Julius Malema Explodes! “I Was Robbed of the Presidency” – The Truth Behind the Bombshell

Added: 2026-05-23

[00:00:00]During a recent appearance on JJ Tabane's Frank Dialogue podcast, the Economic Freedom Fighters leader says he believes he was robbed of becoming president of South Africa following the 2024 national elections.

[00:00:13]Malema pointed to alleged irregularities in one voting district and questioned the credibility of parts of the electoral process despite the EFF finishing fourth with 9.52% of the national vote and securing 39 seats in Parliament.

[00:00:29]The comments have sparked intense debate across the country with critics dismissing the claims as unrealistic while supporters continue raising concerns about trust in the Independent Electoral Commission.

[00:00:40]Courts have already thrown out related election challenges saying no evidence of widespread fraud was found.

[00:00:49]Tonight, we break down Malema's controversial remarks, the political fallout, and what this could mean ahead of the upcoming local government elections.

[00:00:58]Stay tuned.

[00:00:59]>> elections.

[00:01:00]I queued for that thing, incompetency of the IEC.

[00:01:04]I queued on the queue for 4 hours with my wife.

[00:01:09]Voted EFF. We won.

[00:01:14]Then the deputy president of the EFF who was around went to my station to take the results slip.

[00:01:22]And went to the IEC capturing center.

[00:01:25]And I challenged the IEC and I challenge you call yourself investigating journalist, especially Mzilikazi. Go.

[00:01:35]He went to the results center and said he didn't give them the receipt. He said, "Can I please see the results of Mponeng They proudly typed there and it popped up.

[00:01:51]They swapped EFF numbers with the ANC IEC. Mhm. And then he said, "No, these are not the results." I'm telling you 2024, I was robbed to be president of this country.

[00:02:03]He said, "This is a receipt."

[00:02:05]>> [laughter] >> It's a receipt of the result slip of Mbonani Lwaprema.

[00:02:11]Is that Mike?

[00:02:12]>> Mike Sham from State of the Nation podcast, coaching. The EFF seems to be quite committed to kill something tonight. If you have a program, how are you going to do it? Is it going to go region by region, alphabetically? Have you got some kind of plan for how you're going to start, Thomas, just so that we know what's on the agenda.

[00:02:35]Well, uh firstly, as a podcaster, you ought to be a very knowledgeable person because most of you uh call themselves podcasters, and then you're just saying the most irrelevant and issues that can't be proven anyway.

[00:02:55]As a podcaster, if I were to ask you now, show me a policy of the EFF where they are com- Where? Where is that commitment? Where is that policy of the EFF?

[00:03:09]You are part of the problem because you are engaged in scaremongering.

[00:03:14]Swart gevaar, rightfully so because you are a beneficiary of it.

[00:03:18]You have no problem just lying right in front of the so-called state of the nation. You are lying.

[00:03:27]There's no such a thing.

[00:03:29]Uh the Constitutional Court in relation to the song, if you are referring to the song, because you may not know the difference between a policy and a song.

[00:03:38]That's white privilege, of course.

[00:03:39]People will not even think you will not know the difference because you are white and and inherently um uh in- informed. There's a difference between a song and a policy. The Constitutional Court has it agrees with the the Supreme Court of Appeal and the lower court.

[00:03:58]The court said, and it agreed with us, the originality of the song has never meant anything literal.

[00:04:08]And that the song has always referred to the system, not to individuals. And the song was even sang by white progressives. Not people like you will not have sang about it because you wanted to benefit from the system uh perpetually, which we we are still fighting.

[00:04:30]So, there's no farmer that's by the EFF. Because Mugabe did not kill any farmer.

[00:04:38]Thabo Mbeki did not kill any farmer.

[00:04:40]Nelson did not kill any farmer. Yet they sang this song. We did not coin this song. Again, because of your privilege, you may not know the history of the song.

[00:04:50]If you knew the history of the song, you will know who didn't coin the song.

[00:04:54]The song comes from the trenches of MK.

[00:04:56]It's an ANC song.

[00:04:58]It's a struggle song. We've inherited it, and we continue with the legacy of struggle in South Africa. Why didn't Why didn't we ask ANC when I because you've been singing this song for too long. You know that your conscience is very clear.

[00:05:16]Your conscience know that you are lying, and you are engaged in scaremongering.

[00:05:22]And it's wrong.

[00:05:24]Don't only say conscience must apply to politicians. It must also apply to you, ordinary people, that you cannot go on a public platform and lie.

[00:05:34]You are not different from those who are going around saying there is white genocide in South Africa. There's no white genocide in South Africa.

[00:05:43]So, please, as a podcaster, I've listened to you and I've seen how you engage your people.

[00:05:50]Come from an informed point of view.

[00:05:53]Don't come like you are politically informed only to realize that no, you're just using your privilege to create an impression that you are informed when you are not. You're not informed.