He said the country needed both a strong ruling party and a vibrant opposition.
Speaker Thoko Didiza told lawmakers that budget proceedings had never been postponed like this in the three decades since the end of apartheid.
“If there is one party we can work with, it’s the ANC because when the ANC is comprised, they are not arrogant,” Mr Malema said.
South African security forces on Monday said 87 people had been arrested in the last 12 hours across the country over public violence.
South Africa’s parliament has postponed a vote on impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa by one week.
If the Public Servants Association, numbering over 235,000 members goes through with the strike, this would be the first major strike in the public sector since 2010.
