The interview (Full Frank Dialogue with EFF President Julius Malema)

BEE Novation's Lee Du Preez puts two direct questions to EFF President Julius Malema on the Frank Dialogue round table, 15 May 2026. The first cuts to the heart of where transformation policy is heading: if the EFF takes government, would they scrap, amend, or keep existing B-BBEE and employment equity legislation? Malema's answer is unambiguous. The EFF will not scrap it. They will defend it in court, broaden it to put workers at the centre as shareholders, and remove the politically connected from the front of the queue. Lee's follow-up gets to what every business owner is actually wondering: how does the EFF intend to make business, black or white, feel safe when the word "radical" is on the table? Malema reframes radical. It does not mean instability. It means broad-based benefit reaches the people it was always written for, not a small circle of political beneficiaries. This is the conversation South African business needs to hear. Real questions about B-BBEE, real answers about where transformation policy is going next. About BEE Novation BEE Novation is a B-BBEE consulting and advisory firm helping South African businesses build compliant, high-impact transformation strategies that actually move the needle. Visit www.beenovation.co.za to start a conversation about your scorecard