Wednesday, 07 May 2025

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) condemns in the strongest terms the deliberate failure by the British High Commission to process the visa application by the Commander in Chief and President of the EFF, Julius Malema who was set to address students at Cambridge University on the 10^th of May 2025.

In what can only be described as an administratively orchestrated ban on the President of the EFF, the British High Commission has actively delayed the processing and approval of the visa application by the CIC, and has sent a letter of regret that it will not be processed in time for the address at Cambridge University which is scheduled for this weekend. This letter of regret was sent today, when the President was set to depart to the UK following a confirmation that the visa will be processed this afternoon.

This is nothing more than an expression of bureaucratic process being used to suppress political dissent and to ban the voices of the EFF from building global solidarity against Western Imperialism.

The CIC was invited by the African Society of Cambridge University, to address its 11^th Annual Cambridge Africa Together Conference, under the theme of “The Making of Africa’s Future President’s”. The event is one of Cambridge University’s most prestigious occasions, which was set to be delivered to Africa’s leading policy makers, business leaders, economists and academics from universities across the globe.

The EFF is well aware that this is a reflection of the attitude of imperialism against the Commander in Chief and the EFF, who has been a strong and critical voice against the United Kingdom for its role in the atrocities of colonialism particularly the role of the British Monarchy in the slave trade, its role in the sustaining of the genocide of the Palestinian people by Israel and the continued resistance by Britain regarding the paying of reparations to victims of colonial conquest.

The United Kingdom is not only suppressing academic freedom by essentially banning the President of the EFF from travelling to the country, but is engaged in an open declaration of war against those who dare to stand up to warmongers such as the British Monarchy, which has the blood of the people of Kenya whom they brutalised during the Mau Mau rebellion still dripping from their hands. This bureaucratic ban is a response to the condemnation by the CIC of blood thirsty murderers such as former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who destroyed Iraq under the guise of looking for non-existent weapons of mass destruction.

The banning of the President of the EFF is a reflection of the continued control of the political process in the United Kingdom by the British monarchy, who clearly remain aggrieved by the EFF’s posture following the death of their “Queen” Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor. As the EFF we want to reaffirm our statement on the death of Elizabeth Mary Windsor and remind the bureaucracy in the UK that their monarchy still owes the world a huge debt for the crimes they committed against humanity through colonialism.

In fact, one of the first visits the President of the EFF was going to make was to the grave of Elizabeth Windsor, to confirm that the woman who was at the centre of the pain inflicted on Africa and her people, was indeed departed from this world and that our people can find justice and peace through her departure.

The EFF will never be discouraged from building global solidarity against imperialism and capitalism, and thanks the students of Cambridge University for recognising and appreciating the voice of the Commander in Chief of the EFF as one that is leading the resistance of imperialism and the independence of Africa.

We will continue to build relations with all those who appreciate the message of the EFF domestically and internationally, including peace loving citizens who reside in the heart of countries that perpetuate the underdevelopment of Africa such as the United Kingdom.

ISSUED BY THE ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS

Leigh-Ann Mathys (National Spokesperson) 082 304 7572

Thato Lebyane (Media Enquiries) 078 304 7572