EFF leader Julius Malema has fired a warning shot to his rivals, promising that his party will fight tooth and nail to service ordinary people where they won!
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Speaking at the national Results Operation Centre in Midrand on Saturday, 7 November, a defiant Malema declared that the Red Berets do not need to be in formal government positions to do the work. Instead, they will launch a deliberate programme to pour all their energy into the ground.
“We are going to channel majority of our resources into these 37 wards to make sure we deliver in those wards,” Malema promised.
Juju did not hold back, launching a blistering attack on the ANC for jumping into bed with “white supremacy” instead of choosing progressive forces after the 2024 elections.
He quashed allegations that the DA stole votes and said “our people” voted for the DA.
“To say DA stole vote, you are lying. Our people decide to go into bed with the DA because in 2024, the ANC said it is nice to sleep with the enemy and people said ‘if the ANC it in 2024 why can’t we do it in 2026?’. That’s the repercussion we are suffering,” said Malema.
He claimed agents funded by the Oppenheimers, through groups like the Brenthurst Foundation, have successfully destroyed the liberation movement.
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“How do we dismantle a system of domination when one of its deepest legacies is that those who have been dominated can no longer agree on what liberation should look like?” Malema asked.
Despite the heavy blows in the 2026 Local Government Elections, Malema told his fighters that a setback is not a defeat. He thanked his teams for running “a brilliant campaign against well-funded enemies who tried to misrepresent” the EFF.
“We have come too far to mistake a setback for the end of our story. Let’s regroup, recalibrate, and find the strength to fight again,” he said.
The EFF leader highlighted massive growth in several provinces. In North West, the party grew from three wards to 10. In Mpumalanga, where they had zero wards in 2021, they scooped seven. Free State went from two to four wards, while the Eastern Cape, Gauteng, and KZN all showed progress.
The red flag flew highest in Polokwane, where they retained all four of their wards and added a fifth. Over in Marikana, Madibeng—the place the EFF calls home—voters showed real love by handing them three wards, including taking Wards 26 and 31 straight from the ANC.
Malema confirmed that out of the 7 450 council seats already allocated by the IEC, the EFF has bagged 465, with more PR seats on the way. He mocked rival parties who are celebrating regional wins, calling them “Bantustans” organised along tribal lines.
“As a national organisation with a national footprint, we remain confident in our ability to reclaim the lost ground and champion the struggles of ordinary people,” Malema stated.
