'Malema inciting racial hatred': Freedom Front Plus
The Freedom Front Plus says it will lodge a complaint with Parliament's Ethics Committee against EFF leader Julius Malema.
The party accuses Malema of inciting racial hatred with his comments about land.
Speaking outside the Newcastle Magistrate's Court earlier today, Malema said: "We are not calling for the slaughtering of white people, at least for now. What we are calling for is the peaceful occupation of the land."
He made a brief appearance in the court on charges relating to the contravention of the Riotous Assemblies Act of 1956, for calling on supporters to claim their land back.
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Freedom Front Plus chair Dr Pieter Groenewald says: "The oaths and solemn affirmations of parliamentarians (Schedule 2 of the Constitution) clearly stipulate that members of Parliament undertake to do the following: 'obey, respect and uphold the Constitution and all other law of the Republic'.
"There is no doubt that Malema is breaking this oath or affirmation through his incitement."
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The firebrand leader has always been unapologetic about his utterances on land.
But Groenewald believes Malema is creating the potential for a civil war in South Africa.
"White landowners will not just meekly sit and watch how their land is occupied and taken away. In the end, Malema will have to take full responsibility for the conflict that he is busy stoking about land in South Africa.
"White landowners worked for their property and legally acquired it and are therefore entitled to their property.