By Simon Nare
EFF leader Julius Malema told conference delegates on Friday that the party was gathering at a difficult time marked by electoral decline and what he described as “infiltration and sabotage”.
Malema was reflecting on the parlous state of the organisation over the past five years at the EFF’s third National People’s Assembly.
Over 2000 delegates are attending the elective conference taking place at the Nasrec near Soweto.
“Fellow Fighters, our presence here, after deliberate and coordinated efforts to destroy us, is another sign that the African spirit can never be broken,” Malema told delegates.
“We are faced with a new moment wherein the EFF experienced its first electoral decline and suffered unprecedented levels of sabotage and infiltration. It is for this reason, delegates, that the theme for this NPA is: ‘Defend, Rebuild and Advance the Struggle for Economic Freedom’.”
In recent months, the EFF has been rocked
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