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Julius Malema flips off critics [video]
Julius Malema has given the middle finger to his critics, after a clip of him singing Kill The Boer was played during a bilateral meeting in the White House between presidents Cyril Ramaphosa and Donald Trump.
The Economic Freedom Fighter (EFF) leader has been accused of promoting a 'white genocide' with his outspoken and contrioversial statements.
On his X account, Julius Malema slammed calls for his arrest, specifically by US President Donald Trump and the world's richest man, Pretoria-born businessman Elon Musk.
Read the full version of the ' Malema shares message to critics: 'Kill me now!'' article. MALEMA POSTS MESSAGE TO CRITICS
He posted: 'You will never put a good man down. I will never be defined by my enemies but by my loyalty to the cries of our people. You will never kill the idea whose time has come.'
He added: 'Kill me now, cowards.'
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