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COVID-19: EFF Threatens To Protest Over Sputnik V Vaccine

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The EFF believes the government should speedily approve Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine in addition to other coronavirus vaccines being procured.

EFF leader Julius Malema said the party will hold a protest outside the SA Health Products Regulatory Authority’s office next week Friday to demand the approval of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine.

The EFF held a Youth Day commemoration event outside Hoërskool Uitsig in Centurion in Tshwane on Wednesday.

Malema tore into President Cyril Ramaphosa during his speech saying he was responsible for the country’s poor handling of the pandemic and the vaccine roll-out strategy.

The EFF has been calling for schools to be closed until Covid-19 cases were under control.

Malema reiterated this call saying if anyone dies from the virus now, it should be blamed on Ramaphosa.

“Every coronavirus death must be blamed on Cyril Ramaphosa. All those deaths must be put on the doorstep of Ramaphosa,” Malema said.

He reiterated his party’s stance that the government should be diversifying its vaccine procurement. The EFF wants the addition of Russia’s Sputnik vaccine and Chinese manufactured Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines.

Sahpra had said it was still reviewing the approval of the Sputnik vaccine.

Sahpra said in February regarding the vaccine: “Sahpra has received documentation for the SputnikV vaccine developed by the Gamaleya Institute in Russia on 24 February 2021.

“Sahpra will now commence with evaluating the data provided for safety, quality and efficacy of the vaccine.”

Malema believes delays in approving the vaccine were political.

He said the organisation would give the health regulator seven days from June 25 to approve the Sputnik V vaccine.

If that does not work, then protests will be held outside CEO Dr Boitumelo Semete-Makokotlela’s home.

The EFF leader’s criticism comes as the US food and drug administration said some Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses had to be destroyed following contamination at a manufacturing plant in the US.

This will add to delays in South Africa receiving some vaccine doses to add to the Pfizer vaccine doses that have been administered to healthcare workers and people over the age of 60.

Another criticism from Malema was Ramaphosa’s announcement on Tuesday night that the country would move to level 3 of the national lockdown because of rising coronavirus cases.

This has restricted public gatherings to 100 outdoor and 50 people indoor.

Malema bemoaned this as an attack on political campaigning ahead of elections. Citizens head to polls on October 27 and various political parties had admitted that campaigning would be tougher this year.

“Ramaphosa has got no plan, why must we listen to him. How are we going to elections when there are restrictions on gatherings, how are we going to campaign and launch elections?

“We are going to have lots of disputes ahead of the elections. How are we going to conduct elections, five months before elections, we are not allowed to campaign?”

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Malema Warns Against ANC Denial: Zuma’s Vote Won’t Save Them

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Malema Warns Against ANC Denial: Zuma's Vote Won't Save Them

In a press conference held at Moses Mabhida Stadium in KwaZulu-Natal on Friday, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader, Julius Malema, addressed the recent announcement by former president Jacob Zuma regarding his support for the newly registered party, Umkhonto weSizwe (MK), over the ANC in the upcoming elections.

Malema, acknowledging Zuma’s right to vote for any party of his choosing, expressed disappointment that Zuma had not declared his vote in favor of his own party. “He decides to vote for non-existing things, and that is not going to help us displace the ANC,” Malema remarked.

Zuma had previously stated that supporting MK would help save the ANC from losing power. Malema, however, argued that Zuma was in denial about the ANC’s decline, emphasizing that no one, not even former President Nelson Mandela, could rescue it with “Madiba magic.”

Malema Warns Against ANC Denial: Zuma's Vote Won't Save Them

The EFF leader issued a stern warning to party members, urging them not to participate in any activities planned by MK ahead of the elections. Malema emphasized that the EFF’s constitution explicitly prohibits members from campaigning for or supporting other political parties.

As the ANC’s grip on power weakens, Malema predicts that Zuma’s efforts to save the party will be in vain. Despite Zuma’s political chess moves, Malema remains confident that the ANC is beyond rescue.

The date for the general elections is yet to be announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa, while Malema announced that the EFF is preparing to launch its manifesto in KwaZulu-Natal next month.

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Malema Accuses Ramaphosa Of Hiding More Billions

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Julius Malema, LEADER of the EFF has alleged that South African’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has hidden in rand undeclared money in his other properties other than Phala Phala farm.

Addressing some party students faithful at the 4th Students Assembly held in Birchwood, Boksburg, on Saturday, the outspoken leader accused President Cyril Ramaphosa  of keeping billion of money.

“There are millions more that is being kept under mattresses in other residences. There is still Soweto. There is still Venda. There is still Cape Town and there is still Mpumalanga where monies are stored under mattresses.

We asked the question in Parliament how much is left in these properties because we are talking about one property. All these properties have got money stored,” Malema said.

According to Malema, the ANC party is full of dishonest people who continue to protect Ramaphosa even after they failed to pay ANC workers salaries.

Mr Julius Malema opined that instead of keeping the billions, Ramaphosa could have used the money to pay off the salaries of the ANC workers which has been delayed since some part of 2021.

“To show that the ANC is constituted by sick people they still call such a person their president while they were starving for six months last year as the workers have been working with no salary. Cyril’s conscience does not even say let me take a bit here for the ANC and find a way of giving them a salary …we are talking about billions. He does not have sympathy for those workers who work for his party while he is sleeping on top of billions,” he said.

Over the past few weeks there have calls for President Cryil Ramaphosa to resign amidst growing number of demonstrations.

Meanwhile, EFF leader has  said the EFF was in consultation with other opposition parties to bring the country to a standstill with a possible shutdown against Ramaphosa’s failing administration.

“We are in consultation with everyone and we have reached a point where we no longer care. This man must go. We will remove him whether he likes it or not. So when we call for the mother of all shutdowns, every campus must come to a standstill.

Not only students, including workers themselves. We are not going to teach. We are not going to clean. We are not going to manage. We are going to defend South Africa against gangsters because South Africa has been captured by gangsters,” Malema told the students.

 

 

 

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JUST IN: Oscar Mabuyane Wins Eastern Cape ANC Elections

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JUST IN: Oscar Mabuyane Wins Eastern Cape ANC Elections

The Eastern Cape provincial chairperson position has been retained by Oscar Mabuyane.

Oscar Mabuyane faced a s tiff competition from former provincial treasurer Babalo Madikizela.

Mr Mabuyane had 812 votes while his rival obtained 662 cast in a heavily contested election.

Meanwhile, Mlungisi Mvoko was elected as the deputy chairperson.

The national chairperson Gwede Mantashe address the ANC members at its conference which began on Saturday.

President Cyril Ramaphosa was supposed to deliver the closing remarks on Sunday, but this was moved to Monday after delays.

The governing party used Sunday to deal with the issue of credentials and planned to complete the conference on Monday.

On Sunday until of some of the branch delegates were adopted, the party was stuck on the question of credentials for hours.

More than 1 300 eligible voting delegates participated in electing the five leaders to lead the province and the Provincial Executive Committee (PEC).

The battle for control of the party had been intense with both sides pushing hard for their candidates.

ANC NEC deployee Dr Aaron Motsoaledi said “The issues there were about the authority of the court about Rubusana.”

According to him, they had to attend to some serious issues raised at the conference.

This related to the judgment on Saturday that rejected an urgent application by some of the members to exclude some of the branches from the Dr BW Rubusana region.

Motsoaledi said this was one of the sticking points but the conference eventually forged ahead.

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Ramaphosa, Xi Jinping Call For End Of War In Ukraine

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Ramaphosa, Xi Jinping Call For End Of War In Ukraine

President Cyril Ramaphosa and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have expressed concern about the situation in Ukraine and called for an end to the conflict.

This follows a telephone discussion between Xi and Ramaphosa on Friday.

Xi is the alternate leader that Ramaphosa has verified he has spoken to after the conflict erupted in Ukraine.

A week ago he took a call from Russian chairman Vladimir Putin, and during the question and answer session in the public council this week, Ramaphosa said Putin had emphasised the issue of accommodations to chancing a result.

On Friday he said he’d held analogous addresses with Xi. The chairman also said this week he’d been asked to intervene in Ukraine.

He called for an end to the conflict, saying durable peace was demanded in Ukraine. Ramaphosa had said it would be wrong to simply condemn one side and prompted both parties to come to the negotiating table.

The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has also been prompted to play a commanding part in ending the conflict. Ramaphosa this week also called for the reform of the UN Security Council.

Ramaphosa said it was wrong that for a mainland like Africa, with a population of1.3 billion people, it doesn’t have a endless seat in the security council.

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JUST IN: Mbali Ntuli Is The Latest Black Leader To Resign From DA

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JUST IN: Mbali Ntuli Is The Latest Black Leader To Resign From DA

Mbali Ntuli has joined a growing list of prominent black leaders who have left the Democratic Alliance in recent times after she blazoned her abdication from the party on Thursday.

In a statement, Ntuli verified she proffered her abdication as a member of the DA and member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature.

According to her, her decision to quit was not easy, “but one that is necessary for my growth as a community leader”.

The former DA Youth leader who made her bournes clear when she, also Gauteng leader John Moody and John Steenhuisen challenged each other for the public leader position in the last optional conference.

She has frequently spoken out against the DA’s leadership and programs, substantially criminating it of being ineffective and lacking.

In a letter publicizing her intention to dispute the position of party leader, Ntuli noted there were major issues defying the party and its leadership.

She said the party had lost benefactors “ who no longer believe in us”, throwing the DA into a fiscal extremity and as a result, there wasn’t enough backing for constituencies to do political conditioning.

In 2020, Ntuli wrote an open letter named “ Interposers and Outlanders The politicisation of our DA correctional processes”, where she recalled how at some point, the party’s top brass wanted to expel her using bogus charges.

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