'We lost votes in KZN and we need those votes back' - EFF SG Dlamini

DURBAN - Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema is set to convene a meeting with party branches in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN)’s eThekwini region on Saturday.

This as the party says it’s working on strengthening its support base in the province, following a decline in support in the May general polls.

Despite the poor performance at the polls, the party said it still wants its presence felt in the province.

The EFF central command team said the branch meetings will help them get a sense of the challenges facing the party at a local level.

Malema will be in the biggest region - eThekwini, where the party is currently the third largest party in council, while other party officials will be deployed in other regions for the same task.

Party secretary general Marshall Dlamini said the meetings with branches will also be focusing on how to reclaim some lost ground.

“We lost votes, and we need those votes back, we need to continue growing the province as the President said in various media platforms that KZN is our province, and we will never give on our province, so we are here to do that work.”

The party’s eThekwini’s regional chairperson, Themba Mvubu said the drop should not discourage the party from moving on.

“It can’t be that upon the first visible sign of defeat then we say we are going to close shop. It happens to all the political parties they do decrease votes but what is important is that we must never give up.” 

The meetings with the structures also come three months before the party’s third national elective conference.