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EFF leader Julius Malema’s ambitions to dethrone the ANC are in full throttle.
He boasted today how the captains of industry he met during his trip to the United Kingdom agreed that workers had to be given a stake in their companies.
Malema told journalists at his offices in Braamfontein that he was brutally honest with foreign investors. The investors, whom he said were previously arrogant and misled by the ruling party, were told that white supremacy must fall.
“They must let go of a portion of their shares to workers. Gone are those days when we compromise a lot. Look at what it has done ... we are the number one unequal society in the world,” he said.
He met with Africa Invest, Oxford Union, Chatham House, the Pan African Congress Movement and other professionals who had done work on the transformation of the state.
“We told the investors they will be safe if they share their resources. [The] #FeesMustFall [movement] showed the ANC is weak”.
He claimed to have said that the EFF would never compromise like the ANC-led government under Nelson Mandela. Empowering people starts with giving them a share of the profits, he added.
“I must be honest with you, they agreed with EFF concerns ... they agreed that BEE is not working and has only benefited just a few”.
He said his party did not “sell out”, despite criticism that it did by wearing suits instead of their trademark red berets.
“The government alone will not close that gap. We need the buy-in of white capital ... We can’t continue to mourn, we must organise and attack,” he said.
Malema also referred to the planned action against Absa in 2016, the year of the local government elections.
“Next year, a special task force will run an underground operation in occupation of Absa ... it’s a war against capital.”
Malema said no army would defeat organised protests with serious numbers, as was the case when 500 000 marched to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange last month.
Malema said it was the EFF’s mission to dethrone the state.
The party would focus on gaining control of municipalities in next year’s local elections and would go as far as to form coalitions with the opposition.
