Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has received massive respect following his call for a peaceful general election when addressing EFF’s student command at Durban University of Technology.
Malema charmed various members of the public who expressed their gratitude after he said victory must not be achieved through anarchism, violence and bloodshed.
“I remain perplexed that Malema has called for a peaceful election. Honestly, I’m proud of Juju,” said Mandla Meyiwa.
Ntombi Lukheke said: “We don’t need violence in the country. I agree with Malema 100 percent for demonstrating leadership.”
Malema utterances come barely a week after the IEC urged political leaders to refrain from making statements that are reckless and intolerant which has a potential of undermining the democratic processes during the general elections.
Earlier, former president Jacob Zuma publicly threatened the ruling party that if his new political party uMkhonto weSizwe doesn’t get a two-thirds majority vote then the country will be subjected to instability which will give birth to calamity. His ally Ace Magashule, former secretary general of the ANC echoed Zuma as well, saying that there will be no “vote rigging” now that he will be contesting the upcoming elections under his own party, the African Congress for Transformation (ACT).
The two former ANC senior leaders' public spats raised eyebrows of the masses which questioned the credibility of IEC. Their remarks irked President Cyril Ramaphosa who labelled Zuma and Magashule losers saying that South Africa is not a banana republic that will allow anarchism to threaten the right of the people as a democratic nation therefore those who think they can enforce a two-thirds majority vote undemocratically they won’t succeed with their selfish intentions.
“It smacks of the type of talk that losers will always want to accuse the process because they know that they are not going to be winners or successful. We trust the IEC system that is enshrined in our constitution in our laws. We will accept any outcome because we know that it is transparent. The IEC system is one of the best in the world therefore we remain adamant that there is no vote rigging,” said Ramaphosa.
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