Vavi and Malema are plotting to topple government - premier
Rustenburg - Former Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi and EFF leader Julius Malema are plotting to overthrow the government, North West premier Supra Mahumapelo said on Sunday.
"If you listened to Julius [Malema] and Vavi speak at the Union Buildings, you can hear they want to overthrow the government. They want to instigate people and ultimately overthrow the government. They will never succeed."
Mahumapelo who is also the chairperson of the ANC in North West, was speaking at the SA Communist Party (SACP) Red October Campaign in Lethabong near Rustenburg.
He said Vavi was portraying himself as an anti-corruption activist in an attempt to hide his past as Congress of SA Trade Unions's (Cosatu) general secretary.
"He is trying to clear his tracks. He wants people to forget about what he did in an office at Cosatu house," he said, referring to an affair Vavi had with a Cosatu staff member.