No. Here we are talking about the grim, gaunt figure who shed tears of self-pity on stage at the weekend. His promises proved false.
Julius Malema is all mouth and no trousers. That's a colonialist English description of someone who talks a lot about doing something but never actually does it.
Five years ago, Malema pledged "world-class and decolonised education" as he promised a private school for poor black pupils.
On 16 December 2019, during his party's elective conference at Nasrec, he declared: "I want us to build a private school that is owned by the EFF in these next coming five years. We are going to hire highly qualified teachers and kids will learn free of charge...">
"If we don't build that school in the next five years don't re-elect us next time because we would be useless."
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Two Oceans closing gap on 'the big one'
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