Economic Freedom Fighters

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At a 26 July 2013 press briefing in Soweto, Malema announced that the new party had over 1000 members, double the 500 required for registration with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).{{cite news|title=EFF readies for election registration as over 1 000 members recruited|author=SAPA|url=http://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2013/07/28/eff-readies-for-election-registration-as-over-1-000-members-recruited|newspaper=The Times|date=28 July 2013|access-date=28 July 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730092849/http://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2013/07/28/eff-readies-for-election-registration-as-over-1-000-members-recruited|archive-date=30 July 2013}} The EFF is now registered with the IEC, after an objection to its registration by the Freedom Front Plus (FF+) was dismissed in September 2013.{{cite news|title=It's official: Malema's EFF is a political party|author=Verashni Pillay|url=http://mg.co.za/article/2013-09-05-malemas-eff-to-contest-2014-elections|newspaper=Mail & Guardian|date=5 September 2013|access-date=5 September 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907063401/http://mg.co.za/article/2013-09-05-malemas-eff-to-contest-2014-elections|archive-date=7 September 2013}}

In 2015, the EFF suspended MP Lucky Twala and expelled three MPs, Mpho Ramakatsa, Andile Mngxitama and Khanyisile Litchfield-Tshabalala.{{cite news|url=http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Litchfield-Tshabalala-UDMs-new-national-organiser-20150605|title=Litchfield-Tshabalala UDM's new national organiser|author=Genevieve Quintal|date=5 June 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930022925/http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Litchfield-Tshabalala-UDMs-new-national-organiser-20150605|archive-date=30 September 2015}} Mngxitama formed his own party, named Black First Land First (BLF),{{cite news |title=Elections 2019: Black First Land First |url=https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/black-first-land-first/ |access-date=17 April 2020 |work=www.sabcnews.com |date=21 April 2019 |archive-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801115553/https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/black-first-land-first/ |url-status=live }} while Litchfield-Tshabalala joined the United Democratic Movement.{{cite news |title=Deputy president dumps UDM as infighting claims surface |url=https://www.dispatchlive.co.za/news/2016-09-22-deputy-president-dumps-udm-as-infighting-claims-surface/ |access-date=17 April 2020 |work=The Daily Dispatch |language=en-ZA |archive-date=30 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730213549/https://www.dispatchlive.co.za/news/2016-09-22-deputy-president-dumps-udm-as-infighting-claims-surface/ |url-status=live }} Malema has been chiefly accused by former members of purging his critics to consolidate his power, thus ruling the party with an iron fist.{{cite news |last1=Nyathi |first1=Mandisa |last2=Masuabi |first2=Queenin |title=Malema faces an EFF rebellion |url=https://city-press.news24.com/News/malema-faces-an-eff-rebellion-20191123 |access-date=20 April 2020 |work=CityPress |date=25 November 2019 |language=en |archive-date=21 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221233818/https://city-press.news24.com/News/malema-faces-an-eff-rebellion-20191123 |url-status=live }} Malema acknowledged this criticism in a press conference and went on to say that the party should have expelled more ill-disciplined members.

On 6 August 2015, the EFF announced that it has secured a Constitutional Court case for its "#PayBackTheMoney" campaign against Jacob Zuma. The case was heard on 9 February 2016. The judgement was released by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng and stated that the then-President had violated the Constitution of South Africa, along with the Speaker of the National Assembly Baleka Mbete.{{cite web|url=http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/2016/03/31/watch-full-nkandla-concourt-judgment|title=WATCH: Full Nkandla ConCourt judgment|website=Business Day Live|access-date=10 April 2016|archive-date=4 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404055655/http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/2016/03/31/watch-full-nkandla-concourt-judgment|url-status=live}} The President was given 60 days to fulfill the requirements of the Public Protector Thuli Madonsela.{{cite news|title=Lets meet in court, Malema tells Zuma|author=Emsie Ferreira|url=http://www.iol.co.za/news/special-features/lets-meet-in-court-malema-tells-zuma-1896636|date=6 August 2015|access-date=26 January 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201155340/http://www.iol.co.za/news/special-features/lets-meet-in-court-malema-tells-zuma-1896636|archive-date=1 February 2016}}

On 27 February 2018, the EFF tabled a motion in the National Assembly to amend the Constitution so as to allow for the expropriation of land without compensation. The motion, brought by the EFF leader Julius Malema, was adopted with a vote of 241 in support, and 83 against. The only parties who did not support the motion were the Democratic Alliance, Freedom Front Plus, Congress of the People and the ACDP.{{cite news |last1=Goba |first1=Neo |title=National Assembly adopts EFF motion on land expropriation |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2018-02-27-national-assembly-adopts-eff-motion-on-land-expropriation/ |access-date=20 April 2020 |work=TimesLIVE |date=27 February 2018 |language=en-ZA |archive-date=30 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730215523/https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2018-02-27-national-assembly-adopts-eff-motion-on-land-expropriation/ |url-status=live }} Land expropriation is one of the EFF's seven cardinal pillars.{{cite news|title=National Assembly adopts motion on land expropriation without compensation|author=Jan Gerber|url=https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/breaking-national-assembly-adopts-motion-on-land-expropriation-without-compensation-20180227|date=27 February 2018|access-date=12 October 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920012156/https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/breaking-national-assembly-adopts-motion-on-land-expropriation-without-compensation-20180227|archive-date=20 September 2018}}

In 2018, the party's student wing, the EFF Student Command came in first at several Student Representative Council elections, defeating the African National Congress (ANC)-aligned South African Students Congress (SASCO) at the Durban University of Technology, the University of Zululand and Mangosuthu University of Technology.{{cite news |last1=Bhengu |first1=Lwandile |title=EFF's student body victory is not a political mirror for 2019 elections' says Sasco |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2018-10-01-effs-student-body-victory-is-not-a-political-mirror-for-2019-elections-says-sasco/ |access-date=20 April 2020 |work=TimesLIVE |date=1 October 2018 |language=en-ZA |archive-date=30 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730214821/https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2018-10-01-effs-student-body-victory-is-not-a-political-mirror-for-2019-elections-says-sasco/ |url-status=live }} They also won in Cape Town, the District Six, Mowbray and Bellville Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) campuses with landslide victories. They also won the University of Cape Town.{{cite news |last1=Hlati |first1=Okuhle |title=EFF claiming victory in UCT student elections |url=https://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/news/eff-claiming-victory-in-uct-student-elections-33997631 |access-date=20 April 2020 |work=Independent Online |date=3 October 2019 |language=en |archive-date=30 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730215641/https://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/news/eff-claiming-victory-in-uct-student-elections-33997631 |url-status=live }} Peter Keetse, president of the EFFSC, said the win was a warning shot for what was going to happen in 2019 national general elections. He said the youth were the influencers of the future: "this is an indication of what is to follow".{{cite news|title=Comrades see red as students back EFF on campus|author=Kwandokuhle Njoli|url=https://www.iol.co.za/sunday-tribune/news/comrades-see-red-as-students-back-eff-on-campus-17275465|date=30 September 2018|access-date=12 October 2018|archive-date=13 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013014304/https://www.iol.co.za/sunday-tribune/news/comrades-see-red-as-students-back-eff-on-campus-17275465|url-status=live}}

In March 2023 the party attempted to organise a national shutdown in protest of loadshedding and calling for South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to step down. The shutdown was widely reported as ineffective{{Cite web |last=Wagiet |first=Rafiq |date=20 March 2023 |title=EFF National Shutdown: Did it have the desired effect? No, is the answer... |url=https://www.capetalk.co.za/articles/469368/eff-national-shutdown-did-it-have-the-desired-effect-no-is-the-answer |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=CapeTalk |language=en-ZA}}{{Cite web |last=Davis |first=Rebecca |date=2023-03-20 |title=ANALYSIS: Gaslighters-in-Chief: The true meaning of the EFF's big national fizzle |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-03-20-gaslighters-in-chief-the-true-meaning-of-the-effs-big-national-fizzle/ |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Felix |first=Jason |title=Malema hints EFF shutdown low turn-out due to canceled buses, ANC thanks SA for not joining marches |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/politics/political-parties/malema-hints-eff-shutdown-low-turn-out-due-to-canceled-buses-anc-thanks-sa-for-not-joining-marches-20230320 |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Mashigo |first=Lehlohonolo |date=2023-03-21 |title=DA's Solly Malatsi says 'national shutdown' was a mountain that gave birth to a mouse |url=https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/da-s-solly-malatsi-says-national-shutdown-was-a-mountain-that-gave-birth-to-a-mouse/ar-AA18TuHp |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=MSN |language=en-ZA}} and involved a number of instances of fake news spread by party supporters.{{Cite news |last=PesaCheck |date=2023-03-20 |title=FALSE: This video is not of Julius Malema's organised 2023 national shutdown in South Africa |url=https://pesacheck.org/false-this-video-is-not-of-julius-malemas-organised-2023-national-shutdown-in-south-africa-ffb136d4c66a |access-date=2023-05-26 |work=Medium |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Nkanjeni |first=Unathi |title=Electricity minister denies EFF's 'national shutdown' had anything to do with load-shedding suspension |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2023-03-22-electricity-minister-denies-effs-national-shutdown-had-anything-to-do-with-load-shedding-suspension/ |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=TimesLIVE |language=en-ZA}}{{Cite web |last=PesaCheck |date=2023-03-30 |title=FALSE: The Economic Freedom Fighters did not stop load shedding |url=https://pesacheck.org/false-the-economic-freedom-fighters-did-not-stop-load-shedding-8593940c2e3a |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=Medium |language=en}}

In June 2024, the EFF refused to join the ANC-led Government of National Unity (GNU), because of the Democratic Alliance (DA) and Freedom Front Plus (FF+) participation in the coalition.{{cite news |last1=Seeletsa |first1=Molefe |title='As long as DA, FF Plus aren't included': EFF urges ANC to abandon GNU, join forces |url=https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/politics/eff-urges-anc-to-abandon-gnu/ |work=The Citizen |date=29 June 2024 |language=en}}

In August 2024, EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu left the party and joined former president Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party.{{cite news |last1=Naki |first1=Eric |title=EFF in crisis? Shivambu's shift to MK may boost Zuma's influence |url=https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/politics/eff-in-crisis-shivambus-shift-to-mk-may-boost-zumas-influence/ |work=The Citizen |date=22 August 2024 |language=en}}

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According to its constitution, the EFF "draws inspiration from the broad Marxist–Leninist tradition and Fanonian schools of thought in their analyses of the state, imperialism, culture and class contradictions in every society".{{cite web |title=EFF Constitution |url=https://effonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Constitution.pdf |publisher=Economic Freedom Fighters |quotation=The EFF takes socialism as the theoretical basis guiding its thinking and development of its political line and in this respect identifies itself as a MARXIST, LENINIST, and FANONIAN organization.}}{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://effonline.org/about-us/ |publisher=Economic Freedom Fighters |access-date=16 April 2020 |archive-date=13 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713053419/https://effonline.org/about-us/ |url-status=live }} The EFF states that it takes inspiration from Burkinabé President Thomas Sankara in terms of both style and Marxist ideology.{{cite news|last=Duval Smith|first=Alex|date=30 April 2014|title='Africa's Che Guevara': Thomas Sankara's legacy|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27219307|newspaper=British Broadcasting Corporation|location=London|access-date=5 November 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101053949/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27219307|archive-date=1 November 2014}} Prominent EFF member Jackie Shandu declared the party a "proudly Sankarist formation".{{cite news|last=Shandu|first=Jackie|date=22 May 2014|title=The Sankarist makings of the EFF|url=http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2014-05-22-the-sankarist-makings-of-eff/#.VFqe0d186rX|newspaper=Daily Maverick|location=Johannesburg|access-date=5 November 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106000454/http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2014-05-22-the-sankarist-makings-of-eff/#.VFqe0d186rX|archive-date=6 November 2014}}

At the launch of the EFF in 2013, party leader Julius Malema called for a referendum on re-introducing the death penalty,{{Cite web |url=http://news.iafrica.com/sa/883240.html |title=iafrica.com Juju wants death penalty |date=1 September 2016 |website=iafrica.com |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-date=1 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160901181605/http://news.iafrica.com/sa/883240.html |url-status=dead}} but by 2019 he had reversed this position.{{Cite web |url=https://www.power987.co.za/news/malema-death-penalty/ |title=Malema slams calls for return of death penalty |first=Ntsako |last=Mashaba |date=4 September 2019}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/crime/the-eff-does-not-support-the-death-penalty-malema/ |title=The EFF does not support the death penalty - Malema |first=Citizen |last=Reporter |date=5 September 2019 |website=The Citizen}}

The party promised to tackle corruption, provide quality social housing, and provide free primary healthcare and education for all, as well as proposing to expropriate White-owned farmland, nationalise the mining and banking sectors, double welfare grants and the minimum wage, and end the proposed toll system for highways. It has criticised both the dominant African National Congress and the primary opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, for enacting policies that it claims have sold out the black people of South Africa to capitalism as cheap labour. However, after the 2016 local elections in South Africa, Malema suggested that the EFF would back the Democratic Alliance in hung-metro areas,{{clarify|date=June 2024|reason=meaning of "hung-metro areas" is unclear}} while reiterating that it would not form a coalition with any political party.{{Cite news |last=Feltham |first=Luke |title=Malema says the EFF won't form coalitions, but will support DA in hung metros |newspaper=The M&G Online |url=http://mg.co.za/article/2016-08-17-malema-says-the-eff-wont-form-coalitions-but-will-support-da-in-hung-metros |url-status=live |access-date=27 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128050103/http://mg.co.za/article/2016-08-17-malema-says-the-eff-wont-form-coalitions-but-will-support-da-in-hung-metros |archive-date=28 November 2016}}

The EFF has vocally criticised black business owners, particularly in South Africa's mining sector. In an address at the Oxford Union in November 2015, Malema spoke out against billionaire mining company owner Patrice Motsepe.{{cite web |url=http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/politics/2015/11/26/effs-malema-takes-aim-at-sellout-black-billionaires-in-oxford-address |title=Business Day |website=www.bdlive.co.za |access-date=27 November 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151229135821/http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/politics/2015/11/26/effs-malema-takes-aim-at-sellout-black-billionaires-in-oxford-address |archive-date=29 December 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2016/05/01/Patrice-Motsepe-has-no-power%E2%80%9A-says-Malema|title=Patrice Motsepe has no power' says Malema|last=Jordaan|first=Buchule Raba And Nomahlubi|website=Times LIVE|access-date=27 November 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127215142/http://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2016/05/01/Patrice-Motsepe-has-no-power%E2%80%9A-says-Malema|archive-date=27 November 2016}} During further protests in 2015, the EFF delivered demands that included the socialisation of the mining sector and called for more explicit targets for the 26% BEE ownership required by law.{{Cite news |url=http://mg.co.za/article/2015-11-01-yes-and-no-to-effs-list-of-demands |title=Yes and no to EFF's list of demands |last=John |first=Victoria |newspaper=The M&G Online |access-date=27 November 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128050240/http://mg.co.za/article/2015-11-01-yes-and-no-to-effs-list-of-demands |archive-date=28 November 2016}} The EFF is a vocal proponent of expanding the role of South African state-owned enterprises in the national economy.{{cite web |url=https://techfinancials.co.za/2019/02/03/eff-wants-state-to-create-ai-robotics-and-biotechnology-firms/ |title=EFF Wants State To Create AI, Robotics And BioTechnology Firms |last=Lourie |first=Gugu |date=3 February 2019 |website=TechFinancials |language=en-ZA |access-date=17 February 2019 |archive-date=17 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217203031/https://techfinancials.co.za/2019/02/03/eff-wants-state-to-create-ai-robotics-and-biotechnology-firms/ |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=https://www.politicsweb.co.za/documents/the-effs-2019-election-manifesto-iv |title=The EFF's 2019 election manifesto (IV) – DOCUMENTS {{!}} Politicsweb |website=www.politicsweb.co.za |access-date=17 February 2019 |archive-date=17 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217201106/https://www.politicsweb.co.za/documents/the-effs-2019-election-manifesto-iv |url-status=live}} In a public address at Marikana in the Rustenburg area, near the site of the Marikana massacre, Malema blamed mining companies for poverty in the region and called out platinum mining company Lonmin in particular.{{cite web |url=http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/bdd0ce804d689dfe9d42df4b5facb1b5/Malema-blames-mining-companies-for-high-levels-of-poverty-20160707 |title=SABC News – Malema blames mining companies for high levels of poverty:Thursday 7 July 2016 |last=Tatai |first=Sello |website=www.sabc.co.za |access-date=27 November 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127232029/http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/bdd0ce804d689dfe9d42df4b5facb1b5/Malema-blames-mining-companies-for-high-levels-of-poverty-20160707 |archive-date=27 November 2016}}

The EFF was the only parliamentary party that opposed the 2018 political party funding bill, a funding transparency law that requires political parties to publish their sources of funding.{{Cite news |title=Reasons why the EFF rejects the political party funding bill |url=https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/1871025/reasons-why-the-eff-rejects-the-political-party-funding-bill/ |access-date=15 September 2018 |archive-date=15 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915073113/https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/1871025/reasons-why-the-eff-rejects-the-political-party-funding-bill/ |url-status=live}}

The EFF presents itself as a Pan-Africanist party and supports the proposal for a United States of Africa. In respect to this, the EFF and Malema have repeatedly praised former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, promising to implement many of the policies in South Africa that Gaddafi implemented in Libya.{{cite web |date=2018-09-02 |title=Fearless Julius Malema – All Africans Should watch this |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqnZ0Io9Z7M |publisher=YouTube |accessdate=2021-11-19 |archive-date=17 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717100754/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqnZ0Io9Z7M |url-status=live }}{{cite tweet|number=1254717604171845632|user=EFFSouthAfrica|title=#EFFFreedomDayRally Malema: We must...|date=27 April 2020}}{{cite tweet|number=999984373612072962|user=EFFSouthAfrica|title=#EFFAfricaDay Malema: We celebrate...|date=25 May 2018}} The party is against presence of the American military bases in Africa, most notably in Botswana.{{Cite web |title=ANC govt deliberately sabotaging Eskom – EFF - DOCUMENTS {{!}} Politicsweb |url=https://www.politicsweb.co.za/documents/conditions-worsening-in-sa-under-anc-govt--eff |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=www.politicsweb.co.za |language=en |archive-date=16 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516160147/https://www.politicsweb.co.za/documents/conditions-worsening-in-sa-under-anc-govt--eff |url-status=live }}

The EFF has been strongly critical of the government of Eswatini, one of the last absolute monarchies in the world, advocating for democratic reforms in the country and the removal of borders between it and South Africa.{{Cite web |last=Pambo |first=Vuyani |date=29 June 2021 |title=EFF STATEMENT ON THE DEVELOPMENTS IN ESWATINI. |url=https://effonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/EFF-STATEMENT-ON-THE-DEVELOPMENTS-IN-ESWATINI.-.pdf |access-date=4 October 2023 |website=EFF Online |publisher=Economic Freedom Flighters}} The party has supported a number of efforts to support change in Eswatini ranging from trying to shutdown the Eswatini-South Africa border with protest action{{Cite web |last=Myeni |first=Thabi |title=South Africa's EFF leads peaceful protests at Eswatini borders |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/20/south-africa-eff-leads-peaceful-protests-at-eswatini-borders |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Bhengu |first=Cebelihle |date=19 April 2022 |title=EFF shuts down Eswatini borders — Here's why |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2022-04-19-eff-shuts-down-eswatini-borders-heres-why/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=TimesLIVE |language=en-ZA}} to criticizing the electoral process in the country.{{Cite web |date=2023-10-01 |title=Malema describes eSwatini elections as a mockery of democracy |url=https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/malema-describes-eswatini-elections-as-a-mockery-of-democracy/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=SABC News |language=en-US}}

The EFF is critical of France's presence in Africa; in 2022 the party picketed outside of and ultimately barricaded the country's embassy in Pretoria.{{Cite web |last=Khumalo |first=Juniour |title=Africa Day: EFF in protest outside French embassy, says continent 'remains at mercy of former colonial masters' |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/africa-day-eff-in-protest-outside-french-embassy-says-continent-remains-at-mercy-of-former-colonial-masters-20220525 |access-date=2022-05-26 |website=News24 |language=en-US |archive-date=26 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526085625/https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/africa-day-eff-in-protest-outside-french-embassy-says-continent-remains-at-mercy-of-former-colonial-masters-20220525 |url-status=live }} The French ambassador to South Africa criticised the EFF for scapegoating France as the supposed source of all Africa's problems.{{Citation |title=France embassy responds to EFF's call for France to withdraw from African affairs | date=25 May 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKV00tfdSi0 |publisher=SABC News |language=en |access-date=2022-05-26 |archive-date=26 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526132241/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKV00tfdSi0 |url-status=live }} Following the death of Queen Elizabeth the EFF announced that they would not mourn her passing instead stating that "she never once acknowledged the atrocities her family inflicted on native people that Britain invaded across the world."{{cite web |date=9 September 2022 |title=A global outpouring of grief mixes with criticism of the monarchy |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/world/queen-elizabeth-death-reactions-criticism-8140045/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909061812/https://indianexpress.com/article/world/queen-elizabeth-death-reactions-criticism-8140045/ |archive-date=9 September 2022 |accessdate=9 September 2022 |work=The New York Times |via=The Indian Express}}

The EFF is against Zionism,{{cite web | url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-707221 | title=Israel is an 'evil state that must be destroyed' - South Africa's EFF | date=19 May 2022 | access-date=14 August 2022 | archive-date=14 August 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814144247/https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-707221 | url-status=live }} is strongly critical of Israel and its conflict with the Palestinians;{{Cite web |title=EFF demands Israeli ambassador leaves SA as Palestinian death toll climbs to 58 |url=https://www.news24.com/News24/eff-demands-israeli-ambassador-leaves-sa-as-palestinian-death-toll-climbs-to-58-20180515 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220911130556/https://www.news24.com/News24/eff-demands-israeli-ambassador-leaves-sa-as-palestinian-death-toll-climbs-to-58-20180515 |archive-date=11 September 2022 |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=News24 |language=en-US}} referring to the country as "evil" and advocating for its destruction.{{Cite web |title=Israel is an evil state. which must be destroyed as a matter of urgency! - EFF - POLITICS {{!}} Politicsweb |url=https://www.politicsweb.co.za/politics/israel-is-an-evil-state-which-must-be-destroyed-as |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220911130555/https://www.politicsweb.co.za/politics/israel-is-an-evil-state-which-must-be-destroyed-as |archive-date=11 September 2022 |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=www.politicsweb.co.za |language=en}} During the Gaza war the leader of the EFF Julius Malema stated the party's support for Hamas and that should the party win the 2024 election they would send arms to assist the organisation.{{Cite web |last=Goba |first=Thabiso |title=When EFF governs SA, we'll 'arm Hamas to fight for their freedom' - Malema |url=https://ewn.co.za/2023/10/23/when-eff-governs-sa-we-ll-arm-hamas-to-fight-for-their-freedom-malema |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=ewn.co.za |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Mbolekwa |first=Sisanda |date=23 October 2023 |title='When we take over in 2024 we will fund Hamas,' says Malema |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2023-10-23-when-we-take-over-in-2024-we-will-fund-hamas-says-malema/ |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=TimesLIVE |language=en-ZA}}

The EFF officially supports Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, commending what they refer to as Russia's "anti-imperialist programme" against NATO. During the Lady R incident the party stated their support for any prospect of South African exports of military equipment to Russia that might assist in its invasion of Ukraine.{{Cite web |last=Morgan |first=Kayleen |title='If guns were given to Russia it was a good thing' - Malema |url=https://ewn.co.za/2023/05/15/if-guns-were-given-to-russia-it-was-a-good-thing-malema |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519150848/https://ewn.co.za/2023/05/15/if-guns-were-given-to-russia-it-was-a-good-thing-malema |archive-date=May 19, 2023 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=ewn.co.za |language=en}}

The party supports closer bilateral relations between South Africa and China whilst considering Taiwan to be an "integral part" of the People's Republic of China; it has referred to the Chinese Communist Party as the "torch-bearer for all Marxist–Leninist formations in the world".{{Cite news |last=Mashigo |first=Lehlohonolo |date=25 October 2022 |title=EFF congratulates re-election of General-Secretary of Communist Party of China |work=Independent Online |url=https://www.iol.co.za/the-star/news/eff-congratulates-re-election-of-general-secretary-of-communist-party-of-china-ccd585a5-9049-4fe6-8850-ab43a3d51de8 |access-date=15 March 2023 |archive-date=15 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315201722/https://www.iol.co.za/the-star/news/eff-congratulates-re-election-of-general-secretary-of-communist-party-of-china-ccd585a5-9049-4fe6-8850-ab43a3d51de8 |url-status=live }}

The EFF supports the rights of the LGBT+ community in Africa and officially condemns laws that seek to ban homosexuality.{{Cite web |date=24 March 2023 |title=EFF CONDEMNS UGANDA'S ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY BILL |url=https://effonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/EFF-CONDEMNS-UGANDAS-ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY-BILL.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405083800/https://effonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/EFF-CONDEMNS-UGANDAS-ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY-BILL.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 April 2023 |access-date=5 April 2023 |website=Economic Freedom Fighters }} The party was critical of Uganda's 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Bill and led a protest outside of the Ugandan embassy in South Africa urging Uganda's president not to sign it into law.{{Cite web |title=South African opposition protests Uganda's anti-LGBTQ bill |url=https://news.yahoo.com/south-african-opposition-protests-ugandas-141904123.html |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=Yahoo News |date=4 April 2023 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Ramushwana |first=Alpha |title=EFF urges other African countries to unite against Uganda's anti-LGBTQIA+ bill |url=https://ewn.co.za/2023/04/05/eff-urges-other-african-countries-to-unite-against-uganda-s-anti-lgbtqia-bill |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=ewn.co.za |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Mahlati |first=Zintle |title=WATCH {{!}} 'Leave the people as they are': Malema leads picket against Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/politics/political-parties/watch-leave-the-people-as-they-are-malema-leads-picket-against-ugandas-anti-homosexuality-bill-20230404 |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=News24 |language=en-US}} Later in 2023, the party was strongly criticized by members of the South African LGBT+ community for inviting Patrick Lumumba, a Kenyan professor known for making homophobic statements and who is publicly supportive of Uganda's 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Bill, to deliver the party's 10th anniversary lecture at the University of Cape Town.{{Cite web |last=Calitz |first=Ernst |date=2023-07-24 |title=CAMPUS STRIFE: UCT students and staff protest against anti-gay academic Patrick Lumumba at EFF event |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-07-25-uct-students-and-staff-protest-against-anti-gay-academic-patrick-lumumba-at-eff-event/ |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Hendricks |first=Text by Mary-Anne Gontsana Photos by Ashraf |date=2023-07-24 |title=Supporters of gay rights and EFF members go head to head at UCT |url=https://www.groundup.org.za/article/supporters-of-gay-rights-and-eff-members-go-head-to-head-at-uct/ |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=GroundUp News |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Charles |first=Marvin |title=WATCH {{!}} 'EFF has blood on its hands': UCT students fume as controversial anti-gay academic's talk goes ahead |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/eff-has-blood-on-its-hands-uct-students-fume-as-controversial-anti-gay-academics-talk-goes-ahead-20230724 |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Igual |first=Roberto |date=2023-07-25 |title=EFF and LGBTQI+ students clash over queerphobic professor's UCT lecture |url=https://www.mambaonline.com/2023/07/25/eff-and-lgbtqi-students-clash-over-queerphobic-professors-uct-lecture/ |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=MambaOnline - Gay South Africa online |language=en-US}}

According to a November 2013 Ipsos survey, the party's supporters are younger than average, with 49% being younger than 24, overwhelmingly black (99%) and mostly male, with women representing only 33% of the support base. A disproportionate number of supporters live in Malema's home province of Limpopo (28%), while only 1% live in KwaZulu-Natal, a more populous province.{{cite web|title=The supporter profiles of SA's three largest parties|url=http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page72308?oid=534039&sn=Marketingweb+detail&pid=90389|publisher=Politicsweb|access-date=6 February 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222022154/http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page72308?oid=534039&sn=Marketingweb+detail&pid=90389|archive-date=22 February 2014}} A 2018 survey conducted by social research company Citizen Surveys found that around 70% of EFF supporters were between the ages of 18 and 34, overwhelmingly black (97%), mostly based in major metropolitan cities (48%), predominantly male (62%) with 43% of their support base located in Gauteng Province.{{cite web|url=https://citizensurveys.net/citizen-surveys-how-many-white-eff-supporters-exist-and-11-other-stats/|title=Citizen Surveys: How many white EFF supporters exist, and 11 other stats|date=1 November 2018|website=Citizen Surveys|language=en-US|access-date=30 September 2019|archive-date=30 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930155418/https://citizensurveys.net/citizen-surveys-how-many-white-eff-supporters-exist-and-11-other-stats/|url-status=live}} The party was expected to make an impact in the 2014 general election, taking between 4 per cent and 8 per cent of the national vote. This was potentially enough for the party to hold the balance of power in provinces where the governing African National Congress was in danger of losing its absolute majority.{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/africa/economic-freedom-fighters-on-rise-in-south-africa-1.1779028|title=Economic Freedom Fighters on rise in South Africa|date=1 May 2014|access-date=6 May 2014|newspaper=The Irish Times|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506162746/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/africa/economic-freedom-fighters-on-rise-in-south-africa-1.1779028|archive-date=6 May 2014}} The ANC retained its absolute majority whilst the EFF got 6.35% of the vote in the 2014 election.{{cite web|url=http://www.news24.com/Elections/News/ANC-wins-249-seats-20140510|title=ANC wins 249 seats|date=12 May 2014|website=News24|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512215131/http://www.news24.com/Elections/News/ANC-wins-249-seats-20140510|archive-date=12 May 2014|access-date=30 September 2019}}

High-profile members of the Central Command Team include Fana Mokoena and former member Mbuyiseni Ndlozi (National Spokesperson) who resigned in February 2025.{{cite web|author=Economic Freedom Fighters|title=Central Command Team|url=http://www.effonline.org/structure|publisher=effonline.org|access-date=21 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812200344/http://effighters.org.za/structure/officials/|archive-date=12 August 2013}}{{Cite web |last=Erasmus |first=Des |date=2025-02-10 |title=Mbuyiseni Ndlozi resigns from EFF |url=https://mg.co.za/politics/2025-02-10-mbuyiseni-ndlozi-resigns-from-eff/ |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}}{{Cite web |last=Njilo |first=Nonkululeko |date=2025-02-10 |title=Mbuyiseni Ndlozi resigns from EFF, shifts focus to academia |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-02-10-mbuyiseni-ndlozi-resigns-from-eff-shifts-focus-to-academia-and-civil-society/ |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}Controversial businessman Kenny Kunene joined the Central Command Team in July 2013 before resigning from the Central Command Team on 20 August 2013 and from the organisation on 26 August 2013.{{cite news|title='Sushi King' quits EFF leadership|author=Poloko Tau|url=http://www.iol.co.za/news/special-features/sushi-king-quits-eff-leadership-1.1565564#.UhhxMWthiSM|newspaper=Independent Online|date=21 August 2013|access-date=24 August 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130824143456/http://www.iol.co.za/news/special-features/sushi-king-quits-eff-leadership-1.1565564#.UhhxMWthiSM|archive-date=24 August 2013}}{{cite news|title=Kunene quits EFF|author=SAPA|url=http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Kunene-quits-EFF-20130826|newspaper=News24|date=26 August 2013|access-date=5 September 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829084845/http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Kunene-quits-EFF-20130826|archive-date=29 August 2013}} On 4 November 2013, it was announced that Dali Mpofu had left the African National Congress (ANC) after 33 years of membership and joined the EFF.{{cite web|url=http://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/dali-mpofu-joins-eff-1.1601553#.UoctTNKmimg|title=Dali Mpofu joins EFF – Cape Times|publisher=IOL.co.za|date=4 November 2013|access-date=23 November 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202233822/http://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/dali-mpofu-joins-eff-1.1601553#.UoctTNKmimg|archive-date=2 December 2013}} In December 2023, former ANC member and Areta leader Carl Niehaus joined the EFF.{{cite web |title=Carl Niehaus joins EFF |url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/carl-niehaus-joins-eff-556bc93f-05cf-4648-a5ef-842b6f63db8b |website=iol.co.za |access-date=3 August 2024}} On 19 August 2024 EFF leader Julius Malema announced to the party supporters in Soweto that Sinawo Tambo will be replacing former deputy and member of parliament Floyd Shivambu in parliament.{{cite web |title=EFF's Sinawo Thambo replaces Shivambu in Parliament following resignation |url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/effs-sinawo-thambo-replaces-shivambu-in-parliament-following-resignation-3d31ed80-c866-4cc3-9932-0b54ec9d4521 |website=iol.co.za |access-date=22 August 2024}}

The Economic Freedom Fighters Students Command (EFFSC) was the party's student wing, founded on 16 June 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-10-05-eff-students-command-brigades-take-university-src-elections-by-storm/|title=RISE OF THE EFF YOUTH: EFF Students Command brigades take university SRC elections by storm|first=Nkateko|last=Mabasa|website=Daily Maverick|date=4 October 2018|access-date=24 April 2020|archive-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803124531/https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-10-05-eff-students-command-brigades-take-university-src-elections-by-storm/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://briefly.co.za/22664-eff-student-command-secretary-aseza-mayaphi-arrested-wearing-sandf-uniform.html|title=EFF student command secretary, Aseza Mayaphi, arrested for wearing SANDF uniform|first=Samantha|last=Riddle|date=23 January 2019|website=briefly.co.za|access-date=24 April 2020|archive-date=30 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730213853/https://briefly.co.za/22664-eff-student-command-secretary-aseza-mayaphi-arrested-wearing-sandf-uniform.html|url-status=live}} It campaigns for free education,{{cite news |title=EFF Students Command issues fierce warning to universities |url=https://www.thesouthafrican.com/eff-students-command-warning-to-universities/amp/ |access-date=22 April 2020 |work=The South African |date=21 January 2019 |archive-date=30 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730211427/https://www.thesouthafrican.com/eff-students-command-warning-to-universities/amp/ |url-status=dead }} universal access to education and the elimination of registration fees,{{cite news|url=https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/eff-students-command-demands-fee-free-registration-at-universities-or-else-20190108|title=EFF Students Command demands fee-free registration at universities… or else|work=News24|access-date=24 April 2020|archive-date=22 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122053243/https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/eff-students-command-demands-fee-free-registration-at-universities-or-else-20190108|url-status=live}} It was officially disbanded in February 2025 and replaced with a newly formed youth command following a resolution passed at the party's elective conference in December 2024.{{Cite web |last=Goba |first=Thabiso |title=EFF officially dissolves student command, replaces it with youth command |url=https://www.ewn.co.za/2025/02/03/eff-officially-dissolves-student-command-replaces-it-with-youth-command |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=EWN |language=en}}

Following electoral losses in the 2024 general election the party experienced a number of high profile defections to the newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe party (MK) which weakened the party further.{{Cite news |last=Rose |first=Rob |date=2024-08-22 |title=Defections leave South Africa's radical EFF party at risk of 'imploding' |url=https://www.ft.com/content/db231d42-d41a-410e-a1b9-cbda1d887c90 |access-date=2024-11-09 |work=Financial Times}}{{Cite web |last=Masuabi |first=Queenin |date=2024-08-15 |title=Five ways Floyd Shivambu's defection from EFF could harm Malema's party |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-08-15-five-ways-floyd-shivambus-defection-from-eff-to-mk-could-harm-malemas-party/ |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}} The party's former Limpopo chairperson, Jossey Buthane, defected to the ANC three weeks before the election whilst claiming that further defections would happen in the future.{{Cite web |last=Eyaaz |date=2024-05-16 |title=Defector Jossey Buthane says EFF is 'bleeding support' in Limpopo |url=https://mg.co.za/politics/2024-05-16-defector-jossey-buthane-says-eff-is-bleeding-support-in-limpopo/ |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}} Three months after the election, in August, party co-founder and deputy leader, Floyd Shivambu, defected to MK{{Cite web |date=2024-08-24 |title=Floyd Shivambu's defection shakes South Africa's EFF and Julius Malema |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c77l612r254o |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}} as did Mzwanele Manyi.{{Cite web |last=Nkadimeng |first=Innocentia |date=16 August 2024 |title='At a difficult time in his life, Malema accepted him': Niehaus on Manyi leaving EFF to join MK Party |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2024-08-16-at-a-difficult-time-in-his-life-malema-accepted-him-niehaus-on-manyi-leaving-eff-to-join-mk-party/ |website=Times Live}} This was followed by Busisiwe Mkhwebane in October,{{Cite web |last=Goba |first=Thabiso |title=Mkhwebane joins MK Party after dumping the EFF |url=https://www.ewn.co.za/2024/10/25/mkhwebane-joins-mk-party-after-dumping-the-eff |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=EWN |language=en}} and the party's former chairperson, Dali Mpofu, in November 2024.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-07 |title=Dali Mpofu's defection: Behind the exodus from Malema's EFF to Zuma's MK party |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ymlynxkxyo |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}

The ANC has accused the Zimbabwean ruling party, the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF), of supporting the EFF in order to destabilise the ANC.{{cite news|title=Mantashe hits out at EFF for 'distorting the Freedom Charter'|author=Natasha Marrian|url=http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/politics/2013/07/29/mantashe-hits-out-at-eff-for-distorting-the-freedom-charter|newspaper=Business Day|date=29 July 2013|access-date=30 July 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801072713/http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/politics/2013/07/29/mantashe-hits-out-at-eff-for-distorting-the-freedom-charter|archive-date=1 August 2013}}

In 2019 President Cyril Ramaphosa stated during a debate in Parliament that he had received numerous intelligence reports that the EFF "is an MI6 project" (a project of the foreign arm of British intelligence agencies).{{Cite news |last=Cele |first=S'thembile |date=14 February 2019 |title=Ramaphosa: I was warned that the 'EFF was an MI6 project' |work=City Press |url=https://www.news24.com/citypress/News/the-eff-a-british-intelligence-project-says-ramaphosa-20190214 |access-date=18 April 2023}} The party's chairperson, Dali Mpofu, said he would shut down the EFF if the claims turned out to be true but he was removed as chairman in the same year.{{Cite news |first= |date=18 February 2019 |title=Mpofu promises to shut EFF down if MI6 allegations turn out to be true |work=The Citizen |url=https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/politics/mpofu-promises-to-shut-eff-down-if-mi6-allegations-turn-out-to-be-true/ |access-date=18 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928173246/https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/politics/mpofu-promises-to-shut-eff-down-if-mi6-allegations-turn-out-to-be-true/ |archive-date=28 September 2022}}

A number of articles published by investigative journalists have accused the party of using their influence to earn improper payments from government suppliers in cities where the EFF has significant representative power.{{cite web|url=https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/politics/2185034/malema-and-eff-get-r15m-in-kickbacks-in-tshwane-fuel-scandal-report/|title=Malema and EFF get R15m in 'kickbacks' in Tshwane fuel scandal – report|website=citizen.co.za|date=30 September 2019|access-date=17 October 2019|archive-date=1 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001184117/https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/politics/2185034/malema-and-eff-get-r15m-in-kickbacks-in-tshwane-fuel-scandal-report/|url-status=live}} An investigation by the amaBhungane centre for investigative journalism stated that the EFF received R500,000 in kickbacks from a company in return for a R1.26 billion contract to manage a fleet of vehicles used by the City of Johannesburg with tacit acquiescence of the Democratic Alliance.{{cite web|url=https://amabhungane.org/stories/firm-that-won-r1bn-joburg-fleet-contract-paid-malema-eff-slush-fund/|title=Firm that won R1bn Jo'burg fleet contract paid Malema-EFF 'slush-fund' – amaBhungane|last=Micah Reddy and Stefaans Brümmer|date=29 November 2018|website=amabhungane.org|language=en-ZA|access-date=29 November 2018|archive-date=30 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130030407/https://amabhungane.org/stories/firm-that-won-r1bn-joburg-fleet-contract-paid-malema-eff-slush-fund/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://amabhungane.org/stories/tender-comrades-part-1-trailing-the-juju-tractor/|title=Tender comrades part 1: Trailing the Juju tractor|website=amaBhungane|date=19 September 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=17 October 2019|archive-date=17 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017152043/https://amabhungane.org/stories/tender-comrades-part-1-trailing-the-juju-tractor/|url-status=live}} Another investigation alleges that the party improperly benefited from the awarding of a fuel supply contract for the City of Tshwane netting the party R15 million from successful contractors.{{cite web|url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-09-29-tender-comrades-part-two-tshwane-tenderpreneurs-r15m-eff-tithe/|title=AMABHUNGANE: Tender Comrades Part Two: Tshwane tenderpreneur's R15m 'EFF tithe'|last=amaBhungane|first=Stefaans Brummer & Micah Reddy for|website=Daily Maverick|date=29 September 2019|language=en|access-date=17 October 2019|archive-date=10 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010030914/https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-09-29-tender-comrades-part-two-tshwane-tenderpreneurs-r15m-eff-tithe/|url-status=live}}

{{See also|VBS Mutual Bank}}

Following the publication of a South African Reserve Bank report{{cite web|url=https://www.resbank.co.za/Lists/News%20and%20Publications/Attachments/8830/VBS%20Mutual%20Bank%20-%20The%20Great%20Bank%20Heist.pdf|title=The Great Bank Heist: Investigator's Report to the Prudential Authority|last=Motau|first=Terry|date=10 October 2018|website=South African Reserve Bank|page=135|access-date=11 October 2018|archive-date=26 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626094410/https://www.resbank.co.za/Lists/News%20and%20Publications/Attachments/8830/VBS%20Mutual%20Bank%20-%20The%20Great%20Bank%20Heist.pdf|url-status=live}} into the collapse of VBS Mutual Bank implicating former EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu's brother media reports came out alleging that Shivambu, who joined Jacob Zuma's UMkhonto weSizwe (political party) in August 2024, received R10 million in illicit payments from VBS prior to it being placed under curatorship in March 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-10-11-the-shivambu-brothers-and-the-great-vbs-heist/|title=The Shivambu Brothers and the Great VBS Heist|last=Van Wyk|first=Pauli|date=11 October 2018|work=Daily Maverick|access-date=11 October 2018|archive-date=11 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011043855/https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-10-11-the-shivambu-brothers-and-the-great-vbs-heist/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://mg.co.za/article/2018-10-12-00-pic-vbs-floyd-and-his-baby-brother|title=PIC, VBS, Floyd and his baby brother|last=Jika|first=Sabelo Skiti, Thanduxolo|date=12 October 2018|work=The M&G Online|access-date=13 October 2018|archive-date=12 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012125435/https://mg.co.za/article/2018-10-12-00-pic-vbs-floyd-and-his-baby-brother|url-status=live}} Prior to the publication of the Reserve Bank's report the EFF criticised the Reserve Bank for placing VBS under curatorship and accused it of victimising VBS on racial grounds.{{cite web|url=https://www.effonline.org/single-post/2018/03/11/EFF-STATEMENT-ON-VBS-CURATORSHIP|title=EFF STATEMENT ON VBS CURATORSHIP {{!}} EFF: Economic Freedom Fighters|last=Ndlozi|first=Mbuyiseni Quintin|date=11 March 2018|website=Economic Freedom Fighters|access-date=13 October 2018|archive-date=13 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013172431/https://www.effonline.org/single-post/2018/03/11/EFF-STATEMENT-ON-VBS-CURATORSHIP|url-status=live}} The EFF stated that it had seen no evidence that Shivambu received the R10 million{{Cite news|url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2018-10-16-there-are-exchanges-of-money-between-floyd-and-brian-shivambu-but-floyd-did-not-get-money-from-vbs-says-eff/|title=Money was exchanged – but Floyd did not get any from VBS bank, says Malema|access-date=16 October 2018|archive-date=16 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016152136/https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2018-10-16-there-are-exchanges-of-money-between-floyd-and-brian-shivambu-but-floyd-did-not-get-money-from-vbs-says-eff/|url-status=live}} and called for government to recapitalise VBS Mutual Bank{{Cite news|url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/eff-calls-for-vbs-to-be-recapitalised-17501083|title=EFF calls for VBS to be recapitalised {{!}} IOL News|last=Zintle|first=Mahlati|date=16 October 2018|work=IOL|access-date=16 October 2018|archive-date=16 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016165527/https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/eff-calls-for-vbs-to-be-recapitalised-17501083|url-status=live}} whilst also taking legal action against those mentioned in the Reserve Bank report.{{Cite news|url=https://www.dispatchlive.co.za/politics/2018-10-16-malema-vbs-allegations-meant-to-discredit-the-eff/|title=Malema: VBS allegations meant to 'discredit the EFF'|last=Mvumvu|first=Zingisa|date=16 October 2018|work=Dispatch Live|access-date=16 October 2018|archive-date=16 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016143102/https://www.dispatchlive.co.za/politics/2018-10-16-malema-vbs-allegations-meant-to-discredit-the-eff/|url-status=live}} A follow-up investigation by the Daily Maverick alleged that the EFF illicitly received R1.8 million of VBS money through a network of proxy companies with the party's leadership (notably Shivambu and Malema) also illicitly receiving money though this network.{{Cite news|url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-11-21-vbs-bank-heist-effs-family-ties-and-moneyed-connections/|title=VBS bank heist: EFF's family ties and moneyed connections|last=Wyk|first=Pauli Van|date=21 November 2018|work=Daily Maverick|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-date=21 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121142631/https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-11-21-vbs-bank-heist-effs-family-ties-and-moneyed-connections/|url-status=live}} After being approached by the Mail & Guardian for comment on his personal financial expenses Floyd Shivambu admitted that money from VBS, channeled through his brother, was used to buy his Range Rover Sport valued at R680,000.{{cite web|url=https://mg.co.za/article/2019-09-26-vbss-r680k-paid-for-floyds-wheels/|title=VBS's R680k paid for Floyd's wheels|last=Skiti|first=Thanduxolo Jika, Sabelo|website=The M&G Online|date=26 September 2019|access-date=30 September 2019|archive-date=30 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930175203/https://mg.co.za/article/2019-09-26-vbss-r680k-paid-for-floyds-wheels/|url-status=live}} By June 2021 Shivambu's brother had repaid R4.55 million and admitted to taking VBS money.{{cite web|last=Wyk|first=Pauli Van|date=2021-06-06|title=SCORPIO: Floyd Shivambu's brother quietly pays back R4.55m, admits he received the VBS money gratuitously|url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-06-06-floyd-shivambus-brother-quietly-pays-back-r4-55m-admits-he-received-the-vbs-money-gratuitously/|access-date=2021-06-07|website=Daily Maverick|language=en|archive-date=7 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607144748/https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-06-06-floyd-shivambus-brother-quietly-pays-back-r4-55m-admits-he-received-the-vbs-money-gratuitously/|url-status=live}}

A follow-up investigation by the Daily Maverick found that R454,000 of VBS money was used to pay for the 2017 EFF birthday celebration.{{cite web|url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-05-27-cruising-nicely-on-vbs-effs-parties-lies-and-looted-money/|title=SCORPIO: 'Cruising nicely' on VBS: EFF's Parties, Lies and Looted Money|last=Wyk|first=Pauli Van|website=Daily Maverick|date=27 May 2019|access-date=1 June 2019|archive-date=2 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602084711/https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-05-27-cruising-nicely-on-vbs-effs-parties-lies-and-looted-money/|url-status=live}} It also found that a total of R16.1 million was channeled through a Shivambu associated company largely for the benefit of the EFF. An additional investigation traced financial statements from an account that received VBS funds and allegedly controlled by Julius Malema; leading the author of the investigation to estimate that Malema received and directly benefited from R5.3-million illegally taken from VBS.{{cite web|url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-09-08-vbs-theft-money-laundering-lifes-little-luxuries-julius-malemas-time-of-spending-dangerously/|title=SCORPIO: VBS Theft, Money Laundering & Life's Little Luxuries: Julius Malema's time of spending dangerously|last=Wyk|first=Pauli Van|date=8 September 2019|website=Daily Maverick|access-date=30 September 2019|archive-date=30 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930165440/https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-09-08-vbs-theft-money-laundering-lifes-little-luxuries-julius-malemas-time-of-spending-dangerously/|url-status=live}} Additional media reports in October 2019, alleged that the party received R4 million of VBS funds into a slush fund that was channeled to Malema via a company named Santaclara Trading.{{cite web|url=https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/politics/2190574/over-r4m-in-concerning-payments-made-into-malema-slush-fund-report/|title=Over R4m in 'concerning' payments made into Malema slush fund – report|website=citizen.co.za|date=13 October 2019|access-date=17 October 2019|archive-date=17 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017153330/https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/politics/2190574/over-r4m-in-concerning-payments-made-into-malema-slush-fund-report/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/news/2019-10-13-julius-malemas-slush-fund-exposed/|title=Julius Malema's 'slush fund' exposed|website=TimesLIVE|access-date=17 October 2019|archive-date=16 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016204742/https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/news/2019-10-13-julius-malemas-slush-fund-exposed/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/malema-linked-to-another-company-that-had-a-vbs-loan-report-20191013|title=Malema linked to another company that had a VBS loan – report|date=13 October 2019|website=News24|access-date=17 October 2019|archive-date=17 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017153335/https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/malema-linked-to-another-company-that-had-a-vbs-loan-report-20191013|url-status=live}}

A former member of the EFF's leadership accused the party leadership of accepting donations from VBS Mutual Bank prior to its collapse. The South African Parliament’s joint ethics committee found that Shivambu had received at least R180,000, in three payments, of VBS money from his brother's company Sgameka Projects Pty Ltd in 2017; but found no evidence that Malema received any VBS related funds.{{Cite web |last=Maliti |first=Jason Felix and Soyiso |title=Parliament closes Malema's VBS Bank file due to lack of evidence |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/politics/parliament/parliament-closes-malemas-vbs-bank-file-due-to-lack-of-evidence-20231003 |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Merten |first=Marianne |date=2023-10-02 |title=Ethics committee raps Floyd Shivambu on knuckles over VBS payments |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-10-02-ethics-committee-raps-floyd-shivambu-on-knuckles-over-vbs-payments-and-tells-bheki-cele-to-apologise-for-outburst/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}

Malema has forwarded a conspiracy theory that the VBS collapse was part of a plot intended to damage the EFF.{{cite web|url=https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/watch-vbs-was-meant-to-collapse-and-finish-eff-malema-20190503|title=WATCH: 'VBS was meant to collapse and finish EFF' – Malema|date=3 May 2019|website=News24|access-date=1 June 2019|archive-date=1 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601091938/https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/watch-vbs-was-meant-to-collapse-and-finish-eff-malema-20190503|url-status=live}}

After former VBS chairman Tshifhiwa Matodzi was sentenced to 15 years in prison in July 2024, the Democratic Alliance and ActionSA demanded that police conduct a fresh investigation of Malema and Shivambu.{{cite news |author= |date=12 July 2024 |title=Calls To Probe S.Africa Opposition Chief In Collapsed Bank Scandal |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/calls-to-probe-s-africa-opposition-chief-in-collapsed-bank-scandal-daf25302 |agency=Agence France-Presse |via=Barron's |access-date=17 July 2024}}

In October 2018, a group of seventeen former EFF members and councillors in the Northern Cape accused the party's senior leadership of corruption and sexual exploitation of more junior female party members.{{Cite news|url=https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/2019199/expelled-eff-members-accuse-malema-shivambu-of-corruption-want-to-work-with-hawks/|title=Expelled EFF members accuse Malema, Shivambu of corruption, want to work with Hawks|last=reporter|first=Citizen|date=7 October 2018|work=The Citizen|access-date=13 October 2018|language=en|archive-date=13 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013172317/https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/2019199/expelled-eff-members-accuse-malema-shivambu-of-corruption-want-to-work-with-hawks/|url-status=live}} Four months later, two former female employees of the EFF claimed that party leadership had intimidated and engaged in acts of bullying behaviour towards them and other party staff members.{{cite web|url=https://city-press.news24.com/News/more-women-make-claims-of-eff-bullying-and-abuse-20190216|title=More women make claims of EFF bullying and abuse|last=Peter|first=Zamayirha|date=16 February 2019|website=CityPress|language=en|access-date=22 February 2019|archive-date=22 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222041041/https://city-press.news24.com/News/more-women-make-claims-of-eff-bullying-and-abuse-20190216|url-status=live}}

Following the temporary removal of eight EFF provincial MPs{{cite web |date=1 July 2014 |title=EFF kicked out of Gauteng Legislature |url=http://www.enca.com/eff-kicked-out-gauteng-legislature |access-date=24 July 2014 |publisher=enca.co.za |archive-date=28 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728121935/http://www.enca.com/eff-kicked-out-gauteng-legislature |url-status=live }} from Gauteng Provincial Legislature, a large number of EFF members protesting against the ruling stormed the provincial legislature building.{{cite web |url=http://ewn.co.za/2014/07/22/EFF-storm-Gauteng-Provincial-Legislature |title=EFF storm Gauteng Provincial Legislature |publisher=ewn.co.za |date=24 July 2014 |access-date=24 July 2014 |archive-date=29 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729144228/http://ewn.co.za/2014/07/22/EFF-storm-Gauteng-Provincial-Legislature |url-status=live }}

During violent university protests characterized by arson and vandalism, EFF Youth leader Omphile Seleke posted instructions on how to make petrol bombs on social media.{{Cite news|url=http://citizen.co.za/news/news-national/1013882/effs-petrol-bomb-recipe-fuels-tuks-fears/|title=EFF's 'petrol bomb recipe' fuels Tuks fears|last=de Lange|first=Ilse|date=29 February 2016|work=The Citizen|access-date=14 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414081535/http://citizen.co.za/news/news-national/1013882/effs-petrol-bomb-recipe-fuels-tuks-fears/|archive-date=14 April 2017|url-status=live}}

A Vodacom store in Polokwane was damaged and looted by EFF members following a presentation by Corruption Watch at the 2018 Vodacom Awards, which included an image depicting EFF leaders Malema and Shivambu as "abusers of Democracy".{{cite web|url=https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/matter-now-closed-eff-vodacom-issue-joint-statement-following-unrest-20181204|title='Matter now closed' – EFF, Vodacom issue joint statement following unrest|last=Seleka|first=Ntwaagae|date=4 December 2018|website=News24|language=en-ZA|access-date=1 January 2019|archive-date=2 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102003719/https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/matter-now-closed-eff-vodacom-issue-joint-statement-following-unrest-20181204|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://mybroadband.co.za/news/business-telecoms/288272-why-vodacom-met-with-the-eff.html|title=Why Vodacom met with the EFF|last=Staff Writer|date=4 December 2018|website=mybroadband.co.za|language=en-ZA|access-date=1 January 2019|archive-date=1 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101202459/https://mybroadband.co.za/news/business-telecoms/288272-why-vodacom-met-with-the-eff.html|url-status=live}}

Following the 2019 State of the Nation address in parliament by President Ramaphosa, EFF MP Marshall Dlamini physically assaulted a member of the presidential security team after a disagreement between EFF MPs and security.{{cite web|url=https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/watch-eff-mp-slaps-man-after-sona-20190208|title=EFF MP slaps man after SONA|last=Gerber|first=Jan|date=8 February 2019|website=www.news24.com|language=en-ZA|access-date=8 February 2019|archive-date=9 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124422/https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/watch-eff-mp-slaps-man-after-sona-20190208|url-status=live}}

During an October 2022 speech to members of the Western Cape EFF branch, Malema stated that party members should "never be scared to kill" in pursuit of what Malema described as the party's revolution.{{Cite web |title=Malema reported to SAHRC for latest 'kill' remarks – AfriForum - DOCUMENTS {{!}} Politicsweb |url=https://www.politicsweb.co.za/documents/malema-reported-to-human-rights-commission--afrifo |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=www.politicsweb.co.za |language=en |archive-date=23 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023103152/https://www.politicsweb.co.za/documents/malema-reported-to-human-rights-commission--afrifo |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=Citizen |date=2022-10-21 |title='Never be scared to kill': AfriForum reports Malema to SAHRC for 'inciting' violence |url=https://www.citizen.co.za/news/afriforum-reports-malema-sahrc-inciting-violence-21-october-2022/ |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=The Citizen |language=en |archive-date=23 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023103155/https://www.citizen.co.za/news/afriforum-reports-malema-sahrc-inciting-violence-21-october-2022/ |url-status=live }} The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) ruled that the statement—along with seven others made by the EFF, such as "a revolutionary must become a cold killing machine motivated by pure hate"{{Cite web |date=2022-11-11 |title=Dispute between EFF and Human Rights Commission heading for equality court |url=https://mg.co.za/?p=532666 |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA |archive-date=20 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320122421/https://mg.co.za/news/2022-11-11-dispute-between-eff-and-human-rights-commission-heading-for-equality-court/ |url-status=live }}—constituted hate speech.{{Cite web |last=Khumalo |first=Juniour |title=SAHRC declares Malema's 'killing is a revolutionary act' statements hate speech |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/sahrc-declares-malemas-killing-is-a-revolutionary-act-statements-hate-speech-20221109 |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=News24 |language=en-US |archive-date=11 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111122034/https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/sahrc-declares-malemas-killing-is-a-revolutionary-act-statements-hate-speech-20221109 |url-status=live }} The EFF disputed the SAHRC's ruling.

Journalist Ranjeni Munusamy lodged an affidavit in December 2018 detailing threatening remarks, intimidation, harassment, and personal attacks made by party members, including Malema, towards her and other journalists{{cite web|url=http://www.sanef.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Part-2.pdf|title=Supporting Affidavit: Navaranjeni Munusamy|last=Munusamy|first=Ranjeni|date=19 December 2018|website=South African National Editors Forum|access-date=1 January 2019|archive-date=1 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101194411/http://www.sanef.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Part-2.pdf|url-status=dead}} targeted by the party. The affidavit was supported by the South African National Editors Forum and other notable South African journalists such as Max du Preez, Pauli VanWyk, Adriaan Jurgens Basson, and Barry Bateman. The EFF denied any involvement in attacks on Munusamy and other journalists.{{cite web|url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2018-12-19-eff-denies-involvement-in-attacks-on-journalists/|title=EFF denies involvement in attacks on journalists|last=Shange|first=Naledi|date=19 December 2018|website=www.timeslive.co.za|access-date=1 January 2019|archive-date=1 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101063352/https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2018-12-19-eff-denies-involvement-in-attacks-on-journalists/|url-status=live}} {{quote box

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South African political journalist Karima Brown was the target of verbal abuse and threats of violence by EFF supporters following the EFF's publication of her personal contact details. This led to charges being laid by the police and Equity Court against the party, amid speculation that the instance might be in breach of South Africa's Electoral Code of Conduct. Parties in breach of the code risk having their registration to run in elections revoked.{{cite web|url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/karima-brown-vows-to-lay-further-complaints-as-eff-supporters-continue-to-attack-19679315|title=Karima Brown vows to lay further complaints as EFF supporters continue to attack {{!}} IOL News|website=www.iol.co.za|access-date=7 March 2019|archive-date=6 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306215040/https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/karima-brown-vows-to-lay-further-complaints-as-eff-supporters-continue-to-attack-19679315|url-status=live}} Regarding the incident, Malema stated that journalists have no privileges, accused Brown of being a state agent, and denied that EFF supporters were making threatening remarks.{{cite web|url=https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/how-do-you-hold-an-underground-editor-accountable-malema-on-karima-brown-matter-20190306|title='How do you hold an underground editor accountable ' – Malema on Karima Brown matter|date=6 March 2019|website=News24|access-date=7 March 2019|archive-date=6 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306182736/https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/how-do-you-hold-an-underground-editor-accountable-malema-on-karima-brown-matter-20190306|url-status=live}} The court found in favour of Brown and ruled that the EFF had contravened the South African electoral code by inciting its supporters to harass Brown.{{cite web|url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-06-06-eff-court-losses-mount-as-karima-brown-wins-battle-but-faces-criticism-of-her-own/|title=REPORT: EFF court losses mount as Karima Brown wins battle, but faces criticism of her own|last=Davis|first=Rebecca|website=Daily Maverick|date=6 June 2019|access-date=19 June 2019|archive-date=16 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616004706/https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-06-06-eff-court-losses-mount-as-karima-brown-wins-battle-but-faces-criticism-of-her-own/|url-status=live}}

Following the publication of an article by the amaBhungane Centre for investigative journalism looking into allegations of corruption by the EFF, the party controversially announced that it would be banning both amaBhungane and the Daily Maverick from its public events{{cite web|url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-09-13-this-is-what-panic-looks-like/|title=Editorial: This is What Panic Looks Like|last=Maverick|first=Daily|website=Daily Maverick|date=12 September 2019|access-date=17 October 2019|archive-date=17 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017145739/https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-09-13-this-is-what-panic-looks-like/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/sanef-appalled-by-malemas-call-to-ban-amabhungane-daily-mavericks-scorpio-from-eff-events-20190913|title=Sanef 'appalled' by Malema's call to ban amaBhungane, Daily Maverick's Scorpio from EFF events|date=13 September 2019|website=News24|access-date=17 October 2019|archive-date=17 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017145755/https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/sanef-appalled-by-malemas-call-to-ban-amabhungane-daily-mavericks-scorpio-from-eff-events-20190913|url-status=live}} and that they would be treated as enemies of the party.{{cite web|url=https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/we-shall-treat-them-as-enemies-malema-bans-amabhungane-and-daily-mavericks-scorpio-from-eff-events-20190912|title=Malema bans amaBhungane and Daily Maverick's Scorpio from EFF events: 'We shall treat them as enemies'|date=12 September 2019|website=News24|access-date=17 October 2019|archive-date=17 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017145849/https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/we-shall-treat-them-as-enemies-malema-bans-amabhungane-and-daily-mavericks-scorpio-from-eff-events-20190912|url-status=live}}

In 2018, the party's former deputy president, Floyd Shivambu, was filmed and charged with assaulting Netwerk24 journalist Adrian de Kock in Parliament.{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Jenni |date=2018-03-21 |title='I'm sorry my brother,' says Shivambu to journo following scuffle |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2018-03-21-im-sorry-my-brother-says-shivambu-to-journo-following-scuffle/ |access-date=2023-12-03 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}}{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Jenni |title=Photographer denies using Shivambu assault charge to make money |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/photographer-denies-using-shivambu-assault-charge-to-make-money-20220203 |access-date=2023-12-03 |website=News24 |language=en-US}} In January 2020, the EFF was forced to publicly apologize and pay damages following a Gauteng High Court judgment that the party had made and spread false allegations that two journalists, Thandeka Gqubule and Anton Harber, had been apartheid-era U.S. 'StratCom' agents.{{cite web|url=https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/eff-retracts-stratcom-agent-allegations-against-gqubule-and-harber-apologises-after-court-order-20200125|title=EFF retracts 'Stratcom agent' allegations against Gqubule and Harber, apologises after court order|date=25 January 2020|website=News24|language=en|access-date=25 January 2020|archive-date=25 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125100258/https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/eff-retracts-stratcom-agent-allegations-against-gqubule-and-harber-apologises-after-court-order-20200125|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-01-24-eff-ndlozi-have-twenty-four-hours-to-pay-damages-to-journalists/|title=NEWSFLASH: EFF, Ndlozi have twenty-four hours to pay damages to journalists|last=Snijman|first=Lia|website=Daily Maverick|date=24 January 2020|language=en|access-date=25 January 2020|archive-date=24 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124182342/https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-01-24-eff-ndlozi-have-twenty-four-hours-to-pay-damages-to-journalists/|url-status=live}}

In May 2019, the EFF was found guilty of defamation of character by the South Gauteng High Court and ordered to pay R500,000 in damages to former Finance Minister Trevor Manuel.{{cite web|url=https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2019-05-30-court-finds-effs-comments-about-trevor-manuel-defamatory-and-false/|title=Court vindicates Trevor Manuel in defamation battle with EFF|last=Quintal|first=Genevieve|date=30 May 2019|website=BusinessLIVE|language=en-ZA|access-date=1 June 2019|archive-date=1 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601085418/https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2019-05-30-court-finds-effs-comments-about-trevor-manuel-defamatory-and-false/|url-status=live}} Manuel brought the EFF and its leader Malema to court after they had alleged that the appointment of Edward Kieswetter as commissioner of SARS by Manuel was the result of nepotism.{{cite web|url=https://ewn.co.za/2019/05/14/challenge-me-don-t-defame-manuel-to-eff-in-kieswetter-matter|title=Challenge me, don't defame – Manuel to EFF in Kieswetter nepotism matter|last=Modise|first=Kgomotso|website=ewn.co.za|language=en|access-date=1 June 2019|archive-date=1 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601085417/https://ewn.co.za/2019/05/14/challenge-me-don-t-defame-manuel-to-eff-in-kieswetter-matter|url-status=live}} Following the judgement, Manuel stated that he would be donating the R500,000 in damages to victims of the VBS Mutual Bank scandal in which the EFF is alleged to have participated.{{cite web|url=https://www.fin24.com/Economy/trevor-manuel-i-dont-need-a-cent-of-eff-money-20190531-2|title=Trevor Manuel: I don't need a cent of EFF money|last=Khumalo|first=Sibongile|date=31 May 2019|website=Fin24|access-date=1 June 2019|archive-date=31 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531194712/https://www.fin24.com/Economy/trevor-manuel-i-dont-need-a-cent-of-eff-money-20190531-2|url-status=live}}

Following a string of court-case losses for inciting supporters to commit acts of intimidation (against journalist Brown), land invasion (which case was brought by AfriForum), or defamation of character (against ANC politician Manuel), the party was left with combined court costs amounting to almost R1 million.{{cite web|url=https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/courts/2144536/eff-wallows-in-legal-debt-of-almost-r1m/|title=EFF wallows in legal debt of almost R1m|last=Watson|first=Amanda|website=citizen.co.za|date=19 June 2019|access-date=19 June 2019|archive-date=19 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619100200/https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/courts/2144536/eff-wallows-in-legal-debt-of-almost-r1m/|url-status=live}}

The judicial monitoring organisation Judges Matter{{Cite web |last=Patrick |first=Alex |title='Chilling message' if left unchallenged: Judiciary watchdog condemns Malema's attack on magistrate |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/chilling-message-if-left-unchallenged-judiciary-watchdog-condemns-malemas-attack-on-magistrate-20231022 |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=News24 |language=en-US}} and the South African Ministry of Justice{{Cite web |last=Maphanga |first=Canny |date=2023-10-23 |title=Malema condemned for attack on judiciary officer |url=https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/malema-condemned-for-attack-on-judiciary-officer/ |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=SABC News |language=en-US}} have condemned the EFF and its leader Malema for making unsubstantiated comments that, according to Judges Matter, are "an attack on the judiciary, a threat to judicial independence, and almost certainly a violation of the Constitution".{{Cite web |last=Wicks |first=Bernadette |title=EFF leader Julius Malema reluctant to apologise to Judges Matter |url=https://ewn.co.za/2023/10/23/eff-leader-julius-malema-reluctant-to-apologise-to-judges-matter |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=ewn.co.za |language=en}} This followed accusations Malema made in a criminal case against him for illegally discharging a firearm in a stadium. Malema accused the magistrate of incompetence and corruption when the magistrate refused to dismiss the case. Malema went on to make unsubstantiated accusations that the judgement was part of a conspiracy against him or his party.{{Cite web |last=Suttner |first=Raymond |date=2022-04-11 |title=The EFF, the judiciary and the necessity to still be freedom fighters |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-04-11-the-eff-the-judiciary-and-the-necessity-to-still-be-freedom-fighters/ |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Sithole |first=Siyabonga |date=24 October 2023 |title=Malema slammed for populist attack on the judiciary |url=https://www.iol.co.za/the-star/news/malema-slammed-for-populist-attack-on-the-judiciary-700ed46c-1246-4316-8b60-48b83c41cbc1 |access-date=25 October 2023 |website=IOL}} In addition to Malema, other senior EFF members—such as Dali Mpofu and Griffiths Madonsela—have made accusations, without evidence, against the judiciary and attacked the character of individual judges.{{Cite web |last=Grootes |first=Stephen |date=2022-02-06 |title=Malema and Mpofu lead EFF's assault on SA judiciary Malema and Mpofu lead EFF's assault on SA judiciary |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-02-06-malema-and-mpofu-lead-effs-assault-on-sa-judiciary/ |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}

Since its establishment, the EFF has made a number of controversial racially- or ethnically-based statements about a number of South African minority groups, particularly white South Africans and Asian South Africans. The party has been criticized for adopting a biological interpretation of race that allows the EFF to easily generalize and attribute racism to particular groups or individuals based on their demographic classification; they are in turn targeted for racial prejudice by the party.{{Cite journal |last=Satgar |first=Vishwas |date=5 November 2019 |title=Black Neofascism? The Economic Freedom Fighters in South Africa |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cars.12265 |url-status=live |journal=Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue Canadienne de Sociologie |language=en |volume=56 |issue=4 |pages=580–605 |doi=10.1111/cars.12265 |issn=1755-6171 |pmid=31692263 |s2cid=207894048 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023100055/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cars.12265 |archive-date=23 October 2022 |access-date=23 October 2022|url-access=subscription }} This has had a polarizing and radicalizing impact on South African politics. Leaders of the party have targeted a number of public servants, journalists, and communities based on their race.

During a 2016 political rally, EFF leader Julius Malema stated, "We are not calling for the slaughter of white people, at least for now." When asked for comment by a news agency, the ANC spokesperson, Zizi Kodwa, stated that there would be no comment from the ANC, as "[Malema] was addressing his own party supporters".{{cite news |date=8 November 2016 |title=Malema slammed for comments on whites |url=http://www.enca.com/south-africa/malema-%E2%80%98slaughter-statement%E2%80%99-rocks-sa |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417053045/http://www.enca.com/south-africa/malema-%E2%80%98slaughter-statement%E2%80%99-rocks-sa |archive-date=17 April 2017 |access-date=30 May 2017 |publisher=ENCA |df=dmy-all}} While still the ANCYL leader, Malema was taken to the Equality Court by AfriForum for repeatedly singing "dubul' ibhunu", meaning "shoot the Boer". The ANC supported Malema, though AfriForum and the ANC reached a settlement before the appeal case was due to be argued in the Supreme Court of Appeal.{{cite news |last1=Cropley |first1=Ed |date=31 October 2012 |title=South Africa's ANC, whites agree to silence "Shoot the Boer" |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-safrica-song/south-africas-anc-whites-agree-to-silence-shoot-the-boer-idUSBRE89U12020121031 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730211429/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-safrica-song/south-africas-anc-whites-agree-to-silence-shoot-the-boer-idUSBRE89U12020121031 |archive-date=30 July 2020 |access-date=20 April 2020 |work=Reuters |language=en}} A later 2022 hate-speech case brought against Malema by AfriForum for singing the same song found that the song was not hate speech.{{Cite web |last1=Broughton |first1=Tania |date=2022-08-25 |title=GROUNDUP: EFF singing of 'Kill the Boer, Kill the Farmer' not hate speech, court rules |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-08-25-eff-singing-of-kill-the-boer-kill-the-farmer-not-hate-speech-court-rules/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023101314/https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-08-25-eff-singing-of-kill-the-boer-kill-the-farmer-not-hate-speech-court-rules/ |archive-date=23 October 2022 |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-08-25 |title=Malema, Economic Freedom Fighters singing 'Kill the Boer' ruled not hate speech |url=https://mg.co.za/top-six/2022-08-25-malema-economic-freedom-front-singing-kill-the-boer-ruled-not-hate-speech/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023101314/https://mg.co.za/top-six/2022-08-25-malema-economic-freedom-front-singing-kill-the-boer-ruled-not-hate-speech/ |archive-date=23 October 2022 |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}}

South Africa's Independent Electoral Commission disqualified EFF councillor Thabo Mabotja from the 2016 local elections due to a tweet by Mabotja calling for the hacking and killing of white South Africans.{{Cite news |date=29 August 2016 |title=IEC disqualifies EFF councillor for racist tweet |url=http://www.enca.com/south-africa/iec-disqualifies-eff-councillor-for-racist-tweet |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414082702/http://www.enca.com/south-africa/iec-disqualifies-eff-councillor-for-racist-tweet |archive-date=14 April 2017 |access-date=14 April 2017 |work=eNCA}}{{cite web |date=29 July 2016 |title=EFF councillor candidate disqualified after calling for whites to be 'hacked and killed' reports |url=https://www.news24.com/elections/news/eff-councillor-candidate-disqualified-after-calling-for-whites-to-be-hacked-and-killed-reports-20160729 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020171051/https://www.news24.com/elections/news/eff-councillor-candidate-disqualified-after-calling-for-whites-to-be-hacked-and-killed-reports-20160729 |archive-date=20 October 2019 |access-date=20 October 2019 |website=News24 |language=en}} The EFF formally welcomed the commission's decision and renounced Mabotja.{{cite web |title='He's on his own' Juju says of Mabotja |url=https://www.enca.com/south-africa/hes-on-his-own-juju-says-of-mabotja |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020171107/https://www.enca.com/south-africa/hes-on-his-own-juju-says-of-mabotja |archive-date=20 October 2019 |access-date=20 October 2019 |website=eNCA |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Electoral Court right to give Thabo Mabotja the chop |url=https://www.politicsweb.co.za/news-and-analysis/electoral-court-right-to-give-thabo-mabotja-the-ch |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020171053/https://www.politicsweb.co.za/news-and-analysis/electoral-court-right-to-give-thabo-mabotja-the-ch |archive-date=20 October 2019 |access-date=20 October 2019 |website=www.politicsweb.co.za}}

Speaking at a political rally in 2018, Malema told supporters to "go after a white man", a reference to Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Athol Trollip, adding that "we are cutting the throat of whiteness".{{Cite news |title='We are cutting the throat of whiteness' – Malema on plans to remove Trollip |url=https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/we-are-cutting-the-throat-of-whiteness-malema-on-plans-to-remove-trollip-20180304 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618230622/https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/we-are-cutting-the-throat-of-whiteness-malema-on-plans-to-remove-trollip-20180304 |archive-date=18 June 2018 |access-date=18 June 2018 |work=News24}} This led to the Democratic Alliance accusing the EFF's leader of racism and not sharing the more tolerant views of South Africans broadly.{{Cite news |title=South Africans don't share Malema's racist views – Maimane {{!}} IOL News |url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/south-africans-dont-share-malemas-racist-views-maimane-13714966 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311174531/https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/south-africans-dont-share-malemas-racist-views-maimane-13714966 |archive-date=11 March 2018 |access-date=11 March 2018}} The EFF later stated that the reference to the "throat of whiteness" was "a metaphorical reference to destroying white privilege" and was "not referring or advocating harm to white people".{{cite web |last=Thambo |first=Sinawo |date=27 March 2019 |title=OPINIONISTA: Empty analysis will not deter the EFF from its core task — reaching out to the electorate |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2019-03-28-empty-analysis-will-not-deter-the-eff-from-its-core-task-reaching-out-to-the-electorate/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422101038/https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2019-03-28-empty-analysis-will-not-deter-the-eff-from-its-core-task-reaching-out-to-the-electorate/ |archive-date=22 April 2019 |access-date=22 April 2019 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}

Following the death of former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, Malema tweeted a number of controversial quotes from the late Mugabe that were malicious towards white people, most notably "The only white man you can trust is a dead white man."{{cite web |title=Yep, it's hate speech, says SAHRC on Julius Malema's 'dead white man' tweet |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2019-09-17-yep-its-hate-speech-says-sahrc-on-julius-malemas-dead-white-man-tweet/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017145739/https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2019-09-17-yep-its-hate-speech-says-sahrc-on-julius-malemas-dead-white-man-tweet/ |archive-date=17 October 2019 |access-date=17 October 2019 |website=TimesLIVE |language=en-ZA}}{{cite web |last=Grootes |first=Stephen |date=15 September 2019 |title=ANALYSIS: Malema's Mugabe closing gambit |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-09-15-malemas-mugabe-closing-gambit/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017144309/https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-09-15-malemas-mugabe-closing-gambit/ |archive-date=17 October 2019 |access-date=17 October 2019 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}} The SAHRC condemned the quote and stated that it would be taking Malema to court for spreading hate speech.{{cite web |date=19 September 2019 |title=SAHRC to take Malema to court for hate speech |url=https://www.sahrc.org.za/index.php/sahrc-media/news-2/item/2137-sahrc-to-take-malema-to-court-for-hate-speech |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017144320/https://www.sahrc.org.za/index.php/sahrc-media/news-2/item/2137-sahrc-to-take-malema-to-court-for-hate-speech |archive-date=17 October 2019 |access-date=17 October 2019 |website=South African Human Rights Commission}}

The South African Minority Rights Equality Movement initiated a court case against Malema for inciting racial sentiment after he stated that a "majority of Indians are racist" at an EFF Youth Day rally in 2018.{{cite web |last=Mngoma |first=Nosipho |date=18 June 2018 |title=Group to take #JuliusMalema to court for racist rant {{!}} IOL News |url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/group-to-take-juliusmalema-to-court-for-racist-rant-15526571 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102002107/https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/group-to-take-juliusmalema-to-court-for-racist-rant-15526571 |archive-date=2 January 2019 |access-date=1 January 2019 |website=www.iol.co.za |publisher=The Mercury |language=en}}

The EFF was criticized by the South African Council of Churches, the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation,{{Cite news |title='No one is going to intimidate us' – EFF hits back at clergy and Ahmed Kathrada Foundation |language=en |work=News24 |url=https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/no-one-is-going-to-intimidate-us-eff-hits-back-at-clergy-and-ahmed-kathrada-foundation-20181122 |url-status=live |access-date=23 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123000149/https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/no-one-is-going-to-intimidate-us-eff-hits-back-at-clergy-and-ahmed-kathrada-foundation-20181122 |archive-date=23 November 2018}} and the ANC{{Cite news |title='EFF bullies' trying to 'hide their own shenanigans' – ANC chief whip Mthembu |language=en |work=News24 |url=https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/eff-bullies-trying-to-hide-their-own-shenanigans-anc-chief-whip-mthembu-20181123 |url-status=live |access-date=23 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123081437/https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/eff-bullies-trying-to-hide-their-own-shenanigans-anc-chief-whip-mthembu-20181123 |archive-date=23 November 2018}} for comparing Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan to a "dog" while protesting against the Zondo Commission inquiry into government corruption. The EFF also accused the anti-corruption investigators of being members of an "Indian cabal", in reference to Indian South Africans making up the investigative team.{{Cite news |title='Indian cabal' narrative is to protect the looting project |language=en |work=CityPress |url=https://city-press.news24.com/Voices/indian-cabal-narrative-is-to-protect-the-looting-project-20181119 |url-status=live |access-date=23 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122132149/https://city-press.news24.com/Voices/indian-cabal-narrative-is-to-protect-the-looting-project-20181119 |archive-date=22 November 2018}}{{cite web |title=Malema to Gordhan: I am not scared of the Indian cabal |url=https://www.enca.com/south-africa/malema-to-gordhan-i-am-not-scared-of-the-indian-cabal |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101194044/https://www.enca.com/south-africa/malema-to-gordhan-i-am-not-scared-of-the-indian-cabal |archive-date=1 January 2019 |access-date=1 January 2019 |website=eNCA |language=en}} The EFF also retaliated against Gordhan by accusing him and his daughter of corruption.{{cite web |last=Smit |first=Sarah |date=23 November 2018 |title=Gordhan decries EFF attack on daughter |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2018-11-23-00-gordhan-decries-eff-attack-on-daughter/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101193918/https://mg.co.za/article/2018-11-23-00-gordhan-decries-eff-attack-on-daughter/ |archive-date=1 January 2019 |access-date=1 January 2019 |website=The M&G Online |language=en}} These accusations were proven false{{cite web |last=Jean le Roux, Kyle Cowan, Pieter du Toit and Adriaan Basson |date=28 November 2018 |title=FACT CHECKED: EFF's charges against Pravin Gordhan |url=https://www.news24.com/Analysis/fact-checked-julius-malemas-charges-against-pravin-gordhan-20181128 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101195445/https://www.news24.com/Analysis/fact-checked-julius-malemas-charges-against-pravin-gordhan-20181128 |archive-date=1 January 2019 |access-date=1 January 2019 |website=News24 |language=en}}{{cite web |last=Poplak |first=Richard |date=28 November 2018 |title=SnowBank – BLEFF, Pravin Gordhan and the imaginary R6... |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-11-29-snowbank-bleff-pravin-gordhan-and-the-imaginary-r675m-canadian-account/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101194152/https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-11-29-snowbank-bleff-pravin-gordhan-and-the-imaginary-r675m-canadian-account/ |archive-date=1 January 2019 |access-date=1 January 2019 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}} and Gordhan laid charges of defamation against Malema, stating that the EFF's "determined defence of corruption and the corrupt, using personal attacks, racism and alleged hate speech is not acceptable and must be challenged".{{cite web |last=Ndaba |first=Baldwin |date=26 November 2018 |title=Pravin Gordhan lays defamation charges against Malema {{!}} IOL News |url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/pravin-gordhan-lays-defamation-charges-against-malema-18267798 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102002109/https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/pravin-gordhan-lays-defamation-charges-against-malema-18267798 |archive-date=2 January 2019 |access-date=1 January 2019 |website=www.iol.co.za |language=en}} The Equality Court declared that the EFF was not guilty of hate speech in its statements relating to Gordhan.{{cite web |last=Sutherland |first=Roland |date=31 October 2019 |title=Pravin Gordhan vs Julius Malema |url=https://www.politicsweb.co.za/documents/pravin-gordhan-vs-julius-malema-the-high-court-jud |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104155109/https://www.politicsweb.co.za/documents/pravin-gordhan-vs-julius-malema-the-high-court-jud |archive-date=4 November 2019 |access-date=4 November 2019 |website=www.politicsweb.co.za}}{{cite web |title=Judge slates Malema's 'juvenile' rant as EFF leader wins case against Gordhan |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2019-10-31-judge-slates-malemas-juvenile-rant-as-eff-leader-wins-case-against-gordhan/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103153033/https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2019-10-31-judge-slates-malemas-juvenile-rant-as-eff-leader-wins-case-against-gordhan/ |archive-date=3 November 2019 |access-date=4 November 2019 |website=TimesLIVE |language=en-ZA}} The EFF leadership and its supporters have been criticized for using Gordhan's second name, Jamnadas, as a racial dog whistle to highlight his Indian ethnicity in a pejorative way and question his status as a South African on social media.{{cite web |last=Snijman |first=Lia |date=23 January 2020 |title=POPULIST DOG WHISTLES: Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan, a case study: When your name is weaponised on Twitter |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-01-23-pravin-jamnadas-gordhan-a-case-study-when-your-name-is-weaponised-by-haters-on-twitter/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125093356/https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-01-23-pravin-jamnadas-gordhan-a-case-study-when-your-name-is-weaponised-by-haters-on-twitter/ |archive-date=25 January 2020 |access-date=25 January 2020 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}

ANC member and government minister, the late Jackson Mthembu, accused the EFF of being racist and having a "deep-seated hatred" for Indian South Africans when he criticized the party's pursuit of Gordhan during a parliamentary debate.{{cite web |last=Makinana |first=Andisiwe |date=17 July 2019 |title='Of course, you are racist. You are,' Jackson Mthembu tells EFF MPs |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2019-07-17-of-course-you-are-racist-you-are-jackson-mthembu-tells-eff-mps/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930160437/https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2019-07-17-of-course-you-are-racist-you-are-jackson-mthembu-tells-eff-mps/ |archive-date=30 September 2019 |access-date=30 September 2019 |website=TimesLIVE |language=en-ZA}}{{cite web |last=van Diemen |first=Ethan |date=18 July 2019 |title=Cigarettes, corruption and racism: Why the EFF hates Gordhan, according to Jackson Mthembu |url=https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/cigarettes-corruption-and-racism-why-the-eff-hates-gordhan-according-to-jackson-mthembu-20190718 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904163647/https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/cigarettes-corruption-and-racism-why-the-eff-hates-gordhan-according-to-jackson-mthembu-20190718 |archive-date=4 September 2019 |access-date=30 September 2019 |website=News24 |language=en}}

In 2013, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa criticized the EFF's "military command structure" and its failure to clarify who should take ownership over nationalized sections of the economy.{{cite web |author=Shanti Aboobaker |date=29 December 2013 |title=Numsa wary of 'capitalist' Malema |url=http://www.iol.co.za/news/special-features/numsa-wary-of-capitalist-malema-1.1627179#.Usa_NvQW3Y5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103182553/http://www.iol.co.za/news/special-features/numsa-wary-of-capitalist-malema-1.1627179 |archive-date=3 January 2014 |work=Sunday Independent}} In April 2019, a former member of the EFF's central command, Thembinkosi Rawula, accused senior party leaders of dictatorial leadership practices.{{cite web|url=https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/disgruntled-eff-member-slams-malema-shivambu-for-taking-vbs-donation-party-denies-claims-20190405|title=Former EFF leader accuses Malema, Shivambu of taking VBS donation, party denies claims|last=Lizeka Tandwa and Tshidi Madia|date=5 April 2019|website=News24|language=en|access-date=9 April 2019|archive-date=8 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408171532/https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/disgruntled-eff-member-slams-malema-shivambu-for-taking-vbs-donation-party-denies-claims-20190405|url-status=live}} The EFF denied Rawula's accusation and stated that it would sue him for defamation as well as make the party's financial information public.{{cite web|url=https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/malema-to-sue-rawula-offers-journalists-access-to-effs-financial-records-20190410|title=Malema to sue Rawula, offers journalists access to EFF's financial records|last=Tandwa|first=Lizeka|date=10 April 2019|website=News24|language=en|access-date=11 April 2019|archive-date=11 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411021118/https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/malema-to-sue-rawula-offers-journalists-access-to-effs-financial-records-20190410|url-status=live}}

The party's practices and racial views have been widely defined as "fascist" by journalists,{{Cite web |last=Haffajee |first=Ferial |date=2020-09-13 |title=ANALYSIS: From schoolyard bullies to emerging fascists: The EFF's unstoppable politics of violence |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-09-13-from-schoolyard-bullies-to-emerging-fascists-the-effs-unstoppable-politics-of-violence/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110051941/https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-09-13-from-schoolyard-bullies-to-emerging-fascists-the-effs-unstoppable-politics-of-violence/ |archive-date=10 November 2020 |access-date=2022-02-09 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}{{cite web |date=28 March 2018 |title=Fascism and the EFF: Or how to gaslight the media - The Mail & Guardian |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2018-03-28-fascism-and-the-eff-or-how-to-gaslight-the-media/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128050959/https://mg.co.za/article/2018-03-28-fascism-and-the-eff-or-how-to-gaslight-the-media/ |archive-date=28 November 2020 |access-date=20 November 2020}}{{cite web |date=3 July 2018 |title=Political analyst: EFF is a fascist organisation |url=https://www.power987.co.za/featured/political-analyst-eff-is-a-fascist-organisation/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110074601/https://www.power987.co.za/featured/political-analyst-eff-is-a-fascist-organisation/ |archive-date=10 November 2020 |accessdate=2021-11-19 |publisher=POWER 98.7}} commentators,{{cite web |title=EFF's fascist agenda rapidly clarifies itself through Malema's racial outbursts |work=SowetanLIVE |url=https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/opinion/columnists/2018-07-02-effs-fascist-agenda--rapidly-clarifies-itself-through-malemas-racial-outbursts/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119110136/https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/opinion/columnists/2018-07-02-effs-fascist-agenda--rapidly-clarifies-itself-through-malemas-racial-outbursts/ |archive-date=19 November 2020 |access-date=20 November 2020}}{{cite web |date=17 December 2019 |title=No country for appeasers as fascism rises in South Afri... |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-12-18-no-country-for-appeasers-as-fascism-rises-in-south-africa/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113061935/https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-12-18-no-country-for-appeasers-as-fascism-rises-in-south-africa/ |archive-date=13 November 2020 |access-date=20 November 2020}}{{cite web |author=Gareth van Onselen |title=Why The EFF Is A Fascist Political Party |url=https://www.sahistory.org.za/archive/why-eff-fascist-political-party-gareth-van-onselen-26-march-2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128050630/https://www.sahistory.org.za/archive/why-eff-fascist-political-party-gareth-van-onselen-26-march-2018 |archive-date=28 November 2020 |accessdate=2021-11-19 |publisher=Sahistory.org.za |date=26 March 2018}}{{Cite web |last=Lagardien |first=Ismail |date=2023-03-13 |title=The EFF, violence and the national shutdown – echoes of Mussolini's March on Rome |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2023-03-13-the-eff-violence-and-the-national-shutdown-echoes-of-mussolinis-march-on-rome/ |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}} academics,{{cite web |date=4 April 2017 |title=The EFF's wrecking ball politics is fascist rather than left - The Mail & Guardian |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2017-04-04-the-effs-wrecking-ball-politics-is-fascist-rather-than-left/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114074002/https://mg.co.za/article/2017-04-04-the-effs-wrecking-ball-politics-is-fascist-rather-than-left/ |archive-date=14 November 2020 |access-date=20 November 2020}}{{Cite web |title=Democracy, fascism and the future of the EFF |url=http://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-01-29-democracy-fascism-and-the-future-of-the-eff |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120171428/https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-01-29-democracy-fascism-and-the-future-of-the-eff |archive-date=20 January 2022 |access-date=2022-02-09 |website=www.news.uct.ac.za |language=en}}{{cite journal |last1=Satgar |first1=Vishwas |year=2019 |title=Black Neofascism? The Economic Freedom Fighters in South Africa |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337055733 |journal=Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue Canadienne de Sociologie |volume=56 |issue=4 |pages=580–605 |doi=10.1111/cars.12265 |pmid=31692263 |s2cid=207894048 |via=ResearchGate}} and other political parties.{{Cite web |last=Nxumalo |first=Mphathi |date=11 November 2020 |title=Jewish Board of Deputies, EFF slam DA Nazi tweet |url=https://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/news/jewish-board-of-deputies-eff-slam-da-nazi-tweet-a23b48e4-b961-4d9b-99c7-df76fb736d77 |access-date=12 October 2023 |website=iol}}{{Cite web |last=Zeeman |first=Kyle |date=16 November 2020 |title=Helen Zille defends EFF 'Nazis' claim, compares Malema to Hitler |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2020-11-16-listen-helen-zille-defends-eff-nazis-claim-compares-malema-to-hitler/ |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=TimesLIVE |language=en-ZA}} Some commentators have compared its leader Julius Malema, and the party's cult of personality surrounding him, to Adolf Hitler{{Cite web |last=Lagardien |first=Ismail |date=2019-12-17 |title=With echoes of Adolf Hitler, Julius Malema makes his move to establish an African reich |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2019-12-18-with-echoes-of-adolf-hitler-julius-malema-makes-his-move-to-establish-an-african-reich/ |access-date=2023-12-03 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Feinberg |first=Tali |date=2020-12-07 |title=Video comparing Malema to Hitler sparks conflict |url=https://www.sajr.co.za/video-comparing-malema-to-hitler-sparks-conflict/ |access-date=2023-12-03 |website=Jewish Report |language=en-ZA}} and Benito Mussolini.{{Cite web |last=Lagardien |first=Ismail |date=2022-02-07 |title=OPINIONISTA: Julius Malema: The one man who can bring down the republic |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2022-02-08-julius-malema-the-one-man-who-can-bring-down-the-republic/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209064936/https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2022-02-08-julius-malema-the-one-man-who-can-bring-down-the-republic/ |archive-date=9 February 2022 |access-date=2022-02-09 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2013-08-07 |title=South African politician Julius Malema likened to Hitler and Mussolini |last1=Smith |first1=David |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/07/south-africa-julius-malema-politician-mamphela-ramphele |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209064932/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/07/south-africa-julius-malema-politician-mamphela-ramphele |archive-date=9 February 2022 |access-date=2022-02-09 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Malala |first=Justice |date=26 March 2018 |title=JUSTICE MALALA: Malema's fascism is showing as Ramaphosa cleans house |url=https://www.businesslive.co.za/rdm/politics/2018-03-26-justice-malala-malemas-facism-is-showing-as-ramaphosa-cleans-house/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209064936/https://www.businesslive.co.za/rdm/politics/2018-03-26-justice-malala-malemas-facism-is-showing-as-ramaphosa-cleans-house/ |archive-date=9 February 2022 |access-date=2022-02-09 |website=BusinessLIVE |language=en-ZA}} The ANC’s National Executive Committee has described the EFF as a "proto-fascist party run dictatorially".{{Cite web |last=Masuabi |first=Queenin |date=2023-10-24 |title=ANC NEC supports cutting ties with 'dictatorial' EFF and pro-Israel PA |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-10-24-anc-nec-supports-cutting-ties-with-dictatorial-eff-and-pro-israel-pa-in-municipal-coalitions/ |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}} Gareth van Onselen, who worked for the Democratic Alliance for twelve years,{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/author/gareth-van-onselen |title=Gareth van Onselen |publisher=HuffPost |access-date=2023-10-01}} accused the party of being "fascist" due to its legacy of racial prejudice in a 2018 article. In mid-June 2016, a group calling themselves "Anonymous Africa", claiming to be associated with the hacktivist group Anonymous, condemned the party and perpetrated a DDoS attack on the EFF's website, stating the reason to be the party's "nationalist socialist rhetoric".{{cite web |title=EXCLUSIVE: Why Anonymous 'hacked' the SABC, Gupta websites |url=http://www.fin24.com/Tech/Companies/exclusive-why-anonymous-hacked-the-sabc-guptas-20160617 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617140057/http://www.fin24.com/Tech/Companies/exclusive-why-anonymous-hacked-the-sabc-guptas-20160617 |archive-date=17 June 2016 |access-date=19 June 2016 |website=Fin24}} South African academic Vishwas Satgar has argued that the EFF is not comparable to fascist parties of the twentieth century, but that it is instead a black neo-fascist party based on the ideologies of centralized state ownership and control along with African nativism. According to Satgar, its appeals to "race baiting, nativist nationalism, hypermasculinity, and disposition to violence are similar in these respects to the new fascisms rising in Europe, the United States, and India."

The EFF's leader has been criticized in the media for the party's lack of focus on feminist politics,{{Cite web |last=Ebrahim |first=Shaazia |date=2017-05-09 |title=Nine times we questioned the EFF's feminist politics |url=https://www.thedailyvox.co.za/9-times-we-questioned-the-effs-feminist-politics-shaazia-ebrahim/ |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=The Daily Vox |language=en-US}} with some critics accusing the party of anti-feminism. Feminists have argued that the party's militaristic language undermines its commitment to women's rights, while disaffected female party members have criticized the EFF for having a patriarchal power structure.{{cite web |author=Siphokazi Magadla |date=2013 |title=EFF & the Return of the Warrior Citizen |url=http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/siphokazimagadla/2013/11/06/eff-and-the-return-of-the-warrior-citizen/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410024005/http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/siphokazimagadla/2013/11/06/eff-and-the-return-of-the-warrior-citizen |archive-date=10 April 2014 |work=Thought Leader}}{{Cite web |last=Bendile |first=Dineo |date=2018-09-07 |title=Patriarchy is no effing joke |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2018-09-07-00-patriarchy-is-no-effing-joke/ |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=The Mail & Guardian |language=en-ZA}}

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!Election

!Total votes

!Share of vote

!Seats

!+/–

!Government

|-

!2014{{cite web|title=2014 National and Provincial Elections Results – 2014 National and Provincial Election Results|url=http://www.elections.org.za/resultsNPE2014/|publisher=IEC|access-date=11 May 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140510231542/http://www.elections.org.za/resultsNPE2014/|archive-date=10 May 2014}}

| 1,169,259

| 6.35%

|{{Composition bar|25|400|hex={{party color|Economic Freedom Fighters}}}}

|{{increase}} 25

|{{no2|in opposition}}

|-

!2019

| 1,881,521

| 10.79%

|{{Composition bar|44|400|hex={{party color|Economic Freedom Fighters}}}}

|{{increase}} 19

|{{no2|in opposition}}

|-

!2024

| 1,529,961

| 9.52%

|{{Composition bar|39|400|hex={{party color|Economic Freedom Fighters}}}}

|{{decrease}} 5

|{{no2|in opposition}}

|}

{{election table}}

|-

!Election

!Total # of
seats won

!+/–

!Government

|-

!2014

|{{Composition bar|7|90|hex={{party color|Economic Freedom Fighters}}}}

|{{increase}} 7

|{{no2|in opposition}}

|-

!2019

|{{Composition bar|11|90|hex={{party color|Economic Freedom Fighters}}}}

|{{increase}} 4

|{{no2|in opposition}}

|-

!2024

|{{Composition bar|10|90|hex={{party color|Economic Freedom Fighters}}}}

|{{decrease}} 1

|{{no2|in opposition}}

|}

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!rowspan=2|Election
{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.org.za/NPEDashboard/app/dashboard.html|title=Results Dashboard|website=www.elections.org.za|access-date=11 May 2019|archive-date=11 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511040502/https://www.elections.org.za/NPEDashboard/app/dashboard.html|url-status=live}}

!colspan=2|Eastern Cape

!colspan=2|Free State

!colspan=2|Gauteng

!colspan=2|Kwazulu-Natal

!colspan=2|Limpopo

!colspan=2|Mpumalanga

!colspan=2|North-West

!colspan=2|Northern Cape

!colspan=2|Western Cape

|-

!%!!Seats

!%!!Seats

!%!!Seats

!%!!Seats

!%!!Seats

!%!!Seats

!%!!Seats

!%!!Seats

!%!!Seats

|-

!2014

|3.48%||2/63

|8.15%||2/30

|10.30%||8/73

|1.85%||2/80

|10.74%||6/49

|6.26%||2/30

|13.21%||5/33

|4.96%||2/30

|2.11%||1/42

|-

!2019

|7.84%||5/63

|12.58%||4/30

|14.69%||11/73

|9.71%||8/80

|14.43%||7/49

|12.79%||4/30

|18.36%||6/33

|9.71%||3/30

|4.04%||2/42

|-

!2024

|10.14%||8/63

|13.52%||4/30

|12.93%||11/73

|2.26%||2/80

|14.12%||9/49

|13.87%||7/30

|17.37%||7/33

|13.25%||4/30

|5.30%||2/42

|}

{{election table}}

|-

!Election

!Votes

!%

|-

!2016{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/402/Detailed%20Results/National.pdf|title=Results Summary – All Ballots|publisher=elections.org.za|access-date=11 August 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808191111/http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/402/Detailed%20Results/National.pdf|archive-date=8 August 2016}}

|3,202,679

|8.31%

|-

!2021{{cite web | url=https://results.elections.org.za/home/LGEPublicReports/1091/Detailed%20Results/National.pdf | title=2021 Results Summary – All Ballots | publisher=elections.org.za | access-date=6 November 2021 | archive-date=18 November 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118144306/https://results.elections.org.za/home/LGEPublicReports/1091/Detailed%20Results/National.pdf | url-status=live }}

|3,223,828

|10.54%

|}

• Black First Land First
• Economic Freedom Fighters of Swaziland
• Economic Freedom Party
• Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters
• Pan Africanist Congress of Azania
• Socialist Party of Azania
• Workers and Socialist Party

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• {{cite news|last1=Van Onselen|first1=Gareth|title=Malema steals young communists' thunder|url=http://www.bdlive.co.za/opinion/columnists/2013/07/29/malema-steals-young-communists-thunder|access-date=6 June 2014|work=Business Day|date=29 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911131450/http://www.bdlive.co.za/opinion/columnists/2013/07/29/malema-steals-young-communists-thunder|archive-date=11 September 2014|url-status=live}}
• {{cite news|last1=Pillay|first1=Verashni|title=EFF: You want land, a loan? You got it|url=http://mg.co.za/article/2014-02-20-eff-you-want-land-a-loan-you-got-it|access-date=6 June 2014|work=Mail & Guardian|date=21 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328111438/http://mg.co.za/article/2014-02-20-eff-you-want-land-a-loan-you-got-it|archive-date=28 March 2014|url-status=live}}
• Julius Malema (preface), [https://archive.org/details/EconomicFreedomFighters2014ElectionsManifesto EFF 2014 Elections Manifesto,] Economic Freedom Fighters.

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