emphasized that the party is not opposed to the concept of a GNU, provided that specific parties are excluded.

Malema further stated that the EFF would not support a GNU that included parties he associated with the killing of liberation struggle figures Chris Hani and Solomon Mahlangu. He also rejected claims that the EFF was unsuitable for coalition government because of its political conduct, pointing to the ANC’s own governance challenges.

The EFF leader maintained that the party is focused on winning the upcoming elections rather than speculating about possible coalition arrangements in metropolitan municipalities, stating, “Well, we go to elections to win.”