EFF leader Julius Malema’s politics of violence and warmongering are unpatriotic and dangerous to South Africa‚ the ANC says.
ANC spokesman Zizi Kodwa said that Malema’s latest “outrageous and disturbingly irresponsible” public outburst calling for communities involved in protests to burn the offices of the ANC rather than public property proved once again that the EFF leader lacked “the necessary maturity‚ wisdom and temperament to lead anything”.
Addressing his supporters in Cape Town on Sunday‚ Malema had continued with his “toxic campaign of destruction‚ hate and incitement of public violence and criminality — urging protesting communities like those of Vuwani to destroy the properties of the ANC rather than the schools”‚ said Kodwa.
“This follows hot on the heels of his recent threat that he and his party will overthrow this democratically and constitutionally-elected government ‘through the barrel of gun’. Since their election in 2014‚ Malema and his party have brought anarchy both inside and outside of Parliament‚ disrupting Parliament and violently occupying land elsewhere in the country‚” Kodwa added.
He said Malema’s “reckless” comments flew in the face of the Electoral Code of Conduct signed on Monday by the leaders of political parties contesting the August 3 local government elections.
The Code of Conduct prohibits language that provokes violence‚ intimidation of candidates or voters; publishing of false information about other parties‚ plagiarising a party’s systems‚ abusing power‚ privilege or influence to influence the outcome of the election
“Malema’s careless and dangerous discourse of violence and war talk must sound alarm bells to all peace-loving South Africans ahead of the upcoming local government elections to never allow such demagogues to take our country back to the era of political violence and bloodshed‚” Kodwa said.
“Malema’s reckless utterances are particularly worrying ahead of the elections‚ as they represent a serious threat to peaceful electioneering‚” he added.
Malema's politics of violence and warmongering ‘unpatriotic and dangerous to SA’‚ says ANC
ANC spokesman Zizi Kodwa said that Malema’s latest “outrageous and disturbingly irresponsible” public outburst calling for communities involved in protests to burn the offices of the ANC rather than public property proved once again that the EFF leader lacked “the necessary maturity‚ wisdom and temperament to lead anything”.
Addressing his supporters in Cape Town on Sunday‚ Malema had continued with his “toxic campaign of destruction‚ hate and incitement of public violence and criminality — urging protesting communities like those of Vuwani to destroy the properties of the ANC rather than the schools”‚ said Kodwa.
“This follows hot on the heels of his recent threat that he and his party will overthrow this democratically and constitutionally-elected government ‘through the barrel of gun’. Since their election in 2014‚ Malema and his party have brought anarchy both inside and outside of Parliament‚ disrupting Parliament and violently occupying land elsewhere in the country‚” Kodwa added.
He said Malema’s “reckless” comments flew in the face of the Electoral Code of Conduct signed on Monday by the leaders of political parties contesting the August 3 local government elections.
The Code of Conduct prohibits language that provokes violence‚ intimidation of candidates or voters; publishing of false information about other parties‚ plagiarising a party’s systems‚ abusing power‚ privilege or influence to influence the outcome of the election
“Malema’s careless and dangerous discourse of violence and war talk must sound alarm bells to all peace-loving South Africans ahead of the upcoming local government elections to never allow such demagogues to take our country back to the era of political violence and bloodshed‚” Kodwa said.
“Malema’s reckless utterances are particularly worrying ahead of the elections‚ as they represent a serious threat to peaceful electioneering‚” he added.
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