Malema says he won't entertain calls to merge with any political party

JOHANNESBURG - Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema says while he endorses unity among like minded organisations, he won’t entertain calls to merge with any political party.

Malema sees calls for the unity of predominantly black parties as an attempt to destroy his political organisation.

The latest figure to add to the mounting calls is African Congress for Transformation (ACT) leader and expelled African National Congress (ANC) member Ace Magashule.

Malema weighed in on the calls in Pretoria on Wednesday, as he visited late actor Presley Chweneyage’s home.

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The EFF, through the "progressive caucus" pact, has been working with like-minded political organisations in Parliament, including the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party.

But Malema says that’s as far as their collaboration with some of these parties will go.

"It is disingenuous to form another party and say you are calling for black unity. Once you form a party, you are already dividing people. So if you wanted to call for unity of black people, you should have joined the EFF." 

Malema says there’s a hidden motive behind calls for so-called black unity.

"You can see that it’s not black unity. This is an agenda to destroy the eff because why are they not giving a report about black unity to the udm or these many black formations."

He says the EFF will however continue to participate in the "progressive caucus".