SAHRC chairperson Bongani Majola says the commission has received five complaints against EFF and Julius Malema since 2016.
"Although the statement can be construed by white group as hurtful, the context is important. Mr Malema said white people will not be killed under his leadership."
In 2017, the EFF sang the song"Kiss the Boer", which the commission found did not amount to hate speech or racism and does not have a psychological impact on white Afrikaaners.The commission also deemed Malema's comments about Indian people, in 2017, as not harmful to Indian people. At the time, Malema told supporters,"Here in Durban, here in KZN, everything strategic is given to Indians ... even big tenders ... they are the ones who own everything.
"They are ill-treating our people worse than the Boer Afrikaners treated our people. This is not anti-Indian, it's the truth. They must treat our people properly." The SAHRC's Dr Shanelle van der Berg added,"Malema's utterances might not amount to hate speech but are still problematic in a society that's still trying to heal from the injustices of the past.""Even though the statements do not amount to hate speech, we are appealing to all South Africans to conduct themselves in a culture of Human Rights," CEO Tseliso Thipanyane said.
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