Cape Town – Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has urged Zimbabweans living in South Africa to return home and participate in the upcoming elections.
Malema said Zimbabweans could address the political and economic challenges in their country by electing the government of their choice.
Many Zimbabweans have left their country due to economic difficulties, and Malema argued that voting was the key to effecting change.
“We call on all Zimbabweans who are here in South Africa to go back home and vote. If it means coming back, they can come back, they are more than welcome, but they must do the right thing and go and vote,” Malema said addressing journalists in Johannesburg.
“No-one is going to fight for these Zimbabweans who are loitering the streets here. They are their own liberators. For once, they must take responsibility and get into buses and go home and vote.
“Zimbabweans are called upon to go home and vote, and stop blaming other people for their own misfortunes which they have got solutions to. That solution is August 23, 2023 where they will vote for a government of their choice which will restore peace in that beautiful country,” he said.
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Malema offered the EFF’s assistance to Zimbabweans who wished to go back for the elections, saying that his party was willing to provide buses for their transportation.
“If they need help to go and vote, they must approach the EFF offices. We will be more than happy to rent buses for them to go home and vote,” he said.
He added: “The elections mark a critical opportunity for the people of Zimbabwe to elect a government of their choice to uplift the nation from the poverty that defines what was once known as the bread basket of Africa.
“We call on the incumbent Zanu PF to resist the urge to practice violence against its political opponents, and any form of intimidation of citizens to coerce their vote.
“Zimbabwe needs to enter an era of political tolerance that is not defined by the history of violence and suppression, but the possibility of peace, prosperity and continental unity,”
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Compiled by Betha Madhomu
