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He added:
We were not going to negotiate with them, begging them for anything. It's either take it or leave it. And then they came with that arrogance, which is water under the bridge now. First, they said to us: 'You're a dying party; you're better off if you die in our hands than with others.' You don't talk to people like that. Respect was out of the window.
Mbalula relayed a story about negotiating with Zille on behalf of Malema when she previously sued the ANC Youth League under his helm.
He recalled that she offered him soup during that meeting, and labelled her as "tough" and "firm" - someone who "engages, sometimes to a point of irritation".
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