Mugabe Jr: Malema wins BIG in South Africa

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Malema gets his seat in the House

May 8 2014 at 01:41pm
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Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema casts his vote at the Mponegele Primary School voting station in Seshego, Limpopo. Picture: Matthews Baloyi
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Johannesburg - Julius Malema has secured his seat in Parliament, and was set to take at least five other seats in Parliament for his new party, the Economic Freedom Fighters.

By midday on Thursday the African National Congress was leading in the fifth democratic elections with over four million counted votes nationally. The ANC had 4 800 185 which was 62.76 percent of the counted votes.

By 12pm, the official opposition Democratic Alliance had 1 759 824 votes, making up 23.01 percent of the counted vote.

Malema’s EFF was in third place so far with 362 063 votes making up 4.73 percent of the counted votes.

A political party needs about 47 000 votes for a seat in Parliament. This would mean that the EFF could get at least six seats so far in the National Assembly.

Earlier, The Star could not reach Malema for comment but he left a speech as his voicemail message.

“We are not sorry for the inconvenience of the beneficiaries of the system,” his message began.

“But this is a revolution, it is not a bed of roses, the struggle between the future and the past. We have refused to submit but chosen to fight for the economic freedom of our people and we shall overcome. Salute!”

Other debutante parties, such as Agang SA, the Workers and Socialist Party, and the Patriotic Alliance were not doing as well as the EFF.

Mamphela Ramphele's Agang had so far received only 15 785 votes, which at this stage did not qualify the party for a seat in Parliament. Sushi King Kenny Kunene's Patriotic Alliance received 9 547 votes nationally and Wasp 3 683.

The Inkatha Freedom Party at midday had 176 061 votes making up 2.30 percent of the total votes counted, while its break-away the National Freedom Party had 116 662 (1.53 percent).

The United Democratic Movement had 82 645 (1.08 percent), the Freedom Front Plus had 76,589 (one percent) of the vote, and the Congress of the People 60 003 (0.78 percent).

Other veterans of Parliament, such as the Pan Africanist Congress received 15 060 votes and the African Christian Democratic Party 42 827 votes.

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outh Africa election: ANC wins huge victory
The African National Congress (ANC) has won a commanding victory in South Africa's general election, partial results show.
With about 80% of the results in, the ANC has 63% of the vote, followed by the Democratic Alliance (DA) on 22%.
The BBC's Andrew Harding says inequality, unemployment and corruption are big problems but the electorate has shown it has not lost faith in the ANC.
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party is in third place with 5%.
The electoral commission said voting passed off peacefully in most areas, with turnout at just over 72%.
The elections are the first since the death in December of Nelson Mandela - the country's first black president - and mark 20 years since the end of white-minority rule.
Dissatisfaction with the government has been growing over high levels of unemployment, a lack of basic services and allegations of widespread corruption.
Our correspondent says the ANC is likely to use its impressive mandate to try to drive through its National Development Plan - rejecting nationalisation, and emphasising investment and infrastructure.
The business-friendly plan has alarmed South Africa's powerful unions - some of which may soon break away to form their own party, he says.
He adds that, on 5%, the EFF are no threat to the ANC but their aggressive populism will keep ministers on their toes, and South African politics more abrasive than ever.
The DA has increased its share of the vote from 17% in the last election to 22%, according to the latest results.
Early on Thursday, DA leader Helen Zille told AFP news agency that she expected her party's final vote to be around the 23% margin.
"We'll see how it goes. Of course, we hope it will be more. We did as much as we could," she is quoted as saying.
The DA has been trying to make inroads into the black electorate - its support is mainly concentrated in the Western Cape which has a large white and mixed-race population.
Those born after the end of apartheid in 1994 were able to cast their ballots for the first time, although only a third of those entitled to do so had registered to vote.
An ANC victory would return President Jacob Zuma for a second five-year term. He was dogged by allegations of corruption in the build-up to the election after an independent inquiry found he had "unduly benefited" from an expensive government-funded upgrade to his private residence.
Speaking as he cast his vote on Wednesday, Mr Zuma said he thought "the results will be very good", but added that the campaign had been "very challenging".
In the last election in 2009, the ANC saw a slight drop in support, polling 66% of the vote.

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Go, the Hugo Chavez of SA

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So this Malenda guy is going against the current SA president Zuma?