On 28 July 2013, at a press briefing in Soweto, Malema announced that the new party already had over 1000 members, double the 500 required for registration with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).
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WASP entered into negotiations with Julius Malema's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) but the EFF leadership demanded the dissolution of WASP making an Alliance impossible.