Prioritising RDP housing was a mistake - Malema

By: Lizeka Tandwa

Former president Nelson Mandela made a mistake by prioritising RDP houses, EFF leader Julius Malema said during a rally at Durban University of Technology on Tuesday.

Malema was addressing a crowd of student supporters during the party’s election campaign trail in KwaZulu-Natal.

Emphasising the need for free decolonised education, Malema said Mandela should have prioritised education instead of the housing reconstruction and development programme (RDP).

“The first priority should have been free education. If we had given free education in 1994, it means we would not have a need for 1 million RDP houses. People would have quality jobs… They can build houses for themselves,” he said.

He added that South Africa had the financial capability to fund free education rather than a bloated Cabinet. Under the EFF government, the country would have no use for deputy ministers, he said.