EFF leader Julius Malema responded to an apology issued by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday. The president extended an olive branch after ANC MP Boy Mamabolo, during a parliamentary debate accused Malema of abusing his wife, Mantwa.
Malema initially responded to the allegation by accusing Ramaphosa of abusing his late wife, Nomazizi Mtshotshisa. Ramaphosa apologised for the accusations during his response to the Sona debate, where he denounced the use of accusations of gender-based violence for political point-scoring.
Malema said in a statement on Thursday, the allegations levelled against him were a collective action used to settle a political score as they were repeated several times, in the presence of the president, and reiterated he had never abused a woman.
Malema said he attempted to apologise for his accusation but was disrupted by opposition MPs. He extended his public apologies to the president and said he had also apologised privately. The EFF leader explained, “it was therefore, in a desperate act of self defence, which I now regret because of how critical the matter of gender-based violence is for all of us as a country.
Malema apologised to all South Africans offended, with particular mention paid to victims of gender-based violence for the display.
CIC @Julius_S_Malema’s Statement of Apology to President Ramaphosa and His Family. pic.twitter.com/3SZCufJy9Y
— Economic Freedom Fighters (@EFFSouthAfrica) February 20, 2020
In other news – Kay Sibiya’s Agent to debut on SABC1
Actor and presenter, Kay Sibiya’s 13 part drama will be making its way to SABC1 early next month. Agent”, which made its debut on Netflix in December, has caught the eye of the free to air TV station and will start broadcasting from March 8.
The cutting edge drama will see Sibiya in the lead role as Blaze. He embodies the young, smart and charismatic former professional footballer turned agent, Slindile ‘Blaze’ Magoba. Read more
Source: eNCA
