Malema tells Ghanaians: We are not xenophobic, come study in SA
The EFF leader, Julius Malema, said no politician would build a sustainable career using xenophobic sentiments.
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Commander in Chief (CIC), Julius Malema, told Ghanaian Physicians and Surgeons. that South Africans were not xenophobic and they should consider studying here.
Malema spoke during his keynote address at the Arise Ghana Dialogue in Accra on Tuesday, Timeslive reported.
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WHEN YOU ARE IN SOUTH AFRICA, FEEL AT HOME: MALEMA
“When I am here [Accra], I am at home. When you are in South Africa, feel at home. South Africans are not xenophobic; [they] are peace-loving people,” he said.
He encouraged Ghanaian students to feel at ease when considering studying in South Africa, which was met with loud applause from the crowd.
“I extend my invitation to all of you to come and study in South Africa. To come and work, take holidays in South Africa because it is your home too. The same way you welcomed us here, we will welcome you in South Africa,” Malema said.
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‘NO ONE CAN IN AFRICA ON THE TICKET OF XENOPHOBIA’
Malema said no politician would build a sustainable career using xenophobic sentiments to get a constituency. He mentioned Operation Dudula’s Nhlanhla “Lux” Mohlauhi, saying he is not a definition of South Africa.
The CIC said the Operation Dudula leader wanted to use xenophobia for his rise to fame, but he was reduced to being an insignificant molecule, Malema said.
“No one can rise in Africa on the ticket of xenophobia. That is the beginning and the end of your political career. Politics are based on history, philosophy, and ideology,” he said.
BLACK PEOPLE MUST ALWAYS BE IN SOLIDARITY, SAYS MALEMA
Malema asked which of the ideological icons that were celebrated internationally arose to power based on xenophobia.
“That is why it is not sustainable. Such individuals who seek to protect us as wrong people in South Africa do not take them to heart.”
“Dr Kwame Nkrumah’s idea has always been black people must always be in solidarity with each other because they’re the most hated people all over the world, it doesn’t matter where you find them,” he told the crowd.