Whatever the prospects for mainstream governance the threat of a radical coalition between the ‘left' of the ANC ex-president Jacob Zuma's shambolic MK Party and/or the fiery Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema appears to have receded as they show an inability to unite or increase their popular vote...

The main beneficiaries of its vote collapse will be the populist parties Julius Malema's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party rather than the centre-right Democratic Alliance (DA)...

The ANC could secure a fragile majority without the DA or a more stable one by bringing Julius Malema's radical EFF into the fold...

But a fallout between the EFF's Julius Malema and MK's Jacob Zuma has shattered the original post-election ‘progressive alliance' of the parties (AC Vol 65 No 16 Hurdles for Progressive Caucus)...

Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party is shaping the landscape as it gears up for its first anniversary on 16 December its ranks bolstered by several high-profile defectors from Julius Malema's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)...

The EFF was formed in 2013 after Julius Malema and Shivambu were found guilty of misconduct and forced out of the ANC Youth League – ironically during Zuma's presidency...

Julius Malema leader of the radical opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) called on the Zimbabwean youth to ‘rise up' and overthrow Mnangagwa...