EFF STATEMENT ON THE US$150 MILLION OPEC FUND DEVELOPMENT POLICY LOAN TO SOUTH AFRICA

Thursday, 14 May 2026 The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) rejects the continued enslavement of South Africa through endless foreign policy loans, following the announcement that the Government of South Africa has secured a new US$150 million development policy loan from the OPEC Fund for International Development. This loan, which is linked to so-called “structural reforms” […]

EFF STATEMENT ON OUR HIGH COURT APPLICATION CHALLENGING THE UNLAWFUL ADOPTION OF THE CITY OF EKURHULENI 2025/26 ADJUSTMENT BUDGET

Thursday, 14 May 2026 The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has instituted legal proceedings in the Gauteng Division of the High Court in Johannesburg challenging the unlawful and unconstitutional adoption of the 2025/26 Adjustment Budget of the City of Ekurhuleni by the Speaker of Council and the Executive Mayor on 10 March 2026. This application follows […]

EFF STATEMENT ON THE DEVASTATING STORMS, FLOODING AND INFRASTRUCTURE COLLAPSE IN GEORGE AND THE GREATER GARDEN ROUTE

Wednesday, 13 May 2026. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) extends its deepest condolences, solidarity and revolutionary support to all families, workers, and communities affected by the devastating storms, destructive winds, flooding and infrastructure failures that continue to cripple George and the broader Garden Route region. The EFF notes with serious concern the widespread destruction caused […]

EFF DEMANDS THE IMMEDIATE ARREST OF CORRUPT SA ARMY FOUNDATION EXECUTIVES ANGEL ERROL RAMPHELE AND MARIA ROSA BARROS FOR THE THEFT OF SANDF PENSIONS

Wednesday, 13 May 2026 The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) expresses outrage and disgust following the debarment and multi-million-rand fines imposed on the top executives of the SA Army Foundation, for systematically looting the financial security of over 40,000 brave members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) and their families. This is not merely […]

EFF STATEMENT WELCOMING THE HIGH COURT RULING IN THE MATTER

Tuesday, 12 May 2026. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) welcomes the ruling of the Gauteng Division of the High Court in Pretoria, which has correctly recognised the urgency and seriousness of the defamatory and malicious statements made by Ngizwe Mchunu against the President and Commander-in-Chief of the EFF, Julius Malema. The court has ruled that […]

EFF STATEMENT ON FIRST QUARTER 2026 LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS

Tuesday, 12 May 2026 The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) notes the catastrophic unemployment statistics released by Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) today, which once again confirm that South Africa is descending deeper into poverty, hunger, hopelessness, and economic collapse. The official unemployment rate has now risen sharply to 32.7%, up from 31.4% in the previous quarter, […]

EFF STATEMENT ON CYRIL RAMAPHOSA’S DECISION TO PROCEED WITH

Monday, 11 May 2026. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) notes President Cyril Ramaphosa’s official decision to proceed with a judicial review application against the Section 89 Independent Panel Report chaired by former Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo. His decision affirms precisely what the EFF has consistently maintained that Cyril Ramaphosa will exhaust every political and legal […]

EFF STATEMENT ON REPORTS THAT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA INTENDS TO APPLY

Monday, 11 May 2026. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has taken note of reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa is considering a judicial review of the Section 89 Independent Panel Report chaired by former Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo. These reports reveal a desperate litigation strategy, which comes immediately after the Constitutional Court correctly ruled that Parliament […]

EFF STATEMENT ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT JUDGMENT ON THE

Friday, 08 May 2026. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) welcomes the judgment of the Constitutional Court affirming that Parliament acted irrationally and unconstitutionally in shielding President Cyril Ramaphosa from accountability in the Phala Phala matter. In the reading of the three judgments presented, Chief Justice Mandisa Maya affirmed the jurisdiction of the Constitutional Court over […]

EFF TO PICKET AT CONSTITUTIONAL COURT AHEAD OF PHALA PHALA

Tuesday, 05 May 2026 The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) will picket at the Constitutional Court ahead of the handing down of judgment in the matter of Economic Freedom Fighters and Another v Speaker of the National Assembly and Others (CCT 35/24), which will be delivered by the Constitutional Court on Friday, 08 May 2026 at […]