South Africa’s EFF to Protest Against Coalition Government
- The party is opposed to the DA getting posts in government
- Its leader, Malema, says the new cabinet is ‘a betrayal’
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South Africa’s leftist Economic Freedom Fighters said it plans to stage protests to highlight its opposition to the nation’s newly formed coalition government.
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday unveiled a cabinet that includes representatives from seven political parties, with the centrist Democratic Alliance being allocated six ministerial positions, as well as a similar number of deputy posts. The EFF, which obtained less than 10% of the vote in elections in May, opted not to join the so-called government of national unity because it opposes the DA’s free-market policies.