Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema says President Jacob Zuma is the reason the EFF could not enter into a coalition with the African National Congress.Malema told reporters in Alexandra that during coalition negotiations‚ representatives of the ANC had shown that they had absolutely no control of what would happen to Zuma. "It is not that they don’t agree the damage that Zuma has done to the brand the ANC. South Africa is not about an individual called Zuma. You are saying that we are obsessed with Zuma. Let me tell you‚ the damage that that guy is costing us is too much...I am not going to be part of a deal which seeks to collapse South Africa. “The Guptas have captured this country. It is not a joke. There is no institution in South Africa‚ state-owned companies. There is no department in South Africa where the Guptas do not have their person‚ on their payroll‚" said Malema.Malema said the EFF refused to discuss coalitions with the ANC’s Gauteng provincial leadership‚ and requested that ruling party’s national leadership deal with its national leadership.The ANC‚ led by Gauteng Premier David Makhura and provincial chairperson Paul Mashatile‚ agreed to this demand and dispatched big wigs like Gwede Mantashe‚ Jessie Duarte‚ Zweli Mkhize‚ Andries Nel and Jeff Radebe. Among the demands the EFF gave the ANC were the removal of Zuma as president; a 6% expropriation of land; the nationalisation of banks and other strategic assets and free education.The municipal elections were largely seen as a referendum on Zuma, whose rule has been dogged by scandal.The ruling party suffered its worst result since the end of apartheid, garnering less than 54 percent of ballots cast nationally -- an eight percentage point drop from the last local poll in 2011.- additional reporting by AFP..