Julius Sello Malema is a SouthAfricanpolitician. He is the founder and leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters, a communist and black nationalist political party since 2013. JuliusMalema is the head of SouthAfrica's Economic Freedom Fighters Party (EFF).He's a fierce proponent of socialism and has been spearheading the land exp... JuliusMalema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters, during an interview in Johannesburg, SouthAfrica, on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 Image source, Getty Images. JuliusMalema has a reputation for defying boundaries. Few SouthAfricanpoliticians have achieved what he has. In 2013 Malema, together with Floyd Shivambu, announced the founding of the Economic Freedom Fighters as the main host for radical youth politics in SouthAfrica. This article aims to explain, from an anarchist / syndicalist perspective, the rapid rise and fall of JuliusMalema, the controversial and corrupt multi-millionaire leader of SouthAfrica’s ruling party, the African National Congress’s (ANC’s) “youth league” (ANCYL). JuliusMalema: Rise of SouthAfrica’s Firebrand Politician Giving Ramaphosa Sleepless Nights. Malema accused Ramaphosa of using a government platform to campaign in an election year. That criticism echoes a long-standing debate in SouthAfricanpolitics: where does governance end and campaigning begin? On social media, reactions were predictably divided. JuliusMalemarisetopower reminds me of Jacob Zuma in 2005 when he was relieved of his duties as Deputy President of SA due to his implication in the corruption scandal that found Shabir Shaik guilty.