Race to the bottom 2.0
ANALYSIS: Julius Malema a menace to society
Where Helen Zille is a threat to the only viable alternative to a self-serving ANC, Julius Malema is a threat to the social fabric of SA. Both are a menace to the country’s democratic space
16 January 2020 - 05:00
There’s an argument to be made that EFF leader Julius Malema is a worse threat to our democracy than the DA’s Helen Zille. At least Zille is only threatening to destroy the DA, pretty much the only opposition party that could provide an alternative to the unbridled corruption and self-serving incompetence that is much of the ANC governing apparatus. And it’s possible that, before she turns the DA from dunce cap into a cheap megaphone for the reactionary remoras she has chosen to swim with, someone will save the party’s credibility.
But Malema actually advocates hatred and violence against people...
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