On Sunday, Abahlali baseMjondolo held a ‘30 Years of UnFreedom’ event to reflect on the 30 years after apartheid. The movement, whose leaders have been killed as they fought for dignity and decent housing, will support the Economic Freedom Fighters in the 29 May general elections.
The Economic Freedom Fighters’ ‘national shutdown’ last week brought out modest numbers of people, intimidated some businesses into closing and gave the EFF an outsized presence in media coverage and in the public mind. It invited the condemnation of its detractors. All of the latter is intrinsic to the party’s political positioning, so it can clock this up as a win of sorts.