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EFF leader Julius Malema delivers a political address to members of the party during the Ekurhuleni North 1st Sub-Regional People’s Assembly in the East Rand on 30 August 2025.
AfriForum and the Southern African Agri Initiative (SAAI) have requested that countries worldwide impose targeted sanctions against Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema.
The organisations say that the latest campaign is efforts to continue the fight against the ‘Kill the Boer’ chant.
Head of Public Relations at AfriForum Ernst van Zyl says: “There are many court cases and different campaigns and stories attached to Mr Malema but with this campaign in particular, it is a call from AfriForum and SAAI for further international repercussions for Julius Malema for among other things, inciting violence against minorities in South Africa. This comes after many years of Julius Malema getting away with hate speech with impunity.”
Hate speech ruling
In a ruling last week, the Equality Court found Malema guilty of hate speech for the 2022 statements he made in his speech at the EFF’s 3rd provincial People’s Assembly in the Western Cape.
The remarks relate to events that occurred two years prior where EFF members physically clashed with individuals at the Brackenfell High School, following allegations of racism linked to a private matric farewell during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The EFF was at the time given 10 days to retract the remarks which they never did.
The Equality Court judgment found among other things that Malema’s remarks constituted an exhortation to kill white men who had participated in the incident in November 2020.
The party has since labelled the ruling as “an attack on the democratic space and the right to articulate revolutionary politics”.
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