Where is Parliament as the country cries out for help?

Julius Malema of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) is quite a phenomenon. His critics have parodied the youthful leader of South Africa’s third largest political party as “a reckless leftist populist.” Yet the man has his fingers on the pulse of the nation.

Eloquent, bold and forthright, Malema speaks the truth to power. He tells it as it is, in front of the very person who should be told the truth. This is regardless that it is President Jacob Zuma in the past, or President Cyril Ramaphosa today. His forthrightness has of course landed him in trouble, every so often. In 2011, at the age of 30, he was expelled from his country’s premier party, the African National Congress (ANC). He was accused of “hate speech.”