News24 | How much is a loaf of bread? What Malema could have said

Julius Malema was recently trumped by a popular political gotcha question. Here's how other politicians fared when they faced similar probes. (Ziyaad Douglas/Gallo Images)

Julius Malema was recently trumped by a popular political gotcha question. Here’s how other politicians fared when they faced similar probes. (Ziyaad Douglas/Gallo Images)

It is one of the most famous gotcha questions in politics, and this week EFF leader Julius Malema failed it. 

When Lester Kiewit asked him the price of a loaf of bread at the end of a Cape Talk interview (at 30:55 in the video below), Malema answered:

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