Lobby group AfriForum has accused EFF leader Julius Malema of inciting acts of trespassing after he encouraged his followers at the party’s birthday in Durban the past weekend to grab vacant land. On Tuesday the organisation laid a criminal complaint of incitement to trespass against Malema, at the Lyttelton police station in Centurion. According to media reports‚ Malema said the following in his speech: "If you don’t have a piece of land, you are a coward. Go and identify a piece of land anywhere you like. That is your land. In my ward in Seshego, we did that. The owner came and said he had been listening and we could take half. If you don’t listen‚ you will lose the whole land. White land owners must share land." Ernst Roets‚ deputy CEO of AfriForum‚ said Malema was one of the country’s most influential politicians, and that incitement to crime by such a political figure should be addressed with the necessary gravity. "We expect the police to investigate the case thoroughly and th...
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