Boxer Chris van Heerden has lashed out at EFF leader Julius Malema.
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‘Brainwashed’: SA boxer slams Malema, farm murder of dad [watch]
SA professional boxer Chris van Heerden has put EFF leader Julius Malema on blast after his own farmer father was murdered.
Boxer Chris van Heerden has lashed out at EFF leader Julius Malema.
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@theheat001
South African-born boxer Chris van Heerden has put EFF leader Julius Malema over his performance of the contentious struggle song Kill The Boer.
The professional fighter also reflected on the death of his own father, who was killed in a farm murder attack five years ago.
A week ago, Malema courted controversy at the EFF’s 10th-anniversary celebrations in a viral clip, which many claimed called for “racial genocide.”
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CHRIS VAN HEERDEN SPEAKS OUT ON MALEMA, FARM MURDERS
IBO welterweight champion Chris van Heerden – who is based in the US – reacted to Malema’s scandal in a video posted on his Twitter account.
He said: “People are saying these are our songs we’ve been singing for many years. I get it. But you’re singing these songs on the national podium out loud.
“It’s brainwashing.”
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Chris made mention of his own father, Daniel Christoffel, who was shot and killed near his farm in Meyerton in 2018.
He continued: “It’s been almost five years since I lost my father by a man shooting and killing my dad in his back, [who supports] the EFF.”
“Now I forgave this man that killed my father. I forgave him because I call it brainwashing. He is looking at his leader singing these songs, and nothing is happening to him.
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“So it’s easy to think, you know what? In a heated moment, it’s OK. I can kill a Boer. I can kill a farmer because my leader tells me to do so. It is politically motivated. The political leader is pushing this agenda.
Chris claimed that he was “fearful” for his family, who still live in South Africa.
“They are scared. They fear for their lives.
“People say, why don’t you fight back? We are outnumbered….People are telling us it is just a song. Don’t take it too seriously. How can I not?”
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TEN-YEAR MURDER SENTENCE
According to the Sedibeng Star, Sabelo Dlamini was recently sentenced to ten years imprisonment for the murder of Chris van Heerden’s father. The murder trial lasted almost five years.
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Daniel Christoffel was shot and killed by Dlamini in a video that was widely shared on social media.
Chris’s brother Donjuan posted of the sentence on his Facebook account: “Justice has prevailed…God does not sleep.”
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