No political party wants to form coalition with EFF
The EFF became an outcast, with none of the other South African political parties willing to form a coalition with them.
The EFF has emerged as an outlier in South African politics, with none of the other parties willing to form a coalition with them.
The DA, ANC, IFP, FF Plus, and ActionSA have all declared that they will not form a coalition government with the EFF.
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WHAT MADE OTHER PARTIES AVOID ASSOCIATING WITH EFF?
Julius Malema’s party is under fire for singing divisive songs and screaming apartheid slogans such as “Kill the Boer, Kill the Farmer.” Until recently, the EFF was regarded as a key power broker if no party won an outright majority in several provinces following the 2024 national general election.
However, many political party leaders saw its recent 10th birthday festivities as sowing seeds of divisiveness and dragging South Africa back to its traumatic past.
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The National Dialogue on Coalition Government, chaired by Deputy President Paul Mashatile, convened political parties in Cape Town over the weekend.
WHAT ELSE OCCURED IN THE MEETING?
The event, which aimed to lay the groundwork for stronger coalition governments in the future, fell apart with minor parties accusing the ANC administration of duping them into adopting a Bill that had already been crafted.
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“So much for a National Dialogue on Coalition Governments,” said UDM leader Bantu Holomisa.
The DA, which has designated the EFF as its number one public adversary, has also denied accusations that it would prefer to work with the ANC in the future.
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“A threshold does not detract from proportional representation,” said Hellen Zille, chairperson of the DA Federal Council.
It prevents a situation in which a party with less that 1% of the vote wins the mayor of a big city, wielding significant authority. This conclusion, not the DA’s objectives, contradicts proportional representation.”