Tuesday, 24 February 2026.   The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has taken note of the fire incident at Cape Town International Airport (CTIA) that led to the suspension of international departures, diversion of flights, and widespread disruption of critical airport IT systems. While we welcome confirmation that the fire has been extinguished and that passengers, […]

Tuesday, 24 February 2026 The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) mourns the passing of one of South Africa’s most respected journalists, Joe Latakgomo. His remarkable career spanned more than five decades, making him a true giant of South African media.   Latakgomo’s influence on journalism was profound. He was the founding editor of the Sowetan newspaper […]

Monday, 23 February 2026   The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) notes, with concern, the damning findings released by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), which expose two decades of corruption, fraud, and maladministration inside the Department of Home Affairs. The report confirms that Home Affairs has been systematically captured by criminal syndicates operating from within the […]

Sunday, 22 February 2026.   The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) notes the release of the Third Quarter 2025/2026 Police Recorded Crime Statistics for the period October to December 2025. These statistics confirm that South Africa remains in a deep and structural crisis of violence, lawlessness, and organised criminality that continues to devastate working-class communities.   […]

Friday, 20 February 2026   The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has today taken decisive legal action to defend the integrity of South Africa’s public institutions by approaching the High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division, to review and set aside the unlawful and irregular appointments of multiple Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA) Chief Executive […]

Thursday, 20 February 2026   The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) calls on all South Africans to actively participate in the legislative process of the Insourcing Bill, a Private Member’s Bill introduced in Parliament by the Treasurer General of the EFF, Omphile Maotwe. The Bill is scheduled to be formally tabled before the Portfolio Committee on […]

Thursday, 19 January 2026   The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) notes, with grave concern, the R15 Billion tender for ARV supply by the National Department of Health. This follows concerns over allegations of collusion between certain suppliers, and the fact that the National Department of Health through the guidance of National Treasury, halted the previous […]

Wednesday, 18 February 2026 The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) condemns the mass shooting in Athlone that claimed the lives of two women and a nine-month-old baby girl, and left others wounded, in yet another horrifying act of gun violence on the Cape Flats.   The horror of this violence is worsened by the fact that […]

Wednesday, 18 February 2026 The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has taken note of the pronounced changes by the Executive Mayor of Ekurhuleni Nkosiphindile Xhakaza to the City’s Mayoral Committee, and his decision to unilaterally to remove two EFF Councillors from the Mayoral Committee.   Xhakaza has unilaterally removed EFF Councillor Bridget Thusi as the MMC […]

Tuesday, 17 February 2026 The Economic Freedom Fighters notes, with concern, the misleading Quarter 4 (2025) results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) report an official unemployment rate of 31.4%, down from 31.9% in Q3.   At face value, this 0.5 percentage point decline appears to signal modest improvement. According to the QLFS, the […]