Julius Malema: South Africa’s next kingmaker?

Populist firebrand accused of stoking racial tensions could hold balance of power after next year’s general election

Julius Malema addresses 100,000 EFF supporters in Johannesburg, 29 June 2023
Julius Malema addresses a 100,000-strong crowd at an Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) rally in Johannesburg in June
(Image credit: Frennie Shivambu/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

The leader of South Africa’s second-largest opposition party is waging a war of words with the world’s richest person after being accused of “pushing for genocide of white people”.

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