US journalist’s NGO blasts Malema for KarimaBrown tweet
Malema tweeted Brown’s telephone number, calling her an ANC ‘mole’.
“The Committee to Protect Journalists today expressed grave concern about threats and harassment against veteran South African journalist Karima Brown,” said the organisation which runs a global network from New York. Brown said that within hours she received a flood of messages she believes were sent by activists of Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters party, South Africa’s third-largest.I was threatened with rape and violence following Malema tweet – Karima Brown
South Africans vote in a general election in May, with the ruling ANC party widely expected to conserve its absolute majority.
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