'Nkandla tea party Juju's worst political move'

The famous tea party between EFF leader Julius Malema and then embattled former president Jacob Zuma has come back to haunt the EFF.

- Itumeleng Mafisa

In 2021, Zuma invited Malema for a tea meeting at his homestead in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal.

The meeting caused a storm on social media, with speculation of what the two leaders were talking about.

However, political analyst Ntsikelelo Breakfast from Nelson Mandela University says honouring the tea invitation was one of the worst political moves Malema has made.

The meeting occurred months before Zuma was arrested for being in contempt of the Constitutional Court after he refused to appear before the State Capture Commission of Inquiry chaired by then chief justice Raymond Zondo.

Breakfast said the meeting gave Malema the false impression that Zuma had forgiven him for leading the #ZumaMustFall campaign during the latter's time as state president.