Malema slammed for singing 'Kill The Boer' at mass funeral

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Economic Freedom Fighter (EFF) leader Julius Malema has been criticised for singing Kill The Boer at the mass funeral for those who died in a bus crash last week.

Ten people – EFF members – died in a head-on collision near Ulundi, KwaZulu-Natal, while returning home after a June 16 rally in Durban on Monday.

Malema has been condemned by his critics – including US President Donald Trump and the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, – for his decision to back the controversial struggle song.

MALEMA SINGS ‘KILL THE BOER’ AT FUNERAL

On Sunday, Julius Malema attended the mass funeral of 10 EFF members who were killed in a KZN bus crash. The bus tragically collided with a truck on the R34 near Ulundi in KZN.

The funeral – dubbed the June 16 battalion – took place in Vryheid and was attended by the party leader and his leadership.

Malema told the crowd of those who had died in the horror crash: “They died while in pursuit of life. They were travelling with hope in their hearts. But the journey that should have taken them toward opportunity ended in tragedy.”

Malema – who used the opportunity to mobilise EFF party members – promised to build a house for the families of those who had died.

As he does with many rallies, Malema closed the event by singing Kill The Boer.However, his decision left many South Africans on social media questioning the timing and choice of song.

@LangelihleMaph1:“If there’s no connection between these deaths and the Boer, why sing the song?”

@MariaJacob49230:“No respect for the dead, Julius Malema? You’re at a funeral, not a political rally! This has been an occasion for a Psalm.”

@muzizaks:“What shameful display for lack of sense of occasion”.

GAYTON MCKENZIE: ‘SOUTH AFRICA HAS NO PLACE FOR SUCH A SONG’

Meanwhile, Gayton McKenzie has condemned the EFF and Julius Malema for their decision to sing Kill The Boer.

Speaking at the welcoming party for the Proteas at OR Tambo International Airport, the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture claimed that the anti-Apartheid song had no place in modern-day society.

He said of the national cricket team, which recently won the ICC World Test Championships: “This country has amazing sportspeople, and it is the greatest sporting nation in the world. If you do not agree with me, or if you want to argue with me, I do not argue with idiots.

EFF leader Julius Malema and party leadership in Free State. Image: X/@EFFSouthAfrica

“Today, we had Black, Indian, White, and Coloured kids singing the Temba Bavuma song. Why should we worry about nonsense like Kill The Boer? These players [Proteas] will go places because we have the best team ever.

“Those people who are singing the Kill The Boer song are idiots”.

He added in an X post: “They are the biggest idiots, the current South Africa has no place for such a song. It has no value and contributes nothing towards the SA we are trying to construct.