The EFF does not need the votes of xenophobic people, party leader Julius Malema told supporters at the North West launch of the party's elections manifesto.

Jacob Zuma has denied that his party is sidelining him from campaigning, saying his absence was because he was busy with personal business.

An off-duty police officer from Roodepan is recovering in hospital after he was attacked, robbed of his firearm and shot while pursuing a man who was dressed as a woman.