Lamola slams EFF on 'wild' state capture claims against Motsepe
2 July 2018
ANC national working committee (NWC) member Ronald Lamola slammed EFF leader Julius Malema and accused him of making "wild and unsubstantiated" allegations against businessman Patrice Motsepe.
During his speech at the celebration of the EFF's 5th anniversary in Mdantsane in the Eastern Cape over the weekend, Malema accused Motsepe of being a "state capture threat".
"It's just a public statement aimed at ridiculing black excellence and to ridicule all processes the government is [using to try] to empower black people," Lamola said during a press conference after the ANC held its two-day national executive committee (NEC) lekgotla.
Malema had said, while they liked Motsepe, "greed" was going to make them fight him very hard and he threatened to reclaim his mines.