JUDITH FEBRUARY: The toddler antics of Malema's red brigade

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane had barely released her report into Pravin Gordhan and the Sars ‘rogue' unit when the Twitter trolls started.

The EFF has never really found it necessary to engage in constructive politics, after all. During the Zuma years, ‘Pay back the money!’ was a convenient, cheap and easy slogan, even as some of the leaders of the EFF were themselves allegedly engaged in looting VBS Bank. They were a ‘one-trick pony’ party then, riding on their ability to shine a light on Zuma’s corruption.

At last year’s Vodacom journalist of the year awards evening, while Corruption Watch chair Mavuso Msimang was delivering his keynote address, an image appeared on a screen behind him showing the EFF’s Malema and Floyd Shivambu with the caption "abusers of democracy". This immediately led to the EFF declaring "war" on Vodacom. Its deputy secretary-general tweeted, "Vodacom have declared war against EFF… let’s go. Let’s see who will win this war… Fighters Let’s goooo.

Up to that point we had seen this all before from the EFF - disruption, disrespect, shouting abuse and disregarding the Chair. It was all on painful display during the Zuma years. Whatever one thought of Zuma and his disregard for the people and his breaches of the Constitution, the institution of Parliament needs to be undergirded with respect and appropriate conduct.

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