Elon Musk Blasts South Africa’s Malema Over ‘Genocidal’ Comment Against Whites
Billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has reacted to a viral video featuring South African politician Julius Malema making inflammatory remarks about targeting white people.
The old video, shared on X (formerly Twitter) by user @iamyesyouareno on Sunday, has sparked widespread outrage. In the footage, Malema, the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party, is seen addressing a crowd, stating: “The mayor of DA in PE is a white man, so these people, when you want to hit them hard, go after a white man. They feel a terrible pain because we have touched a white man.”
He continues: “But we are starting with this whiteness, we are cutting the throats of whiteness.”
The post accompanying the video reads: “‘We are cutting the throats of whites,’ but according to the legacy media, there isn’t an anti-white narrative in South Africa.”
Musk, responding on Monday, condemned Malema’s words as “genocidal,” writing: “This genocidal lunatic is the leader of a significant political party in the South African parliament.”
Malema has faced various legal challenges throughout his political career. He was convicted of hate speech twice: once in March 2010 for derogatory remarks about the rape accuser of former president Jacob Zuma, and again in September 2011 for singing the controversial song “Dubul’ ibhunu” (“Shoot the Boer”).
