Duduzile Zuma Says DA's John Steenhuisen Increased EFF’s Popularity by Labelling Malema Public Enemy No.1

Duduzile Zuma Says DA's John Steenhuisen Increased EFF’s Popularity by Labelling Malema Public Enemy No.1

  • Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla thinks DA leader John Steenhuisen gave Julius Malema political points through his re-election speech
  • Steenhuisen declared that Malema and the EFF would be the DA's political enemy going into the 2024 election
  • The DA has vowed to keep the EFF out of power and unseat the ANC through a master plan

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KWAZULU-NATAL - Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla believes DA leader John Steenhuisen scored an own goal for his party after making scathing comments about EFF leader Julius Malema.

Duduzile Zuma offered her opinion on John Steenhuisen's comments about Julius Malema
Duduzile Zuma weighed in on John Steenhuisen's comments about the EFF and Julius Malema. Image: MICHELE SPATARI & Darren Stewart& Frennie Shivambu
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While delivering his victory speech after being re-elected DA leader on Sunday, 2 April, Steenhuisen waged political war against the Red Berets.

Steenhuisen said:

“Today, I publicly declare Julius Malema’s EFF to be political enemy number one of the DA. And I commit the DA to fight back against the EFF at every turn, with the ultimate aim of defeating the doomsday coalition that could seal South Africa’s fate next year.”

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Zuma-Sambudla tweeted her political commentary, predicting that Steenhuisen increased the EFF's voter base by declaring Malema the DA's enemy.

John Steenhuisen details DA's master plan for ANC and EFF ahead of 2024 elections

In the rest of his victory address, Steenhuisen vowed that the DA would keep the EFF out of power and unseat the ANC.

The DA plans to establish a pre-election pact that will unite opposition parties in an alternative formation, TimesLIVE reported.

Steenhuisen said the pact was necessary to stop the ANC and EFF from ruining South Africa with a "doomsday coalition".

South Africans are divided by Duduzile Zuma's predictions

Here's what South Africans are saying:

@nilshp said:

"The Venn diagram showing the subset of potential DA/EFF voters does not exist."

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John Steenhuisen details DA’s master plan to defeat ANC and keep EFF out of power in 2024 national elections

@farrel13 claimed:

"EFF rarely gets double figures during elections."

@knysnalurie approved:

"For once, we agree on something."

@DavidApter1 joked:

"This tweet probably pushed DA support up a notch..."

Duduzile Zuma says ANC deputy president Paul Mashatile “doesn’t have that thing,” SA has questions

In another story, Briefly News reported that former president Jacob Zuma’s daughter Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla shared an underwhelmed reaction to the ANC deputy president's swearing-in.

As the party’s second-in-command Paul Mashatile was sworn in as a Member of Parliament, Duduzile was quick to react to the monumental moment.

Taking to Twitter, the former president’s daughter shared a snap of Mashatile along with the caption:

“He doesn't have that thing though.”

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Lerato Mutsila (Current affairs editor) Lerato Mutsila is a journalist with 3 years of experience. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Pearson Institute of Higher Education in 2020, majoring in broadcast journalism, political science and communication. Lerato joined the Briefly News current affairs desk in August 2022. Mutsila is also a fellow of the 2021/2022 Young African Journalists Acceleration programme, which trained African journalists in climate journalism. You can contact Lerato at lerato.mutsila@breifly.co.za