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South Africa’s EFF Plans Protests Against Coalition Government

bloomberg.com 2 days ago
EFF President Julius Malema
EFF President Julius Malema Photographer: Wikus De Wet/AFP/Getty Images

South Africa’s leftist Economic Freedom Fighters said it plans to stage protests to highlight its opposition to the nation’s newly formed coalition government.

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday unveiled a cabinet that includes representatives from seven political parties, including a dozen ministerial posts for the centrist Democratic Alliance. The EFF, which obtained less than 10% of the vote in elections in May, opted not to join the so-called government of national unity because it opposes the DA’s free-market policies.

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