Among the loudest critics is Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema who laments that the economy is still not growing and argues that tax concessions are driven by 2026 electoral considerations...

But ANC Vice President Mashatile or Secretary General Mbalula would be the favourites for the presidency if the party tilted towards a deal with the populists Julius Malema's Economic Freedom Fighters and Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party after the 2029 elections...

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...