Elon Musk calls on Ramaphosa to take action against Malema

South African-born billionaire Elon Musk has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to take action against Julius Malema and the EFF after the party’s supporters sang the song “Kill the Boer” at the EFF’s birthday celebrations on Saturday.

ELON MUSK CALLED ON RAMAPHOSA TO TAKE ACTION

In a tweet on Monday, Musk said that the EFF was “openly campaigning for genocide of white people in South Africa”. He was responding to a video on Twitter in which Malema and supporters of the EFF can be seen and heard chanting “Kill the Boer” and “shoot to kill”.

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Malema clapped back at Musk, suggesting he was talking nonsense.

“O bolela mas*pa (you are talking sh**),” he said.

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They are openly pushing for genocide of white people in South Africa. @CyrilRamaphosa, why do you say nothing?

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 31, 2023

MALEMA CLAPPED BACK MUSK SAYING HE IS TALKING NONSENSE

Ernst Roets, head of policy and action at the civil rights organization AfriForum, said in response to Musk’s tweet that Ramaphosa was silent because “he publicly denies the existence of the problem and wants to keep the back door open for a coalition with the EFF.”

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The South African musician and YouTuber David Scott, better known as The Kiffness, also responded to Musk’s tweet.

“Thanks for saying something, @elonmusk. Sunlight is the best disinfectant. Congratulations @Julius_S_Malema, your bigotry and division is on the world stage for all to see now.”

The Kiffness

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THE FF PLUS SAID IT WILL BE REPORTING MALEMA TO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

Meanwhile, the FF Plus has announced that it will report Malema to the Human Rights Commission. The DA has already announced that it will report Malema to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council. The opposition party is also going to file a complaint with the parliament’s ethics committee against Malema, in his capacity as a member of parliament.

John Steenhuisen, leader of the DA, says that Malema seems determined to rekindle the civil war that South Africa averted in 1994.

‘MALEMA PROMOTED HATRED, DIVISION AND ETHNIC VIOLENCE’

“Julius Malema stood on a stage in front of 100,000 people in Soweto and promoted hatred, division and ethnic violence,” he said.

In August last year the Equality Court in Johannesburg ruled the use and singing of the struggle song did not constitute hate speech or incite violence after AfriForum took the matter to court.

“It is not in dispute that a song is a form of hate speech, but AfriForum has failed to show the lyrics of the song are based on prohibited grounds in the Equality Act. They have failed to show the song incites violence.

THE EQUALITY COURT RULED THAT SINGING OF THIS SONG DID NOT CONSTITUTE HATE SPEECH

“The objective evaluation does not constitute hate speech but rather has to be protected under freedom of speech. AfriForum failed to prove the song constitutes hate speech. The matter is dismissed,” said judge Edwin Molahlehi.