EFF leader, Julius Malema and the late Queen Elizabeth. Images via Twitter/@EFFSouthAfrica and @Africa_Archives.
‘Good riddance’: Is Malema celebrating Queen Elizabeth’s death?
Julius Malema tweeted ‘God; good riddance’ shortly after Queen Elizabeth’s death, was the leader celebrating the demise?
EFF leader, Julius Malema and the late Queen Elizabeth. Images via Twitter/@EFFSouthAfrica and @Africa_Archives.
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader, Julius Malema has set tongues wagging after tweeting about “good riddance” after Queen Elizabeth’s death was announced.
Elizabeth passed away at age 96 on Thursday, 8 September in Balmoral, Scotland.
EFF NOT MOURNING QUEEN ELIZABETH’S DEATH
Julius Malema, who is very vocal on issues pertaining to colonialism and slavery in the African continent took to Twitter and wrote “God, good riddance; only one remains in SA.” It is not yet clear who is the only one remaining that he was referring to.
Following the announcement, Malema’s EFF said it has noted the passing of British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, however the party will not mourn her death.
The EFF said it does not mourn the death of Elizabeth because it serves as a reminder of a very tragic period in the history of South Africa and the African continent at large.
The Red Berets said South Africa’s interaction with with Britain under the leadership of the British royal family has been one of pain, suffering, death, depression and dehumanisation of African people.
“Elizabeth Windsor, during her lifetime never acknowledged the crimes that Britain and her family in particular perpetrated across the world. In fact she was a proud flag bearer of the atrocities because during her reign, when the people of Yemen rose to protest against British colonialism, Elizabeth ordered a brutal suppression of that uprising,” the party said.
The EFF further said during her 70-year-reign the late monarch not even once acknowledged the atrocities that her family inflicted on native people that Britain invaded across the world.
“She willingly benefitted from the wealth that was attained from the exploitation and murder of millions of people across the world. The British Royal Family stands on the shoulders of millions of slaves who were shipped away from the continent to serve the interests of racist white capital accumulation, at the centre of which lies the British royal family.”
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MAJOR CHANGES IN THE ROYAL FAMILY
According to the BBC, Queen Elizabeth’s eldest son, Prince Charles will be officially proclaimed King on Saturday at St James’s Palace in London, in front of a ceremonial body known as the Accession Council. This is made up of members of the Privy Council – a group of senior MPs, past and present, and peers – as well as some senior civil servants, Commonwealth high commissioners, and the Lord Mayor of London.
His grandchildren Archie and Lilibet (whose parents are Meghan and Harry) have technically become royals. However, the monarch could revoke their titles by amending the decree, which he may do in order to fulfill his reported stated objective of slimming down the royal family.
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