EFF willing to get into bed with ANC and MK, says Malema

The EFF experienced a slight drop in the party’s performance compared to the previous elections.

In 2019, the party got 1,8 million votes placing them at 10,79% which got them 44 seats in the National Assembly. 

As the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) continued to capture votes on Saturday, the party sat at 1.5 million votes.

But this was not a concern for Malema.

Addressing the media at the National Results Operations Centre on Thursday, Malema said the biggest loser from the elections was the ANC.

"We congratulate and commend the people of South Africa for voting out the ruling party from an absolute Parliamentary majority, which it has abused in the last 30 years.

“Over the past  30 years, the ANC used it's majority in Parliament to protect mediocrity and corruption, and to also preclude any form of alternative perspective and thoughts on how our country should be governed," said Malema. 

The ANC’s share of the vote dropped to 40.18%, which will see the party losing its outright majority in Parliament.

The governing party also lost majority in Gauteng, Northern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.

Malema admitted that the rise of former President Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe party had an impact on the EFF’s support.

However, Malema claimed those votes never belonged to the EFF.

"The people who voted for us in in 2019 were never ours, they were former President Jacob Zuma's people who didn't want to vote for the ANC.

“They have now found a new home in MK Party and we are happy for them," said Malema. 

“Now that the parliamentary majority of the ANC has been broken and there is no single political party that can constitute government on its own.

“We as the EFF will be engaging with different political parties on how we elect leadership for Parliament and constitute a government that will lead South Africa for the next five years," he said. 

Malema said the party wouldn't mind getting into a coalition with both the ANC and MK.  

“We are not going to allow ANC corruption. One of the positions we are going to demand from the ANC is the speaker of Parliament.

“You can't go into a coalition with the ANC and not have a speaker. 

“The ANC is running the executive. We have to run the speaker so that we monitor them and make them accountable," said Malema. 

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