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EFF leader Julius Malema addresses supporters in Stellenbosch on 6 April following a march to business tycoon Johann Rupert's Remgro offices. Picture: @EFFSouthAfrica/Twitter

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EFF gives tycoon Johann Rupert 14 days to respond to its land demands

By Kevin Brandt

Party supporters descended on Rupert's Stellenbosch-based business demanding he commits to measures that will speed up the redistribution of land.

  • EFF marching to Johann Rupert farms in Stellenbosch, to demand disclosure of the Corporate Social Investments made by Johann Rupert personally and his entities in the South African communities, particularly those surrounding his properties.  Picture: @EFFSouthAfrica/Twitter

    Malema says 'there is no future in South Africa without the ownership of land'

    EFF supporters were gathered outside business tycoon Johann Ruperts' Remgro Limited office block in Stellenbosch.

    40 days ago
  • EFF supporters hold placards ahead of the march to Johann Rupert's Remgro offices in Stellenbosch on 6 April 2022. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/Eyewitness News

    EFF's Malema leads Stellenbosch land march to Johann Rupert's Remgro HQ

    Julius Malema is leading supporters at the party’s land day picket to businessman Johann Rupert’s office, Remgro Limited.

    40 days ago
  • Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) members arrive in Stellenbosch on 6 April 2022 ahead of the march to business tycoon Johann Rupert's business entity, Remgro Limited. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/Eyewitness News

    Tycoon Johann Rupert must redistribute his wealth, says EFF ahead of march

    The party wants business tycoon Johann Rupert to commit to processes that will speed up the redistribution of land.

    41 days ago
  • FILE: EFF protest. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    EFF plans land protest in Stellenbosch on same day Van Riebeeck arrived in 1652

    They want to hand over a memorandum to business tycoon Johann Rupert.

    41 days ago
  • Many friends and colleagues paid tribute to former Eskom board chair Jabu Mabuza during a virtual memorial service on 21 June 2021. Picture: YouTube screengrab.

    Business mogul Johann Rupert remembers Jabu Mabuza as 'dear friend & role model'

    Many friends and colleagues paid tribute to the former Eskom board chair during a virtual memorial service on Monday morning.

    329 days ago
  • Billionaire businessman Johann Rupert. Picture: Wikipedia Commons.

    How Johann Rupert’s R1 billion Covid-19 relief fund is being doled out

    The Money Show’s Bruce Whitfield interviews Ben Bierman of Business Partners Limited, the company administering Rupert’s fund.

    761 days ago
  • Minister of Trade and Industry Ebrahim Patel at an inter-ministerial briefing on 24 March 2020 detailing how government will respond ahead of and during the 21-day lockdown announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN.

    Business already contributing to Solidarity Fund - Patel

    The fund, kick-started by donations of R1 billion each from the Rupert and Oppenheimer families, is intended to help mobilise business and civil society to back government efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19.

    783 days ago
  • Siya and Rachel Kolisi on the red carpet of the Laureus World Sports Awards 2020 in Berlin, Germany on 17 February 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    GALLERY: Boks shine on the Laureus Sports Awards red carpet

    The Springboks were among the many sports stars walking the red carpet at the Laureus Sports Awards in Berlin on Monday night. The rugby world champions beat out Liverpool and the US Women's National Football team for the Laureus Sports Team of the Year award.

    819 days ago
  • Picture: Pixabay.com

    SAPS probe theft of jewellery allegedly belonging to Rupert

    Police spokesperson Mavela Masondo said the suspects were armed with pistols and entered an office park and held security guards at gunpoint.

    1010 days ago
  • EFF leader Julius Malema speaking at the party’s sixth birthday celebration at KaNyamazane Stadium in Mpumalanga on 27 July 2019. Picture: Twitter/@EFFSouthAfrica

    Julius Malema: We must never have a cosy relationship with white capital

    Speaking at the party’s sixth birthday celebrations, Julius Malema said businessman Johann Rupert controlled the President and several Cabinet ministers.

    1024 days ago
  • FILE: A screengrab of ANC head of elections Fikile Mbalula at the Zondo Commission on 22 March 2019.

    Mbalula ready to return to Zondo Inquiry to address Zuma allegations

    Former President Jacob Zuma told the commission that Fikile Mbalula had attended a meeting with Johann Rupert, where the businessman told Mbalula that if Zuma removed Pravin Gordhan as Finance Minister, he would shut down the economy of the country.

    1027 days ago
  • FILE: Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team's German driver Nico Rosberg celebrates at the end of the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at the Yas Marina circuit on 27 November 2016. Picture: AFP.

    [EXCLUSIVE] Nico Rosberg calls on Johann Rupert to bring Formula 1 back to SA

    Speaking to EWN Sport ahead of the Laureus Sports Awards, Nico Rosberg said South Africa is on top of the list of destinations where Formula 1 should return to.

    1188 days ago
  • Nigerian businessman Aliko Dangote. Picture: AFP

    Forbes billionaires 2019: Dangote on top as Oppenheimer, Rupert dominate SA

    Aliko Dangote (61) who owns Dangote Cement, the continent's largest cement producer, is worth a reported net worth of $10.3 billion

    1197 days ago
  • A YouTube screengrab of businessman Johann Rupert during his interview with the chairperson of the MSG Afrika Group Given Mkhari.

    Taboo nightclub, monopolies, Zuma, Biko & land: What Johann Rupert really said

    Eyewitness News has put together 10 controversial and powerful quotes from Johann Rupert during his interview with the chairperson of the MSG Afrika Group Given Mkhari.

    1259 days ago
  • FILE: SA businessman Johann Rupert. Picture: Wikipedia Commons

    Johann Rupert receives backlash for undermining black people in interview

    Some social media users say that Rupert’s comments had racial undertones and tribalism among others.

    1259 days ago
  • On Friday, dozens of members of the ANC Youth League, Black First Land First, and from the MK Inkululeko Foundation marched to Remgro Limited's offices. Picture: Twitter/ @savethebay4

    MK Inkululeko: Rupert statement on ANC ‘against spirit of ubuntu’

    Johann Rupert reportedly described the ANC policy on radical economic transformation as "just a code word for theft".

    1690 days ago
  • FILE: Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. Picture: AFP

    Dlamini-Zuma: Johann Rupert's comments an insult to poor South Africans

    Last week, Rupert said that radical economic transformation is a nothing but a code word for theft and the looting of the state’s coffers.

    1700 days ago
  • FILE: SA businessman Johann Rupert. Picture: Wikipedia Commons

    ANC condemns Johann Rupert’s comment on radical economic transformation

    The South African billionaire is reported to have called said radical economic transformation a code for theft.

    1705 days ago
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