EFF members calm despite Julius Malema's three-hour delay for KZN rally
Image: JACKIE Clausen
According to the EFF's official Twitter account, Malema was meant to address supporters in the Northern Cape at 10am and then travel to KwaZulu-Natal.
Just after 2pm the EFF tweeted that Malema had arrived in the Northern Cape.
EFF supports chant Senzo Meyiwa's name
Despite this, an array of entertainment, with performances by local artists Lvovo, Big Nuz star Danger and Zandie Khumalo kept supporters in good spirits. EFF supporters shouted the name of slain Bafana Bafana star, Senzo Meyiwa, when Kelly Khumalo took to the stage.
Khumalo had been dating Meyiwa when he was fatally shot.
Gqom star Babes Woduma was yet to take the stage.
In the wake of major unrest in the province pertaining to a high-profile political murder case, ongoing issues of a lack of basic services and high levels of corruption and crime, Malema's KZN keynote address was expected to be a major talking point and subjected to scrutiny by opposition parties vying to gain a foothold in the country's third-poorest province.