JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA JANUARY 31: Former National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) advocate Gerrie Nel and AfriForum CEO Kallie Kriel during a media briefing to announce Nels resignation from the NPA on January 31, 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
EFF don’t have time for “redneck Ku Klux Klan” AfriFoum and Gerrie Nel
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have fired back at AfriForum over their battle around the H&M protests. Ndlozi held nothing back here…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA JANUARY 31: Former National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) advocate Gerrie Nel and AfriForum CEO Kallie Kriel during a media briefing to announce Nels resignation from the NPA on January 31, 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The H&M monkey hoodie saga sparked global outrage, in South Africa, though, issues of race can mean more here due to our history. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have since carried out multiple protests at H&M stores across the country. Now, AfriForum wants EFF leaders to pay the costs for the damages.
AfriForum has also filed criminal charges of incitement to violence and various other crimes against Julius Malema, Deputy President Floyd Shivambu and EFF spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi.
After the charges were filed, Ndlozi spoke to HuffPostSA. He explained that the EFF “do not have time” for the Afrikaner rights organisation. He then went on to call them “redneck Ku Klux Klan, with their chief redneck Gerrie Nel”.
AfriForum says the charges are a result of multiple statements made by the three men on public platforms about the vandalism at H&M stores.
Ndlozi also told HuffPostSA that AfriForum wants to stop “an inevitable revolution against white supremacy and they will not succeed.”
Members of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) trash H&M stores in protest over racist online ad https://t.co/27qi3SVe05 pic.twitter.com/7TuudKtlrc
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) January 13, 2018
H&M stores were trashed by EFF protesters who knocked clothing rails over and kicked mannequins to the ground. The clothing was not stolen or damaged other than hitting the floor.
In a statement released by AfriForum, deputy chief executive Ernst Roets called the EFF “racist”
“The EFF’s response to the H&M ad is a mere continuation of the party’s own racist political agenda… it is honourable to object to racism. When violence is committed and actively incited, the responsible persons should be prosecuted.”
Roets argues that the three EFF leaders have taken responsibility for the crimes committed. He also argues that the crimes were incited on a public platform.
That @hm nonsense of a clothing store is now facing consequences for its racism. All rational people should agree that the store should not be allowed to continue operating in South Africa. Well done to Fighters who physically confronted racism. pic.twitter.com/cgdedYGoOj
— Floyd Shivambu (@FloydShivambu) January 13, 2018
In our vocab: anti-black racism is violence! U asking us to confront violence by giving the other cheek. BUT how many times hav blacks given the other cheek on the racism question? Well there are no more cheeks left. We shall send petitions no longer, it’s time for Confrontation! https://t.co/6LKh1FxPv8
— Mbuyiseni Ndlozi (@MbuyiseniNdlozi) January 13, 2018
H&M has appologised and admitted wrongdoing on their part for the hoodie.
