{"id":95151,"date":"2026-02-01T18:49:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T18:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/malema-clarifies-eff-finances-ahead-of-elections"},"modified":"2026-02-01T18:56:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T18:56:38","slug":"malema-clarifies-eff-finances-ahead-of-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/malema-clarifies-eff-finances-ahead-of-elections","title":{"rendered":"Malema Clarifies EFF Finances Ahead of Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has moved to clarify that the party did not spend R1 billion on its campaign for the 2024 national and provincial elections.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after comments by the party\u2019s deputy president, Godrich Gardee, who was addressing the EFF\u2019s plenary on the rising cost of elections in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Gardee used an example, saying the EFF cannot afford to spend a billion rand every two years on both local and national elections.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the EFF plenum in Boksburg on Sunday, Malema emphasised his deputy\u2019s example may have been misleading but was intended to highlight concerns about the high cost of contesting elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven if we wanted to have R1 billion, we don\u2019t have it and we can\u2019t have it. No one can ever give us R1 billion, not in South Africa. The point is that they have made elections expedient for the benefit of those who have money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has moved to clarify that the party did not spend R1 billion on its campaign for the 2024 national and provincial elections. 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