Julius Malema is an established loudmouth whose style of politics has delivered many “benefits” for him throughout his political career. He leads one of the most vibrant and demographically young political formations in SA. Over the past decade or so, he has managed to harness that youthful energy to shake up the political environment in SA.
His contribution has been to give a voice to the youth, so that the youth can somehow feel they have a voice. To an extent, the EFF has helped our country avoid a chaotic eruption of the repressed energy of youthful political expression. At the same time, Malema comes from a specific school of politics.
He is a child of the ANC. He has been involved in many of the activities that have reduced the ANC from a once powerful voice of the masses to a formation that has enabled corruption on a massive scale. Because of the fundamental flaws in outlook that caused this fall from grace in the politics of the ANC, Malema has also been both a victim and perpetrator of that system.
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His association with allegations of corruption is not new, both when he was the ANCYL leader and as leader of the EFF. The VBS scandal, which is his proverbial hanging cloud, keeps coming back to hang over his head. The numerous mentions of Malema at the Madlanga Commission have brought back questions about all the allegations of impropriety he has ever faced.
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