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Julius Malema is back
11 Jul 2013 at 12:57hrs | Views
Johannesburg - Julius Malema officially launched his new political organisation, the Economic Freedom Fighters on Thursday.
After outlining a radical policy proposal that he described as "anti-capitalist", Malema was careful not to get personal.
Instead he said of capitalists: "We do not disrespect them, we know they are very strong, but equally they must know that what is coming their way is going to have a serious impact."
"Our enemy number one is white monopoly capital," he said, vowing to expropriate land and nationalise mines without any compensation.
Malema said it was agreed by members that the EFF would be a radical leftist movement that will look to contest the 2014 elections.
"We are not like Agang [SA] and all of them... We have a completely different plan."
The former ANC Youth League president said the EFF will focus on land expropriation and promised that white South Africans "are more than welcome to join us in the redistribution of land and wealth in South Africa".
Malema said: "Fellow white South Africans, if you agree with us you are more than welcome to join us in the redistribution of land and wealth in South Africa," he said.
"This land is too big. There is nobody who will be driven to the sea. We will share, black and white. But failure to share means you will be forced to share.
"We all belong here, but we all have to show proof that we belong here. Black people have nothing to show. Therefore we must give them something to show so they can say proudly: this is our land, this is our country."
He warned South Africans to prepare for the sacrifices that would come with the EFF's envisaged revolution.
"There will be a day (when) we will wake up without bread on the shelves. We will learn to make our own bread."
Zimbabwe had been ready to "take the pain" associated with revolution, Malema said
Malema said that the EFF's "number one enemy" is Helen Zille's Democratic Alliance as "they support monopoly capital".
"We will never go to bed with [the DA]," Malema said.
After outlining a radical policy proposal that he described as "anti-capitalist", Malema was careful not to get personal.
Instead he said of capitalists: "We do not disrespect them, we know they are very strong, but equally they must know that what is coming their way is going to have a serious impact."
"Our enemy number one is white monopoly capital," he said, vowing to expropriate land and nationalise mines without any compensation.
Malema said it was agreed by members that the EFF would be a radical leftist movement that will look to contest the 2014 elections.
"We are not like Agang [SA] and all of them... We have a completely different plan."
The former ANC Youth League president said the EFF will focus on land expropriation and promised that white South Africans "are more than welcome to join us in the redistribution of land and wealth in South Africa".
Malema said: "Fellow white South Africans, if you agree with us you are more than welcome to join us in the redistribution of land and wealth in South Africa," he said.
"This land is too big. There is nobody who will be driven to the sea. We will share, black and white. But failure to share means you will be forced to share.
"We all belong here, but we all have to show proof that we belong here. Black people have nothing to show. Therefore we must give them something to show so they can say proudly: this is our land, this is our country."
He warned South Africans to prepare for the sacrifices that would come with the EFF's envisaged revolution.
"There will be a day (when) we will wake up without bread on the shelves. We will learn to make our own bread."
Zimbabwe had been ready to "take the pain" associated with revolution, Malema said
Malema said that the EFF's "number one enemy" is Helen Zille's Democratic Alliance as "they support monopoly capital".
"We will never go to bed with [the DA]," Malema said.
Source - Agencies
