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10 hours ago
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- IOL News
‘No white genocide' Julius Malema asserts at Youth Day rally as he takes stab at Trump, Musk and Ramaphosa
Julius Malema addressed a number of controversial topics at the EFF's Youth Day Rally on June 16. Image: EFF Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has once again denounced claims that there is a 'white genocide' taking place in South Africa. Speaking at his party's 2025 Youth Day Rally, held at the King Zwelithini Stadium in Umlazi, Durban, on June 16, Malema took a stab at foreign leaders who sought to undermine the sovereignty of South Africa and also reiterated the EFF's stance on land ownership. He began his address by telling the party's young members that they must 'pick up the spear' and fight the legacy of Hendrik Verwoerd, by demanding a quality education that was also decolonised. Later in his speech, Malema touched on President Cyril Ramaphosa's 'ambush' during his recent visit to the United States, where US President Donald Trump played clips of Malema chanting the apartheid-era liberation song 'Kill the Boer' and accused Ramaphosa of allowing land grabs to take place. While Malema, at the Youth Day event, denied the accusations of calling for genocide, he did imply that peace was conditional. 'Comrades, there is no white genocide. There is no one who wants to kill white people. We are saying to the white people, let's live together in peace, but we can't live in peace if you don't give us what you stole from us. "That's what you are talking about, we are not talking about killing anyone,' the EFF leader said at the June 16 rally. He also defended the singing of the controversial liberation song. 'The song 'Kill the Boer' was not created by Julius Malema. That is a song of the struggle. That is the song sung by our fathers and mothers, during difficult days of apartheid, and no one will stop us from singing that song. 'It is our heritage and we will defend it with everything we have,' he added. Malema took further aim at Trump and Musk, stating they were both 'very scared of this EFF', while painting Ramaphosa as weak for allowing the ambush to take place. He added that South Africa should never be dictated to by the USA. 'Ramaphosa said he will never be bullied by Trump, but when he arrived there at the Oval office, he was shaking like a small boy. 'He was bullied in America by another President, and that President forced him to watch a movie without his permission. 'No one does that to a President, that is the highest form of disrespect. Ramaphosa has destroyed the dignity of this country.' During his address, Malema also took aim at Musk's controversial Starlink, stating that as long as the EFF was around, that entity would never exist in South Africa, assuming it still sought to circumvent South Africa's black ownership laws.
The Citizen
13 hours ago
- Politics
- The Citizen
WATCH: ‘Even Donald Trump is scared of the EFF'
'We say to white people that we want to live together in peace, but we can't if you don't give us what you stole from us.' EFF leader Julius Malema has taken fresh shots at Donald Trump, claiming the US President is 'scared' of the party. Malema was a topic of conversation during SA President Cyril Ramaphosa's visit to the White House last month. There, Trump played a video of Malema chanting the controversial 'Kill the Boer' chant and questioned why the Red Beret leader had not been arrested. Trump and his former bestie Elon Musk claimed there is a white genocide that is being fuelled by Malema, despite official crime statistics not supporting any claims of a genocide in the country. Malema initially responded by claiming the visit was nothing more than 'a group of older men' meeting to 'gossip' about him. But speaking at a Youth Day Rally on Monday, Malema took a fresh dig at Trump and Musk. 'Comrades, let us build a strong organisation. This EFF, even Donald Trump is scared of it. Elon Musk is scared of it,' he told supporters at King Zwelithini Stadium in KwaZulu-Natal. Malema said Kill the Boer is not a chant invented by him, but an anti-apartheid song. 'There is no white genocide. No one wants to kill white people. We say to white people that we want to live together in peace, but we can't if you don't give us what you stole from us. We are not talking about killing anyone,' he added. He also slammed Trump's treatment of Ramaphosa during the visit and suggested the SA leader had embarrassed the country. 'Ramaphosa said he would never be bullied by Trump, but when he arrived in the Oval Office, he was shaking like a small boy. He was bullied by another president who forced him to watch a movie without his permission. 'No one does that to another president. That is the highest form of disrespect. Ramaphosa has destroyed the dignity of this country internationally, and we must restore the dignity of SA. We will defend our country and its sovereignty'. ALSO READ: WATCH: Malema should apologise for 'Kill the Boer' chant — Trump advisor Why are you going back to Zuma? The EFF lost 7.4% of its support in KZN, and six seats in the provincial legislature, in last year's elections. Some of those votes were taken by former president Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party, which garnered 45% of the total votes in the province. Malema questioned the result and urged voters not to be swayed by Zuma's 'simple lies'. 'You cannot lose power to an old man and say Zuma is the future. How can the old be the future? You are the future of this country. We cannot be led by an old man who misled us during his time. 'He never gave us jobs, and says he can give us jobs now. 'Now he says he will give you land. Why didn't he give you land when he was president of South Africa, or when he was deputy president of this country? 'We must stop listening to simple lies.' NOW READ: 'A meaningless publicity stunt by a limping president': EFF slams Ramaphosa's national dialogue call
