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By IOL Reporter 
9h ago
Durban – Afriforum and the Solidarity union are expected to press charges against EFF leader Julius Malema following comments he made against SAPS members over the weekend.
Afriforum policy and action chief Ernst Roets said a case would be opened at the Lyttelton police station.
On Sunday, Malema, while addressing party supporters, complained that the police had colluded with whites and abused EFF supporters in recent anti-racism protests in Senekal in the Free State and Brackenfell. in Cape Town.
Malema said the party would retaliate by visiting individual police officers in their homes.
“If the SA police want a fight, they should declare it. We will treat them the same way we treated them in the 1980s. We will not just fight them on the picket lines. We will go to their homes and fight them in their own homes with their own families, ”Malema said.
Police Minister Bheki Cele criticized Malema’s comments, calling them “reckless and dangerous.”
“I think the EFF leader has crossed the line, you are not going to threaten the police and you think they will just sit back. The work of the police is clear and is prescribed in the Constitution, which is to protect, prevent, combat and investigate crime. The police are also there to defend and enforce the law, so no one has the right to threaten the police when they do their work, ”he said.
Cele has asked members of the police to protect themselves.
He said the police were more than capable of defending themselves, should he come under attack.
The Popcru police union also criticized Malema for the comments, calling them dangerous and irresponsible.
“As he has done before, verbally attacking the character of our men and women in blue in September for fulfilling their duties, to the point where he even labeled their boots as stinky, this time he has taken his insults to another level, where is encouraging direct violence against SAPS members and their families, ”said Popcru spokesman Richard Mamabolo.
He accused Malema of indirectly calling for anarchy.
“For a person like Mr. Malema, who is also a public representative, to stoop so low and put the lives and families of law enforcement officers at such potential risk is very irresponsible.
“This is also happening at a time when we have been pleading with the population to help in the fight against police killings, which are on the rise,” Mamabolo said.
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