Julius Sello Malema (born 3 March 1981) is a South African politician. He is the founder and leaderoftheEconomicFreedomFighters (EFF), a communist and black nationalist political party since 2013. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) is a South Africancommunist and black nationalist political party. It was founded by expelled former African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) president Julius Malema and his allies on 26 July 2013. Malema is president of the EFF, heading the Central Command Team, which serves as the central structure of the party. It is the fourth-largest party in the National Assembly. JuliusMalema, leaderoftheEconomicFreedomFighters, during an interview in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 Image source, Getty Images. JuliusMalema has a reputation for defying boundaries. JuliusMalema is the head of South Africa's EconomicFreedomFighters Party (EFF).He's a fierce proponent of socialism and has been spearheading the land exp... At the Nigerian Bar Association’s Annual General Conference in Enugu on August 24, 2025, South Africa’s EconomicFreedomFighters (EFF) leader, JuliusMalema, delivered a stirring keynote address that electrified participants and reaffirmed his long-standing Pan-African vision. Malema, theEconomicFreedomFighters (EFF) party leader, said Prof Ngũgĩ stood for and promoted what he termed as hard truth, through his literary work, which African leaders must adopt if the continent is to experience true liberation. Thecontroversialleaderofthe EFF, JuliusMalema, is the focus of Malan’s attention in this article which first appeared in Africa in Fact, the journal of Good Governance Africa. A superb expose of SA politics’ supreme opportunist. EconomicFreedomFightersLeaderJuliusMalema has no desire to retract his controversial remarks during an interview. The politician made several concerning statements while being interviewed on television and may face legal action.