The EFF’s ‘Our Land and Jobs Now’ spoke to its gospel of emancipating Black South Africans from what it considers economic apartheid perpetuated by white monopoly capital. By ISAAC OTIDI AMUKEMore by this AuthorOn Wednesday, the world’s attention was on South Africa, as the country went to the polls. The vote marked 25 years since the fall of apartheid, which resulted in the country’s first democratic election in 1994, in which the Black majority voted for the first time. DISENFRANCHISEDDue to South Africa’s proportional representation system, voters cast their ballots for political parties as opposed to individuals. As one of the wealthiest Black South Africans, he is seen as being more popular among the business elite, who despise the ANC’s ways.

Source: Daily Nation May 11, 2019 21:56 UTC