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The breakaway opposition party is celebrating its fourth anniversary and needs a new direction Analysis The Economic Freedom Fighters have a lot to celebrate on their fourth anniversary. They have grown at an unprecedented rate as an independent opposition since the party was formed when members -- led by expelled ANC Youth League President Julius Malema -- broke away from the ruling party in 2013. But have Malema's red berets reached a plateau or is there more to come from the overall-wearing, pro-poor party who have thus far managed to agitate the country's political atmosphere? It all began in 2012 when Malema, who was the ANC's Youth League president, was suspended from the party after being found guilty of undermining party leadership and sowing division through his criticism of President Jacob Zuma. Malema's current second-in-charge, Floyd Shivambu -- who was the league's spokesperson at the time -- was also suspended on several charges, including accusing the...

FOR a few couples, marriage murders uniqueness. Contrasts drive a wedge between them. Be that as it may, for Olubunmi Abosede and her late spouse, Prof. Adebayo Faleti, marriage handed down an uncommon bond. It combined their glaring contrasts into a shared association. The Faletis offer belief to the Yoruba maxim: T'ewe ba pe lara ose, o maan d'ose ni, deciphered accordingly: "If a leaf remains too long on cleanser, it inevitably moves toward becoming cleanser." This is on the grounds that the relationship that existed amongst Abosede and late Yoruba scholarly symbol, essayist, telecaster and writer, Faleti, was uncommon. Despite the fact that they rose up out of various sides of the separation as far as introduction, instruction and age, in 1981, they left on a sentimental and conjugal stay that bloomed to the pleasure of the couple, their dear loved ones. So energizing and cheerful was their trip that it over and again invigorates audience and teller alike every ti...