BARBERTON, MP - EFF leader Julius Malema has described former Deputy President David Mabuza as a strategic and approachable leader.
He was speaking ahead of the former statesman's funeral in Mbombela.
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Malema says Mabuza often surprised his allies.
"DD was a very good comrade of ours, he worked the ground, he was a man of the people, he was helping people on the ground, especially here in Mpumalanga," he said.