EFF comes to Julius Malema's defence after clip of jol goes viral

EFF comes to Julius Malema's defence after clip of jol goes viral

- Social gatherings were recently slammed as 'super-spreader events' by President Cyril Ramaphosa

- When a clip of Julius Malema partying went viral recently, prompting outrage

- Now, the EFF has come out in defence of its leader, adamant that no rules were broken

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President Cyril Ramaphosa recently placed the blame of the second wave on 'super-spreader' gatherings.

Julius Malema recently was the centre of controversy when a clip of him dancing during the festive season went viral.

While the clip went viral on multiple pages, Malema has since deleted the original post from his Instagram.

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The EFF has come to Malema's defence after the clip went viral. Image: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg
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In response to the backlash, the EFF has now come to the defence of its leader commenting that:

“Both beautiful events of Black Love were of immediate family, attended by the nine children of Koko Sarah Malema and all of her grandchildren. They were outdoors and in well-ventilated spaces as decreed by the prepaid president of South Africa.”

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Malema himself remained unfazed by the backlash, posting only the below message in response:

Earlier, Briefly.co.za reported that the leader of the red berets has been widely criticised for partying while maskless at a local Mzansi groove.

Since the clip was shared by Twitter user @Goolammv, Juju has been trending on the popular app.

Many South Africans have used the hashtag #JuliusMalema to speak about their disappoint and disgust toward the leader who should be leading by example and not going around and behaving recklessly.

A lot of staunch EFF supporters also used the hashtag to defend their leader. Read a few of their tweets below.

@Rebaone59275709 said: "Those who are trying to find any little fault in Malema because they can't beat him politically #JuliusMalema."
@RedResin said: "#juliusmalema lol, this video's funny though, man can't dance just like me. Let them roast him. It will either pass of destroy him. Oksalayo, he can't dance"

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@Deeren86 said: "This is the same hypocrite Julius Malema who told us alcohol is bad, yet was filmed being drunk at a party.#JuliusMalema"

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