NWU students refused to compromise their principles for a KFC Streetwise Two: EFF

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) on Wednesday congratulated its student command  for securing victory in a heavily contested student representative council election at the North West University (NWU)‚ Mafikeng Campus‚ and slammed the African National Congress’ “anti-intellectual food parcel election strategy”.

The NWU students had shown that they would “not compromise their principles for a KFC Streetwise Two”‚ said Lehlohonolo Fana Mokoena‚ EFF acting national spokesperson.

The party said its representatives had been confronted by “an enemy force that deployed celebrities from outdated personalities like Athur Mafokate‚ Choomee‚ Ishmail to current soap stars from television series like Skeem Sam‚ Scandal and Zabalaza’”‚ all led by Minister of Sport and Recreation Fikile Mbalula.

“Upon realising that these largely has-been celebrities do not have the necessary impact to a relatively large conscious student body‚ the ANC MECs of North West‚ including the Premier Supra Mahumapelo himself‚ descended upon NWU Mafikeng Campus to dish out 10‚000 free ANC t-shirts‚ including giving food parcels in the form of free KFC and braai to students‚” said Mokoena.

The EFF Student Command had demonstrated that “superior logic is stronger than an attempt at vote buying through food parcels. This election was a victory for democracy and the EFF salutes the student body for using conscience and consciousness to vote‚ dispelling the anti-intellectual food parcel election strategy of the ANC.

“Students refused to be treated like empty heads with no capacity to think‚ where you simply throw free KFC at them and expect to get their votes.”

Mokoena said NWU Mafikeng Campus students “are much more politically mature and conscious (than ANC MPs) because poor as they are‚ and as hungry as they are‚ they could not compromise their principle for a KFC Streetwise Two”.