The EFF leader said the legal age of consent is 16, and it did not make sense that at that age, one could take legally binding and other decisions, but not vote.
Although his party had not taken the debate to Parliament, it was what the EFF was advocating.
Durban-based political analyst Xolani Dube, from the Xubera Institute for Research and Development, said the call by Malema was not an"honest" one, and even if a change was made to reduce the voting age to 16, it would not benefit the EFF.
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