2019 ELECTIONS: Malema’s four-province weekend sprint is also a social networks dream

This was a particularly good weekend for EFF leader Julius Malema. While ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule was toyi-toying for his political life after weekend papers republished damning allegations about patronage networks in the Free State, and while President Cyril Ramaphosa’s son, Andile, was still, Malema was clapping his hands like a rock star with supporters at his feet.

Malema seems to have chosen the four provinces for this weekend’s campaign spots for their potential, and it is possible that he had a helicopter to enable him to zip so effortlessly through the long distances in a matter of hours. He included neither the party’s biggest provinces, Limpopo and Gauteng, or its smallest province, KwaZulu-Natal, on this tour.

As much as Malema was hoping to grow the party in each of these provinces, the biggest audience is probably on social media, where the rallies were livestreamed and where the party’s team posted pictures showing the crowds at their biggest and the old people Malema interacted with, at their most emotional.

Malema also said stealing money through corruption was a big crime. “You are a murderer, you are killing innocent souls. You who commit corruption, you are worse than those who do pickpocketing because they are just stealing money from an individual. You are stealing from a purse, from hundreds of people,” he told the Free State crowd. He also added that this was stealing from black people.

carienduplessis This useless bias newspaper seems to feel a way about Julius Malema and the EFF lashing out against corruption

Sekgatha carienduplessis Shem! 😂😂😂 you guys have absolutely nothing negative on EFF except your opinions. You’re having sleepless nights about a mere 6% EFF. Prepare yourselves to deal with even a bigger and bolder EFF! Woza 8 May!

carienduplessis You people though

carienduplessis We don't call you stratcom for nothing

carienduplessis I can imagine how difficult it is for u to write something positive about a person and a party u hate. Did u mention 'manifesto'? Nop, but VBS.. Yes.

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