South Africa’s Julius Malema to address this year’s NBA Conference in Nigeria

By Mark Ogagan

Julius Malema, President of South Africa’s opposition party, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), has been invited to address this year’s conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).

In a post on X by the NBA President, Afam Osigwe, Malema will deliver the keynote address at the conference scheduled from August 23-30, 2025 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

The NBA president urged lawyers to register before the closing date of March 31, 2025 for the conference.

In his words: “Dear colleagues, meet our keynote speaker for the 2025 NBA AGC: Julius Malema @Julius_S_Malema, the President, Economic Freedom Fighters, South Africa. Early bird registration closes March 31st, 2025!”

Malema, 44, is a South African politician, who founded the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), a political party with leftist tendency. Their trade mark red berets and military-style outfits mark them out distinctly.

From 2008 until his expulsion from the party in 2012, Malema was head of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) . He, thereafter founded EFF.

In 2014, Malema was elected to the National Assembly. His party EFF won 25 seats out of the 400-member parliament.(www.amatropics.com)