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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The SA Human Rights Commission has found that EFF leader Julius Malema’s speech and some of the posters and banners displayed at the party\u2019s Provincial People\u2019s Assembly in the Western Cape last month \u201ccollectively, constitute incitement of violence, hate speech”.<\/p>\n

The commission also found that the speech and the banners may have constituted a possible transgression of other provisions in the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act.<\/p>\n

According to the complaints received by the commission and corroborated by video recordings of the event, Malema, in reference to an incident at the Brackenfell High School last year and footage of a white person \u201cbeating up\u201d an EFF member, said the person should have been taken to an isolated space and “attend to … properly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Malema reportedly went on to tell EFF members that they must “not be afraid to kill” and that “killing is a revolutionary act”.<\/p>\n

The EFF leader was also quoted as saying: \u201cWhy did Mandela take up a gun?… He took up a gun because the revolution had reached a point where there was no longer an alternative but to kill.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnything that stands in the way of the revolution must be eliminated. The EFF… is not a playground for racists and any racists that play next to the EFF and threatens and beat up the membership and the leadership of the EFF, that is the application to meet your maker with immediate effect.<\/p>\n

\u201cViolence can only be ended with violence, not any other necessary means,\u201d Malema reportedly said.<\/p>\n

The commission gave Malema and the EFF until 18 November to retract and apologise for his statements.<\/p>\n

In response to the finding, the EFF said it \u201ccompletely refutes the allegations made by the Human Rights Commission\u201d and categorised them \u201cas part of the nefarious attempts to erase the truth of our liberation history and an attempt to limit free speech\u201d.<\/p>\n

The party called on the commission to reflect on how it assessed matters relating to political speech.<\/p>\n

The party also said that the SAHRC had concluded its investigation and reached findings \u201cwithout allowing the EFF to present its side of the story\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cLaws of natural justice demand that institutions like the commission must hear both sides before making a determination. We will, therefore, not meet the 10-day deadline of the commission or apologise until we are listened to by a neutral body,\u201d said the EFF.<\/p>\n

Justifying the utterances, the party claimed that the commentary was \u201ctaken out of its context\u201d and \u201cmanipulated and distorted\u201d to paint it and its leader in a bad light.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Africa. The SA Human Rights Commission has found that EFF leader Julius Malema’s speech and some of the posters and banners displayed at the party\u2019s Provincial People\u2019s Assembly in the Western Cape last month \u201ccollectively, constitute incitement of violence, hate speech”. 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