September 4, 2019 – Posted by Sophie Michael in MetroNo Comment
In his reaction to the widespread looting and animosity, which resulted in serious violence against foreigners, Economic Freedom Fighters EFF leader Julius Malema has maintained his stance that the anger towards small business owners who are foreign nationals is misdirected, saying Africans can and will unite.
‘The owners of our wealth is white monopoly capital; they are refusing to share it with us & ruling party ANC protects them,’ is EFF leader Julius Malema’s take on the ongoing violence directed against some small business owners.
Malema said this on his Twitter account, amid the looting of shops owned by foreign nationals in the Johannesburg city centre.
“Our anger is misdirected at wrong people. Like all of us, our African brothers and sisters are selling their cheap labour for survival. The owners of our wealth is white monopoly capital; they are refusing to share it with us & ruling party ANC protects them. #OneAfricaIsPossible.”
Julius Sello MalemaVerified account @Julius_S_Malema
Our anger is directed at wrong people. Like all of us, our African brothers & sisters are selling their cheap labour for survival. The owners of our wealth is white monopoly capital; they are refusing to share it with us & the ruling party #ANC protects them.#OneAfricaIsPossible
Malema continued to blame white people for the violence experienced by African foreign nationals, saying the current state of the country is “the mess they created”.
The spate of violence directed at foreign nationals began on Sunday, with police commissioner in Gauteng Lungelo Dlamini.
Julius Sello MalemaVerified account @Julius_S_Malema
I think these whites must for a second keep quiet because we are dealing with a mess created by them. They are the ones who created this situation by telling us that we are poor & unemployed because ”foreigners” took our jobs. We are fighting for cramps #OneAfricaIsPossible 12:03 PM – 3 Sep 2019
‘Whites created this mess’ – Malema on anger at foreign nationals