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With the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) elective conference starting today, new leadership is expected to be elected, including filling the position of deputy president amid Floyd Shivambu’s exit to Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe (MKP) party, Mbuyiseni Ndlozi’s absence is raising questions.
The atmosphere was electric at the University of Johannesburg’s (UJ) Soweto campus, as Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) delegates arrived in high spirits and singing to register for the highly anticipated third National People’s Assembly, kicking off this weekend.
South African Communist Party (SACP) chairperson Blade Ndzimande has emphasised the need for a “reconfigured alliance” between the SACP and ANC and stressed the importance of unity to address pressing national issues.
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) needs to adopt a pro-pan Africanist posture as it failed to show its ability to govern anywhere, and that it will never win a municipality or lead one, but rather secure only councillors seats.
The upcoming conference will focus on deepening its critique of the South African economic policy trajectory, which has failed to create jobs and curb unemployment rate at a meaningful scale.
As speculation mounts about who will fill the crucial deputy president position in the EFF, following Floyd Shivambu resignation earlier this year, political analysts speculate that secretary-general Marshall Dlamini, Godrich Gardee, or Viyani Pambo could emerge as the front runners for the hot seat.