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Media verklaring - 28 Maart 2025
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Konstitusionele Hof en 'Kill the Boer'.
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Aanhitsing tot geweld deur politici, plaasmoorde en misdaad
Die Konstitusionele Hof laat dit nou skynbaar ooglopend en by kondonering toe
Die Afrikanerbond het met werklike teleurstelling verneem dat die Konstitusionele Hof die verlof tot appèl van AfriForum om “Kill the Boer” tot haatspraak te verklaar, van die hand gewys het. Veral val dit vreemd op dat die uitspraak gelewer is sonder dat argumente aangehoor is.
In enige demokrasie kan daar geen regverdiging wees vir ʼn lied wat die implikasie en dreigement inhou dat mense vermoor moet word nie. Daarom is die uitspraak van die Konstitusionele Hof ooglopend problematies want dit blyk duidelik dat politiek verdelende en opswepende uitsprake anders beoordeel word en dat veral politici met ʼn hoë profiel met fluweelhandskoene beoordeel word.
Die lied “Kill the Boer” kan nie in isolasie beoordeel word nie en moet gelees en geïnterpreteer word saam met Malema se uitlatings die laaste paar jaar.
As deel van 'n toespraak in Newcastle op 7 November 2016 het Malema gesê: "Ons vra nie vir die slagting van wit mense nie, ten minste nie nou nie." (We are not calling for the slaughtering of white people, at least for now.”)
In ʼn TRT World TV Onderhoud sê hy op 11 Junie 2018: “I've never slapped a white person, I've never called for their slaughter. I've never called for their killing, at least for now. I can't guarantee the future."
Op 14 September 2019 plaas Malema ʼn aanhaling van Robert Mugabe op Twitter (X) “The only white man you can trust is a dead white man.”
In die hof tydens die haatspraaksaak op 17 Februarie 2022 herbevestig Malema sy standpunt dat hy moontlik eendag kan eis dat witmense geslag moet word.
As vertrekpunt moet aanvaar word dat as politieke leier het Malema geen beheer oor sy volgelinge nie, veral nie as misdadige elemente dit verder uitbuit nie. Plaasmoorde is op sy eie ʼn onaanvaarbare tendens binne die breë misdaadstatistiek in Suid-Afrika. Plaasmoorde en aanvalle raak ons almal.
President Ramaphosa se stilswye
Nog meer teleurstellend is President Ramaphosa se deurlopende stilswye Op 26 September 2018 het President Cyril Ramaphosa met die finansiële nuusdiens Bloomberg gepraat tydens die Bloomberg Global Business Forum in New York. Tydens die onderhoud het President Ramaphosa ontken dat plaasmoorde plaasvind. Hierteenoor staan ʼn verklaring op 2 Julie 2017 wat onder mnr Ramaphosa as adjunk-president se naam deur GCIS uitgereik is en sê hy reeds op daardie stadium:
“Parliament also successfully debated issues of importance such as, the increase in farm murders and farm attacks in South Africa.;... “
In ʼn gewelddadige land soos Suid-Afrika kan daar eenvoudig geen ruimte meer wees vir enige politikus wat volgelinge opsweep nie.
In enige demokrasie is daar bepaalde sleutelkenmerke en waardes van toepassing. Dit sluit in respek vir basiese menseregte, politieke verdraagsaamheid, 'n veelparty kiesstelsel, ʼn demokratiese verkiesing, burgerlike deelname en respek vir die reg. Hierdie waardes word weerspieël in internasionale raamwerke en konvensies wat wet en orde wil verseker. In Suid-Afrika word dit egter deur selfverklaarde “revolusionêres” in die EFF èn die ANC misken. Dit op sigself is ʼn bedreiging vir demokrasie.
Die Afrikanerbond bly van oordeel dat Malema ʼn haatspraak reeksoortreder is en dat sy opstokery ʼn direkte verband het met misdaad en veral plaasaanvalle en plaasmoorde. Beide die ANC en die EFF se onverantwoordelike flirtasie met revolusie, dek die tafel vir populisme en geweld deur volgelinge, wat op onverantwoordelike wyse deur die politieke leiers aangehits word. Die Konstitusionele Hof laat dit nou skynbaar ooglopend en by kondonering toe!
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Incitement to violence by politicians, farm murders and crime
The Constitutional Court now seemingly allows and condone it
It is with genuine disappointment that the Afrikanerbond learned that the Constitutional Court dismissed AfriForum's leave to appeal in the attempt to declare "Kill the Boer" as hate speech. It is particularly worrying that the ruling was delivered without hearing arguments.
In any democracy there is no justification for any song which have the implication of a threat to kill people. Therefore, the ruling of the Constitutional Court is obviously problematic because it clearly appears that politically divisive and inflammatory statements are assessed differently and that politicians with a high profile in particular are assessed and treated with velvet gloves.
The song and Malema’s explanation of its intent must be read and understood within the context of Malema's statements over the last few years.
As part of a speech in Newcastle on 7 November 2016, Malema said, ‘We are not calling for the slaughter of white people – at least not now.’
In a TRT World TV interview on 11 June 2018, he said, ‘I've never slapped a white person, I've never called for their slaughter. I've never called for their killing, at least for now. I can't guarantee the future.’
On 14 September 2019, Malema quoted Robert Mugabe on Twitter (X) by saying, ‘The only white man you can trust is a dead white man.’
On 17 February 2022, Malema reaffirmed his position by stating in court during a hate speech case that he may one day demand that white people be slaughtered.
As a starting point, it must be accepted that as a political leader, Malema has no control over his followers, especially not if criminal elements go on to exploit this to their advantage. Farm murders in themselves are an unacceptable trend within the broader crime statistics in South Africa. Farm murders and attacks affect us all.
President Ramaphosa's silence
Even more disappointing is President Ramaphosa continued silence. On 26 September 2018, President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke to the financial news service Bloomberg at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum in New York. During the interview, President Ramaphosa denied that farm murders were taking place. However in a statement on 2 July 2017, issued by the GCIS under his name as deputy president, reported him as saying:
‘Parliament also successfully debated issues of importance such as, the increase in farm murders and farm attacks in South Africa.’
In a violent country like South Africa, there is no room for politicians who incite their followers.
In any democracy, certain key characteristics and values apply. This includes respect for basic human rights, political tolerance, a multi-party electoral system, democratic elections, civil participation and respect for the law. These values are reflected in international frameworks and conventions that seek to ensure law and order. In South Africa, however, such values are dismissed by self-proclaimed so-called ‘revolutionaries’ in the EFF and the ANC. This in itself is a threat to democracy.
The Afrikanerbond remains convinced that Malema is a hate speech serial offender and his incitement is directly connected to crime, in particular farm attacks and farm murders. Both the ANC and the EFF's irresponsible flirtation with revolution sets the stage for populism and violence by their followers, who are irresponsibly incited by their political leaders. The Constitutional Court now seemingly allows this, and even condone it!
Date: 28 March 2025
