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Malema under fire for alleged hate speech

2010-03-10 16:00

ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema is facing a barrage of complaints to the police and chapter nine institutions over his latest racial outburst, after he led students in singing “kill the boer”.

Freedom Front Plus leader and Deputy Agriculture Minister Pieter Mulder will today lodge a hate speech complaint against Malema at the Brooklyn police station in Pretoria.

Mulder said the use of the slogan was a contravention of section 16 of the Constitution.

“Freedom of speech does not include the advocacy of hatred that is based on race, ethnicity, gender or religion, and which constitutes incitement to cause harm and has in any case been declared as hate speech by the courts.”

Malema, according to the Sowetan, led students at the University of Johannesburg in a song saying: “Shoot the boere [farmers], they are rapists”.

He told students that former president Nelson Mandela had convinced blacks to forgive, but they should never forget what was done to them.

AfriForum Youth national chairperson Ernst Roets said the organisation would submit a complaint to the Equality Court in Johannesburg.

Roets said it was not the first time Malema sang the song reminiscent of the late Peter Mokaba. He sang it at his birthday celebrations in Polokwane last week, in a province where six farmers were murdered in the past month, Roets said.

“Julius Malema has become the biggest embarrassment of not only the youth, but also of the country. There is no way in which you can dismiss the song as something that simply has to be viewed in a political context and that doesn’t have any real consequences,” he said.

The Afrikanerbond lodged a complaint with the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC).

“It is clear that neither the ANCYL or the ANC have the political will or power to rein in Mr Malema and his daily tirades against everything we hold dear in South Africa,” it said.

“We trust that the Human Rights Commission will act in a manner which will restore our faith in this institution as well as in the promotion of human rights.”


- SAPA

Comment on this story


Regret 3/10/2010 6:57:37 PM
I regret that my ancestors came to darkest Africa. I could be living in a first world country. Instead, I am living in a place with the likes of Julius Malema.
Avid SA 3/11/2010 10:28:43 AM
Juluis is smart. He rallies up the youth, who do not have access to the internet, read the newspaper and struggle to go to school. He takes advantage of that fact. And instead of helping the community, he owns dozens of businesses that he can allocate government contracts to. He is the worst kind of person, and an extremely bad example of a South African.
jono 3/11/2010 10:54:20 AM
Julius, you are playing with fire. Lets try your slogan and change "boere" and "rapists" with "darkies" and "thiefs". Then you will see just how offensive your remark is. You are standing in the way of the TRUE new south africa.
Jerry 3/11/2010 1:34:01 PM
Julius is just lining up the un-educated and the idiots to support him once he leaves the ANCYL. He will most probably end high up in the ANC. He has got all the thug, thief, corrupt, rasist etc. requirements.
Lisa 3/11/2010 1:44:28 PM
The UJ students should have walked away immediately when he started singing that song. I'm begging the media in general to please stop writing about the ANC, Malema and Zuma because nothing good comes out of their loud mouths.
Kgotso 3/11/2010 1:45:42 PM
What happened to having respect for your fellow human being? Malema is always going on about the racist whites and capitalists. Has he ever stopped to think about what good he does in the SA community? He has such a strong voice under the youth, why can't he use that voice for the good of SA? If he can change his attitude and preach respect, regardless of race, sex, religion or culture, he can contribute towards real harmony. He still needs to learn that respect reciprocates respect. But again, I suppose it is not as much fun to be a mature person. He wants to be known as a “freedom fighter”, he wants to lead his own struggle against whatever he believes to be the enemy. I sincerely hope that he grows up soon and realizes that he can contribute hugely to making SA a better place for all.
percy 3/14/2010 11:35:11 AM
Malema has done nothing wrong, we all know that the song is not something new in struggle, the fact is if you listen to the song selectively, you are likely to blame poor Malema; so we should not react as if Malema is the songwriter.
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