7 Pillars of EFF

PILLAR	CORE PRINCIPLE	KEY POLICIES	TARGET ISSUES
1. LAND EXPROPRIATION	Land expropriation without compensation	Redistribute land to black majority, constitutional amendment for land reform	Historical dispossession, inequality
2. NATIONALIZATION	State control of key sectors	Nationalize mines, banks, Reserve Bank, strategic sectors	Economic control, wealth redistribution
3. FREE QUALITY EDUCATION	Education as fundamental right	Free education from primary to tertiary, decolonized curriculum	Access barriers, skill development
4. FREE HEALTHCARE	Universal healthcare access	National Health Insurance, build more hospitals/clinics	Healthcare inequality, rural access
5. MASSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE	State-led development	Build roads, dams, energy plants, public transport	Unemployment, economic growth
6. JOBS & INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY	Full employment goal	Protected industrialization, local beneficiation, manufacturing revival	30%+ unemployment, deindustrialization
7. CORRUPTION-FREE GOVERNMENT	Accountability, transparency	Lifestyle audits, prosecute corruption, ethical leadership	State capture, governance failures

IDEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK
Economic Model: Socialist/Marxist-Leninist approach
Pan-Africanism: African unity, anti-imperialism
Radical Economic Transformation: Fundamental restructuring vs reform
Black Consciousness: Psychological and economic liberation

ELECTORAL PERFORMANCE
2014: 6.35% (25 seats) - Founded 2013
2019: 10.79% (44 seats) - Growth phase
2024: 9.52% (39 seats) - Slight decline
Current: 4th largest party in Parliament

KEY CRITICISMS	EFF RESPONSE
Economic viability of nationalization	Successful examples in other countries
Land reform impact on food security	Productive use requirements planned
Populist rhetoric	Necessary for radical change
Implementation feasibility	Political will more important than technicalities