Economic Freedom Front (EFF) leader Julius Malema says that whites still rule in Cape Town, a city which represents and “remains a colony”.

Speaking at a rally in Gugulethu on Sunday, Malema said he aimed to improve on the popularity of the party in the metro – having received 2.7% of the vote in 2014, reported by the Cape Times.

“It is not transformed. It is still in the hands of the white minority. Whites rule here in Cape Town, we want to transform this place, but we can’t transform this place if we are not part of the municipality,” said Malema.

The politician said that “white monopoly capital” was centred in Cape Town and Stellenbosch, and that “the whole of South Africa” was controlled from the Boland town.

“There is too much land in the Western Cape, the problem is that it is owned by foreign people.

“When we take over the province, we will expropriate it without compensation and give it to the people,” he said.

Malema described Cape Town as “two nations in one city” – the wealthy and the poor.

He accused the government of investing in unimportant infrastructure like bicycle lanes and the Gautrain at the expense of the poor.

“There is a lot of money in Camps Bay; the rich people must pay for water and electricity of poor people,” he said.

“The rich must be ashamed of being rich, if you are truly ashamed then pay an extra R200 to take care of the poor.

“Let those who benefited from apartheid contribute to the well-being of the poor, they are always saying sorry – well sorry is no longer enough,” Malema said.

Malema also called Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane a puppet. “[Helen] Zille is the real leader; Maimane is just there to draw a salary.

“He must stop the white people from controlling him,” Malema said.

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