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UPDATE: The location of the EFF protest has been changed to the Premier’s office in Kimberley.
“I am not sure if they originally intended to come here, but they have now confirmed they are headed to Kimberley. The community of Orania, as always, has systems in place […] making sure we have a stable and safe Orania. We have had the EFF here before, we have had Julius Malema here, we have had another EFF delegation, and our best option is always to de-escalate, and to diplomatically handle these kind of tense situations, but it is also very important for the EFF to understand that Orania has got a right to exist […]they know it is legal, they know it is a place for Afrikaners […] if they want to score cheap political points by organising marches around these kind of things, just to stay relevant, Orania is not going to jump up and go crazy about stuff like that,” declared Joost Strydom, spokesperson for Orania and chief executive of the Orania Movement.
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) is a radical and militant political party in South Africa, formed in 2013 by former African National Congress (ANC) member Julius Malema and others. The party advocates for economic emancipation and addresses historical imbalances through policies like land expropriation without compensation and the nationalization of key industries.
Malema made news several years ago when he uttered his infamous ‘Kill the Boer’ chant. The Equality Court in Johannesburg ruled in August of 2023 that the song was not hate speech or incitement, after AfriForum took the matter to court.
“Shoot to kill, kill the Boer, kill the farmer”, he sings regularly at public events.
Now the EFF is planning to march on Orania, a white-build town for Afrikaners in the Northern Cape. The goal of the march is to admittedly destroy the settlement. The date is set for April 22nd of this year.
“Orania might be… we might take it for granted, but only to realise later that they will be the one that will destroy the unity of this country. And for that matter, we need to engage them to stop their nonsense that the reason they have Orania is for them to practice their culture and so forth. Why are they part of this legislature? Why are they part of councils? Why are they doing business with black people and say to us that they can’t stay with us in their neighbourhood. That’s nonsensical.”
