Economic Freedom Fighters

Economic Freedom Fighters
Abbreviation	EFF
President & Commander in Chief	Julius Malema
Deputy President	Floyd Shivambu
Chairperson	Dali Mpofu
Secretary-General	Godrich Gardee
Spokesperson	Mbuyiseni Ndlozi
Founder	Julius Malema
Founded	26 July 2013 (2013-07-26)
Headquarters	Johannesburg
Student wing	Economic Freedom Fighters Students' Command (EFFSC)
Membership (2014)	527,343[1]
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism[2][3] Anti-capitalism[4][5] Anti-imperialism Pan-Africanism Black supremacy (alleged)[source?] Racial nationalism (alleged)[6]
Political position	Far-left[7][8][9][10][11][12]
International affiliation	None
Colours	Red[4][5][13]
Slogan	"People’s Power for Economic Freedom in Our Lifetime"
National Assembly	25 / 400
National Council of Provinces	7 / 90
Pan-African Parliament	0 / 5
Provincial Legislatures	30 / 430
Website
effonline.org

The Economic Freedom Fighters is a South African far left political party. It was formed in 2013 and has representatives at both local and national governments.^[14][15][16]

1. ↑ Matuma Letsoalo. "EFF targets 1-million membership". The M&G Online. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014.
2. ↑ "Economic Freedom Fighters - Accueil | Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
3. ↑ "EFFOnline". www.effonline.org. Archived from the original on 2018-11-16. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "Economic Freedom Fighters Party reignites debate (in English)". Al Jazeera. 14 October 2013. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "Hundreds gather for EFF launch (in English)". News24. 13 October 2013. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
6. ↑ "In divided S. Africa, anger at new road tolls proves a powerful unifying force (in English)". Alaska Dispatch. 5 December 2013. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
7. ↑ South Africa's Malema says more than 60 ANC MPs will turn on Zuma. Reuters. Authors - Ed Stoddard and Sisipho Skweyiya. Published 21 July 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
8. ↑ Schuerkens, Ulrike (2017). Social Changes in a Global World. SAGE. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-5264-1405-2.
9. ↑ Bell, P.M.H.; Gilbert, Mark (2017). The World Since 1945: An International History. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 535. ISBN 978-1-4725-2475-1.
10. ↑ Chaos in parliament as party gets ejected for grilling Zuma over corruption in South Africa. Independent. Author - Lamiat Sabin. Published 13 February 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
11. ↑ South African lawmakers disrupt parliament and demand Zuma #PayBackTheMoney Archived 2019-05-08 at the Wayback Machine. AlJazeera. Published 22 August 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
12. ↑ South African parliament descends into chaos. Radio New Zealand. Published 13 February 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
13. ↑ "Red Tide: From 'economic freedom' to 'white genocide', extremism grabs the spotlight (in English)". Daily Maverick. 14 October 2013. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
14. ↑ | Ralph Mathekga: How to win friends and influence people, the EFF way | News24
15. ↑ | Julius Malema launches party political platform | News | National | M&G
16. ↑ Julius Malema of South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters - a profile - BBC News