'You left Ramaphosa over the Marikana massacre. Till today, you’re still letting him go over the massacre because he’s your friend.' EFFTshelaThupaRally
JOHANNESBURG - Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema on Sunday claimed that President Cyril Ramaphosa and his predecessor, Jacob Zuma, were on top of his list of criminals that needed to be jailed. At the same time, he accused the South African Police Service of failing to arrest ANC politicians facing corruption allegations.
“I have a list of criminals. Zuma is number one on that list, followed by Ramaphosa. You left Ramaphosa over the Marikana massacre. Till today, you’re still letting him go over the massacre because he’s your friend,” Malema said, speaking in Sepedi, while addressing thousands of supporters at the EFF’s Tshela Thupa rally at Orlando Stadium, Soweto.
The EFF leader said Ramaphosa had to be arrested over the Marikana massacre in August 2012, where police killed 34 protesting Lonmin miners. Ramaphosa was a non-executive director at the mine at the time, and a judicial commission inquiry in 2015 exonerated him of any wrongdoing.“What type of police are you? You look at a criminal going around addressing stadiums. A criminal is sitting at the wrong place at the Union Buildings.
Malema also said police under an EFF government there wouldn’t be any tolerance for corruption and crime.
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