We challenge EFF leader Julius Malema to come examine BOSA’s 140 000 signatures himself outside IEC offices

23 April 2024

Build One South Africa (BOSA) notes with fascination the comments made by Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader, Julius Malema, questioning the legitimacy of the more than 140 000 signatures of support BOSA submitted to the IEC.

Challenging the legitimacy of this IEC requirement without any evidence is a serious matter, and one which BOSA does not take lightly. Our activists and supporters are leaders with integrity, taking no shortcuts in doing the hard yards of proving to the IEC that our party enjoys significant support in every province.

Mr Malema and others must accept BOSA’s growth. We therefore today challenge Mr Malema to come examine BOSA’s 140 000 signatures himself outside the IEC offices in Tshwane this Wednesday 24 April at 15:00. We will make available the signatures for his perusal.

We can understand Mr Malema’s dilemma: While support for his party has plateaued, BOSA is rapidly growing in all communities across South Africa armed with a credible vision for change.

It is clear Malema and his EFF are now firmly part of the establishment. Gatekeepers of the status quo, trying to protect their turf from newcomers like BOSA who offer voters a fresh start.

Finally, BOSA urges Mr Malema to play open cards with South Africa and reveal who paid for the EFF’s national manifesto launch and each one of the party’s provincial launches – amounting to several millions of rands. With no funding declarations to the IEC, many are led to believe that shady money from cigarette smugglers is finding its way into EFF coffers.

More often than not, where there is smoke, there is fire.

Issued by Roger Solomons, BOSA Acting Spokesperson, 23 April 2024