Zuma and Malema have had a political love-hate relationship. Malema's complimentary remarks - about Zuma's popularity - explain this fluctuating relationship, writes Mcebisi Ndletyana.
"President Zuma has the right to vote for any party he wishes to vote for. We can't interfere with his right," Julius Malema, the EFF president, remarked at a recent press conference in his response to the question about Zuma and his newly formed party, uMkhonto WeSizwe.