Feathers Fly on Twitter: Julius Malema and Elon Musk In Epic Battle, Set Mzansi Abuzz
South Africans online are cheering Julius Malema after he got into a verbal fight with Elon Musk over his speech delivered on Saturday.
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) celebrated its 10th anniversary at a capacity FNB Stadium and the leader Julius Malema gave a rousing speech that left people with goosebumps.
Elon Musk And Julius Malema Exchange Bitter Words
Julius Malema sang the controversial “K*ll The Boer” song at the event, which reverberated throughout the stadium.
South Africa political party chants “Shoot to kill. Kill the Boer (Whites), kill the farmer.” pic.twitter.com/48nGFynvFM
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) July 31, 2023
However, the chanting of the song did not augur well with everyone, especially some figures in the international community who took offence.
American conservative political commentator and YouTuber reacted hysterically to the video, telling his followers, “You have been warned.”
Twitter (now X) owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk commented on the video:
“They are openly pushing for [the] genocide of white people in South Africa. @CyrilRamaphosa , why do you say nothing?”
The comment rattled Julius Malema, who was more insulting:
“O bolela mas*p*”
Mzansi Howling
South Africans on Twitter were thrilled by Malema’s boldness to throw salvos at Musk on his own social media platform. Check out some of their reactions below.
Gretchy:
“😂🤣🤣😂😂😂😂🤣🤣😂🙅🏿♀️🙅🏿♀️🙅🏿♀️🙅🏿♀️”
Vee:
“Swearing at someone in their own house is boss move😂”
Thabiso:
“Can somebody please create a new African social space.. we don’t live on this and can survive on our own.”
Angel:
“I’m voting EFF next year. Ithengwaphi iuniform guys😃”
Stukulwane:
“Haiyke. The president is giving billionaires sleepless nights there in America. 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😭😭”
Kaizer:
“I wish this can happen each and every after 2 weeks, orro monthly 😂🤣💀”
EFF Speaks On Julius Malema Singing The Controversial Song
The “K*ll the Boer, K*ll The White Farmer” video from the EFF 10th Anniversary caused so much smoke for the opposition part.
Earlier today, the EFF was compelled to speak over the outrage, reminding people of the court judgement in a case filed by the Afriforum:
“On the 25th Of August 2022, the Equality Court Ruled That Dubula Ibhunu (Kill The Boer) does not constitute hate speech and should be protected under the Rubric of Freedom Of Speech.”