“We are proud of this achievement as it impresses upon all to value education,” EFF spokesman and Member of Parliament Mbuyseni Ndlozi said on Tuesday.
“With all the pressures of serving our people in the EFF, Parliament and Africa, the CIC (commander in chief) Julius Malema still made time to improve his education. We say this with the full knowledge that fees remain the biggest stumbling block for many to access education. To that end, the qualifications of the CIC must be proof that those who demand the end to fees in universities do so because they are indeed academically deserving,” Ndlozi said.
Juju was routinely mocked early in his political career for failing matric mathematics and woodwork on Standard Grade.
At the time the ANCYL branded the emailed list as a “faked” attempt to discredit their leader, but a senior source at the department of education confirmed that the digital copy of Malema’s results was “genuine”.
Malema graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2016.
He will be formally awarded his BA honours degree during a graduation ceremony tonight.
Malema is obtaining his honours degree three weeks after Ndlozi was awarded a doctorate in philosophy of political studies by the University of the Witwatersrand.