President and Commander in Chief of the Economic Freedom Fighters | Member of Parliament in South African | Politician | Anti-apartheid activist
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Twitter: @Julius_S_Malema
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Julius Malema Political Journey
1991: Joined the Masupatsela ("trailblazers") movement of the African National Congress (ANC).
1995: Malema joined the ANC Youth League and became the chairperson of his local branch in Seshego and of the regional branch in broader Capricorn.
1997: Became the provincial chairperson of the Congress of South African Students (COSAS) in Limpopo.
2001: Elected as national president of COSAS.
2008 - 2012: 9th President of the African National Congress Youth League.
2013: Founded Economic Freedom Fighter (EFF) and was elected unopposed as the President and "commander-in-chief" of the EFF.
2014: Elected as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa.
2019: Re-elected to a second five-year parliamentary term in the National Assembly of South Africa.
Julius Malema Education Background
Ongoing: Studying for a Master's degree at the University of the Witwatersrand.
2017: Obtained BA (Honors) in Philosophy from University of South Africa (UNISA).
2016: Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications and African Languages at the University of South Africa (UNISA).
2010: Diploma in youth development at the University of South Africa (UNISA)
High school: Graduated from Mohlakaneng High School, Seshego, Limpopo.
Julius Malema Policies
Nationalization of South Africa mines and banks and the expropriation of land for redistribution.
Initiatives to increase access to quality education and improve health and welfare services.
Attain and defend the National Integrity and Liberation of the oppressed black majority of South Africa.
Establish and sustain a society that cherishes revolutionary cultural values and to create conditions for total political and economic emancipation, prosperity and equitable distribution of wealth of the nation.
Participate in the global struggle for the complete eradication of imperialism, colonialism, racism and all other forms of discrimination.
Participate in, support and promote all struggles for the attainment of the complete independence and unity of African states and by extension, the African continent.
Julius Malema Achievements
Standard Gauge Railway.
Electricity provision: Some 325 megawatts of power have been injected into the national grid in the last two years.
His Government embarked on the tarmacking of 10,000km road network to be implemented through the Annuity Financing program.
Opening JKIA terminal
Enforced Digitization of records, The TSC has so far digitized 6,000 teachers’ files, while the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development is currently digitizing and developing the National Land Information Management Systems.
Free maternity services
Became the first elected Deputy President of Kenya.
