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Economic Freedom Fighters

May 2024

  • John Steenhuisen casts his vote next to his daughter Caroline in Durban

    Which parties could South Africa’s ANC go into coalition with?

    Collapse in support means ANC may not reach 50% vote share needed to rule alone. Which parties are contenders for coalition?
  • Former South African president Jacob Zuma speaks to supporters during the launch of the election manifesto of his new political party, uMkhonto we Sizwe

    South Africa: Zuma’s new party upends election as ANC reels from vote collapse

    Ex-president’s uMkhonto we Sizwe party erodes vote share of African National Congress, which has been in power for three decades
  • Left to right: Julius Malema, John Steenhuisen, Cyril Ramaphosa, Jacob Zuma

    South Africa elections: what are the issues and will ANC lose its majority?

    Country goes to polls on 29 May and unemployment, inequality and power cuts have dented ruling party’s support

October 2023

  • Office workers at Canary Wharf in east London.

    UK economy grew by 0.2% in August – but recession concerns remain

    Rise in GDP fuelled by business services amid worries that impact of recent interest rate hikes yet to be felt

February 2018

  • Jacob Zuma: South Africa’s scandal-struck president resigns – video

    Jacob Zuma has resigned from power following a decision made by his party, the African National Congress (ANC) committee

December 2017

  • The African National Congress’s new president, Cyril Ramaphosa

    The Guardian view on the ANC’s new leader: a fresh start

    Editorial: With the election of Cyril Ramaphosa South Africa has a chance to recover its moral authority, which the rainbow nation gained in its birth but has been lost in the tawdry dealings of the present

August 2017

  • Jacob Zuma narrowly survived a motion of no confidence against him in parliament.

    Jacob Zuma survives no-confidence vote in South Africa – video

    The South African president, Jacob Zuma, narrowly survives a motion of no confidence against him in parliament

February 2017

  • Security officials force out South African opposition party Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) members during South African President's speech for the 2017's State Of the Nation Address(SONA), on February 9, 2017, in Cape Town. South African President Jacob Zuma prepared to deliver his annual state of the nation address on February 9, 2017 after deploying more than 440 soldiers to prevent a repeat of violent clashes outside parliament. Zuma, 74, has faced growing criticism since his last address over a series of damaging corruption scandals, worsening unemployment levels and slowing economic growth. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / SUMAYA HISHAMSUMAYA HISHAM/AFP/Getty Images

    Scuffles break out in South African parliament – video

    Scuffles break out in South African parliament on Thursday between parliament staff and the Economic Freedom Fighters

November 2016

  • South Africa civil society protest<br>epa05613932 Protestors and police clash in Pretoria city centre, South Africa, 02 November 2016. Some of the thousands of Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) members taking part in a civil society protest because the EFF are demanding that President Jacob Zuma step down, the National Prosecution Authority (NPA) head Shaun Abrahams step down and that there should be free education. EPA/HERMAN VERWEY

    South African police fire rubber bullets at protesters – video report

    South African police used rubber bullets and tear gas against protesters from the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and Democratic Alliance (DA) parties in Pretoria on Wednesday

August 2016

  • South Africa elections results<br>epa05456348 (FILE) A file image dated 10 May 2014 shows one of the thousands of African National Congress (ANC) supporters at a party rally in Johannesburg, South Africa. According to election results released on 06 August 2016, the ANC has lost the Nelson Mandela Bay area to the opposition party the DA and although the ANC still lead the polls nationally the DA has taken two major cities. EPA/KIM LUDBROOK

    Guardian Africa network
    South Africa's local election shock down to anger and apathy

    Many urban black voters are fed up with the ANC but distrustful of the Democratic Alliance, so stayed away polling stations

May 2016

  • TOPSHOT - Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF, in red) party members of parliament spill watrer as they are physically removed from the South African parliament after repeatedly ignoring the instructions of the Speaker, on May 17, 2016, in Cape Town. A brutal fistfight broke out in the South African parliament on May 17 as security guards ejected opposition lawmakers in an ugly fracas that underlined heightened political tensions over Jacob Zuma's presidency. / AFP PHOTO / RODGER BOSCHRODGER BOSCH/AFP/Getty Images

    Brawl breaks out in South African parliament – video

  • TOPSHOT - Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF, in red) party members of parliament spill watrer as they are physically removed from the South African parliament after repeatedly ignoring the instructions of the Speaker, on May 17, 2016, in Cape Town. A brutal fistfight broke out in the South African parliament on May 17 as security guards ejected opposition lawmakers in an ugly fracas that underlined heightened political tensions over Jacob Zuma’s presidency. / AFP PHOTO / RODGER BOSCHRODGER BOSCH/AFP/Getty Images

    Brawl erupts in South African parliament as opposition party ejected

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