By Zukile Majova
Political Editor
EFF leader Julius Malema has refused to apologise or take any responsibility for chanting inflammatory slogans.
Various organisations have found Malema’s chanting of“Kill the Boer, kill the farmer” slogan as being tantamount to hate speech.
They are lining up to charge Malema and his party for “inciting violence” against white minority groups and for dividing the nation.
Freedom Front Plus leader Dr Pieter Groenewald said his party has begun a legal challenge it intends to fight all the way to the Constitutional Court.
“The time has come for action to be taken against EFF leader Julius Malema regarding his inflammatory statements and the FF Plus has renewed a complaint about this to the police and the Human Rights Commission,” said Dr Groenewald.
The first evidence of the divisive nature of Malema’s slogan was on full display in front of the EFF headquarters in Johannesburg on Wednesday.
A scuffle broke out between EFF members, including secretary Marshall Dlamini, and a group of white men who wanted to be part of Malema’s press conference.
But Malema remained arrogant and said the EFF security guards should have been more aggressive with the intruders.
“They did not do a good job, I wanted more than that. You know me, I want to deal with real stuff. I don’t want amper, amper. No, I want proper arrangements. But next time,” said Malema.
Malema said the Equality Court found in his favour when it ruled there was no link between the singing of struggle songs and ethnic violence against whites.
“I will sing this song as and when I feel like it. It’s not my song, it’s a struggle song,” he said.
On 4 September, the Supreme Court of Appeal is scheduled to hear an appeal of the Equality Court’s finding brought by AfriForum.
Pictured above: Unapologetic; Malema insists he will still sing his infamous signature tune
Image source: @EFFSouthAfrica
