Khotha Kome

Mbuyiseni Ndlozi was kicked out of the EFF. I imagine he loved the party very much. He was there from the beginning. Even in the screenshots below, you can tell he had reservations about MK. Meanwhile, during that same 2024 election season, the EFF leader Juju tried to fraternise with Zuma and got his fingers burnt. Why do fighters overlook this? Malema is the golden boy who must be shielded from all criticism, no matter how harmful his utterances maybe, even to the party he leads. So here is my question to fighters, and all who criticise his choice of not voting. Who was he supposed to vote for? He was booted out of the EFF, a party he poured his youth into, and saw no alternative to the values he holds dearly and once resonated with in the EFF. Why is his democratic right to stay away in question? He spoke about himself and gave reasons why he was not voting. He never said people shouldn’t vote.

Julius Malema is a study in political contradiction. He regularly condemns certain political parties and their leaders, yet is often willing to engage with them when it suits his political objectives. His relationship with Jacob Zuma a case in point. Malema was one of Zuma's fiercest critics during his presidency, and was at the forefront of opposition to what he regarded as a corrupt administration. Yet, in the lead-up to the 2024 elections, he appeared willing to fraternise with Zuma and explore political alignment. When that approach proved politically costly, he backtracked. The consequences, however, were unavoidable. EFF haemorrhaged support to MK in the 2024 election, and the party has continued to lose ground in 2026 LGE. Even now, Malema speaks of the need for MK to unite with progressive left forces while simultaneously characterising the party as tribalistic. Another contradiction. If MK represents the tribal politics he claims to oppose, calls for political unity with it suggest expediency. If unity is genuinely desirable, then his characterisation of MK becomes questionable. The pattern extends beyond Malema's shifting positions. It is also evident in the EFF's approach to major political events. The party often appears compelled to respond immediately, issuing definitive political judgments before there has been sufficient time to assess developments, measure public sentiment, reflect on events, and formulate an effective communications strategy. The instinct is to provide an immediate political response. There is a difference between being responsive and being reactive. Effective political strategy requires patience, reflection, and a willingness to let events settle before drawing conclusions. By contrast, a movement that feels compelled to comment on everything immediately risks confusing activity with strategy. The result is politics driven by the moment rather than by a coherent long-term plan. This tendency reinforces the broader criticism of Malema's leadership. His interventions often appear tactical rather than strategic, designed to dominate the news cycle rather than advance a clearly defined objective. When tactics are not anchored to a consistent strategy, they produce contradictory positions, confused messaging, and self-inflicted political costs. The EFF's trajectory since the emergence of MK raises precisely these questions. Instead of anticipating the threat posed by Zuma's return to frontline politics and developing a coherent response, the party oscillated between hostility, engagement, and renewed hostility. Such inconsistency creates uncertainty among supporters and weakens the party's ability to project a clear identity. More fundamentally, this points to a deeper problem. A revolution led without firm principles is a revolution without safeguards. Principles are the guardrails that prevent political movements from sacrificing their values for short-term advantage. When positions shift according to political convenience, there is little to restrain leaders from abandoning the ideals they claim to defend. Ultimately, the issue is whether there is a durable strategic framework guiding Malema's decisions. Increasingly, the evidence suggests a politics of reaction rather than strategy, of immediate positioning rather than long-term planning. A revolution without fixed principles is vulnerable to opportunism. A revolution without strategy is vulnerable to irrelevance. The EFF's recent electoral setbacks suggest it may be confronting both problems at once. The deeper concern is that the revolution Malema wishes to lead appears to have neither the protection of principle nor the discipline of strategy. In such a movement, today's enemy can become tomorrow's ally, and today's conviction can become tomorrow's compromise whenever circumstances demand it. That is not revolutionary consistency. It is political adaptation untethered from any clear and enduring set of principles.

Same can be said for South Africa. Western diplomats regularly meet with opposition party leaders. The Democratic Alliance (DA), which is the opposition party, even asked the US government to intervene in the 2024 general election. We’ve seen the same thing with interest groups like Afriforum visiting the United States to lobby for sanctions against the South African government. Business as usual I guess…

She’s living her best life😂😂

They will criticise Ndlozi for his comments, instead of scrutinising what he is saying and arguing for the contrary. Our economy is not growing. Unemployment is at unprecedented levels. We have the most unequal society in the world. Black ownership of the economy is tentative. Which of the 600 options at the ballot has a plan to get the majority out of these precarious conditions? We are fragmented. The whites in South Africa know exactly where their loyalties lay. Without question, a majority of them voted either FF+ or DA. They defend their positions without batting an eyelid. These parties are against the very policies meant to restore black people their dignity. They have made it clear they don’t want BEE, EE, Land Reform, etc. Why is this so hard to comprehend? Why was MMusi, Floyd, Rise and many other insignificant parties contesting an election they were never going to win, if not for opportunistic reasons? Many of the people leading the 600 parties are political entrepreneurs. They have nothing concrete to offer. Why is someone like Hlaudi trying to be mayor or lead a municipality if not to deceive and take advantage of the ignorance of people? A lot of people stayed away because they can see right through the sham. Why should Ndlozi be any different, just because he has been to parliament? Does that mean he can never be disappointed or disgruntled by the system, and then decide he wants not part of the Tom foolery? Sanuzama uba righteous apha ngamalungelo abantu, which they have every right to exercise. Should he decide he wants to participate one day, then that is his prerogative once more. Asingeni ndawo, unless invited.

From running all 9 provinces and all the metros to hoping for the best in Mangaung. Bazenzile!

Gwede was a key figure of the Polokwane Brigade. He was Secretary General during the chaos of the Zuma presidency. He became Chairperson after. Clearly a leading figure in ANC politics. Some say he is politically astute. Ok. How’s that going for the liberation movement?

Uphi uMbalula xa kunje?!

This is the problem with dustbin political analysis. People think they can mess up the country and bring it to the brink of collapse, and still demand loyalty. Uphambene!

The 2007 Zuma tsunami started all this. I know Mr Vavi and others have since regretted their participation in his election, but unfortunately we still live with the consequences.

These are the types the ANC needs to get rid of. Akhonto ibhadlileyo ikhe iyithethe lentwana.

Why are people who want to isolate themselves and are discriminating against others participating in our democracy and benefiting from our taxes? Fela would call it demo crazy.

Yes! We must agree with this hard truth. The ANC has done a lot for South Africa and for a lot of South Africans on both sides of the racial divide, black and white. Let’s take it a step further and also say, that through their votes, people have done a lot for the ANC and its comrades. A lot of them have become extremely wealthy and benefited materially from the confidence they were given by citizens, deservedly or undeservedly. There are no loyalties owed.

SABC is fumbling with this broadcast. Yhu!

Iyawaqalile leminwe 🙈

I used to have nightmares about repeating matric. I finished high school more than 20 years ago.

Ok, the Democrats ha e won the US mid term elections. What happens in Ukraine now, because they were the biggest funders of the Russia-Ukraine war under the Biden Administration? Who are the real winners in this election?

Certain members of the 1652 gang are not happy with AGOA exist, even though they lobbied for it via Afriforum

Equally, do not give power to people who will squander economic dividends and put the country on the brink of collapse, turn around and blame everyone and everything else instead of taking accountability. ANC must be honest. It ran the whole country at some point, had all the metros and provinces. It lost them through corruption and sheer incompetence.