By Thapelo Molefe
EFF leader Julius Malema has accused the Government of National Unity (GNU) of plunging South Africa into economic stagnation, saying the coalition has “no structural capacity, no imagination and no intention” to grow the economy or address soaring unemployment and inequality.
Briefing the media on Thursday after the party’s Central Command Team (CCT) meeting in Limpopo, Malema said the GNU’s economic performance in 2025, which recorded growth of just 0.5% across all three quarters, is proof that the coalition is “incapable of steering South Africa out of crisis.”
“The current GNU has failed to grow the economy and create jobs in successive quarters,” Malema said.
“This is not a statistical anomaly. It is a deliberate outcome of a political arrangement designed to protect a colonial economic architecture while shutting out the black majority from meaningful participation.”
Malema said unemployment levels, with more than 11 million people jobless,
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