Malema was speaking at the party’s memorial service for the late Cuban president who died last week at the age of 90.
He says through his socialist policies, Castro brought unemployment in Cuba down to 3% and hiked literacy levels to 93%.
Malema also praised Castro for his role in liberating South Africa.
“If it was not because of Fidel Castro, most African countries were not going to be liberated. It was the people of Cuba who deliberately came to help African people to liberate themselves.”