Cape Town – The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) is asking for donations to “finance the revolution”.
The party on Monday shared a recorded video of its leader Julius Malema asking for donations from “peace-loving South Africans and revolutionaries from the African continent and the diaspora”.
“Our organisation will be celebrating ten years of unbroken struggle, ten years of anti-corruption, ten years of fighting racism, ten years of being in the forefront of the land, ten years of making sure that the African people are represented without fear or favour, ten years of ensuring that black professionals are not looked down upon but rather are respected and treated as their counterparts.
“We need resources to finance this organisation. Withlout resources, this organisation will not succeed.
“It depends on genuine donations and contributions from peace-loving South Africans and revolutionaries from the African continent and the diaspora.
“We call upon all of you to make donations to the EFF because we must finance our own revolution; if we don’t finance our own revolution, counterrevolutionaries will hijack it,” said Malema.
CIC @Julius_S_Malema calling on all peace loving South Africans, revolutionaries from the African continent and the diaspora to finance our own revolution.
Here is how you finance your revolution:
⁃SMS 38172 to donate R10
⁃SMS 40090 to donate R20
⁃SMS 42191 to donate… pic.twitter.com/0W5g94rlcG
— Economic Freedom Fighters (@EFFSouthAfrica) May 8, 2023
The EFF also shared another video of the party’s treasurer-general Omphile Maotwe also appealing for donations.
In the clip, Maotwe praised the EFF’s successes over the past 10 years and claimed the party was “the only shield in defence of the lives of our people on the continent and the diaspora”.
“The gains and the achievements of the EFF have touched the lives of our people in all spheres of society after they have been betrayed by the liberation movement.
“We all now have a place to call home, and that is the EFF … celebrate 10 years of the EFF by donating a cow, vegetables, groceries, T-shirts, buses, and anything within your means to express how over the past 10 years the EFF has touched your lives,” said Motwe.
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The EFF Treasurer General @OmphileMaotwe sharing how you can contribute in the #EFFTurns10 celebrations
No contribution is too small!
Send an email to [email protected] to register your contribution pic.twitter.com/PuuFiz1fXh
— Economic Freedom Fighters (@EFFSouthAfrica) May 8, 2023
The EFF is this year celebrating its 10th anniversary. The celebrations will take place at FNB stadium in Johannesburg on 29 July.
Most of the EFF’s leaders are former ANC Youth League figures who were expelled in 2013. They differed on ideological grounds from the ANC senior leadership about expropriation and nationalisation of land, mines and banks
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Compiled by Betha Madhomu
