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EFF leader Julius Malema addresses thousands of EFF supporters.
- EFF leader Julius Malema has accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of allowing what he called “white arrogance”.
- Malema intends to protest in Senekal Friday for what he said was the protection of the state against farmers.
- The EFF has been accused of inciting violence and using the Senekal incident for political gain.
EFF President Julius Malema has accused President Cyril Ramaphosa and Police Minister Bheki Cele of allowing the government to be humiliated by allowing what he called “white arrogance”.
In a televised interview with Newzroom Afrika on Thursday, Malema defended the EFF’s intention to protest at Senekal Magistrates Court in the Free State on Friday over what he said was the protection of democracy and the South African Constitution.
“We are not really going to Senekal to sympathize with a thug. We are going to Senekal to protect our democracy, our constitution, which is threatened by racist farmers and terrorists who go and attack a court and police stations. That is a declaration of war against him. state. If the current regime cannot defend the state, we have a responsibility as peace-loving South Africans to defend our state against vandalism, against terrorism, “he said.
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The EFF leader lamented the government’s inaction against protesters who shattered police resources, and further lamented what he called the state’s inability to intervene decisively when whites were involved.
On October 6, a protest against farm killings at the court appearance of farm manager Brendin Horner’s alleged killers turned violent when a group of farmers stormed the court building. A police vehicle was also overturned and set on fire.
The EFF has been accused of inciting violence and using the Senekal incident for political purposes.
Chief Public Prosecutor Natasha Mazzone filed criminal charges of inciting violence at Cape Town Central Police Station against Malema and EFF MP Nazier Paulsen for posts on social media in the context of the events of last week in Senekal.
On Monday, Cele said she met with Malema and will soon meet with FF Plus leader Pieter Groenewald to ensure peace prevails in Senekal on Friday, when the men accused of murdering Horner appear in court. .
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Malema, however, said: “I told him that you are afraid of whites, there is too much white arrogance. You have allowed it because your president was bought by whites.”
“I was telling the minister, ‘Your president, who is adopted by a white family, has allowed these people to develop this arrogance and we are not going to allow him or you through your actions to make white people arrogant and wanting. “. subjecting black people to humiliation. ‘ Once you humiliate the police, you are humiliating a black state and you are directly humiliating black people and that pain that we suffered for apartheid is resurrected and we go through it again, ”he said.
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