Julius Malema, leader of the populist opposition party, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), on Saturday, took critics of the late Winnie Madikizela-Mandela to the cleaners.
Venue was the funeral of the heroine of South African struggle held at Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg’s Soweto township.
With a clenched fist, Malema gave a fiery speech, excoriating those who turned their backs on her.
He repeatedly alleged that some who disowned Madikizela-Mandela amid her difficulties were at the funeral — drawing roars from a crowd of tens of thousands.
He rhetorically asked Madikizela-Mandela to give him a sign about how to treat them.
“What is funny, Mama, is that they are crying the loudest, more than all of us who cared for you,” Malema, a friend of Madikizela-Mandela’s, said.
“We see you in your beautiful suits. Betrayers! Sellouts! We see you.”
“If it is true that the ANC honors Winnie Mandela, name the Cape Town airport Winnie Mandela Airport,” he said, ending his speech to huge applause.
*Culled from CNN





















