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EFFniks at the SWEARING-IN Ceremony

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) were at the centre of a number of controversies on the first day of the new Parliament. 25 members, dressed in red overalls or domestic worker uniforms presented themselves to Parliament. The Effniks wore either berets, headscarves or hard hats. The EFF MPs with the new red construction worker helmets were told to remove them, while those with the doeks and berets could keep them on. The bright red overalls and domestic workers’ outfits worn by the EFF MPs to South Africa’s fifth democratic Parliament were intended to send a strong message to the nation. Hlengiwe Maxon, who came from Durban to be sworn in as a member of Parliament for the EFF, said the workers’ dress will only be worn on special occasions. Holding up her red apron, Maxon said, “This is the dress of domestic workers. We are trying to tell people that we are from the Economic Freedom Fighters, we are here for the workers and the poor. We are sending a message to say that the Parliament for the people is not a Parliament for the elite. So the workers at home, when they see us dressed like this, they will know they are represented.”

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