Speaking at the party's election manifesto launch on Sunday, Julius Malema said the EFF was identifying a 'piece of land' in Sandton on which to build RDP houses.
Malema said former EFF chairperson Dali Mpofu would be the first “victim” of the wealth tax.
“Dali Mpofu is going to be the first victim of the property wealth tax because he lives in Houghton. He must pay for a poor person in a township and in the village,” he said. “We are going to tax them, including myself. I stay in Sandton and I must pay the wealth tax to subsidise the poor. That is the practical way that we can share the wealth of the country because the wealth of the county must be shared.”Earlier this month, during a campaign rally held in Gauteng, he urged people to register to vote if they want better houses instead of “matchboxes” without electricity.
“You stay in a shack. You applied for a house since 1994 but you continue to vote for the ANC. Are you well in the head?”“Our people must have houses, not matchbox houses. Our people’s homes must even have passages. They must have inside bathrooms and not be like you are on a special trip when you are going to the toilet.”In August, to commemorateHe vowed the EFF would provide “spacious” houses to all citizens.
“When we say our people must have quality houses, we are speaking of women dignity, as many households are women-headed,” he said at the time.
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