EFF leader Julius Malema has vowed to 'punish' leaders in provinces that performed poorly in the 2024 general elections. Malema believes there are at least two provinces where party structures need to be rebuilt and strengthened to avoid a further decline in support.

EFF leader Julius Malema said "heads will roll" in North West and Limpopo, where the party experienced some of its hardest knocks in the 2024 elections.

Speaking at the party's 11th anniversary in Kimberley, Northern Cape, on Saturday, 27 July 2024, he said the structures in the two provinces would have to account for their shortcomings.

"Especially the Bojanala comrades - how do we lose 25,000 votes in Bojanala in the North West and there is no explanation? Some heads will roll.

"The heads have rolled in Limpopo. That is why there is new leadership. We are not going to sit back and reward laziness. We must punish laziness; we must punish factionalism and people must earn their seat at this dinner table," Malema told supporters at the AR Abass sports ground in Kimberley.

The EFF received 17.37% of the provincial vote in North West in this election compared with 18.64% in 2019. In Limpopo, the red berets won 14.12% in 2024 compared with 14.43% in 2019.

The party's national command council team said it would dissolve its Limpopo structures after its poor showing in the elections.

While the EFF has been relegated to being the fourth-largest party in...