South Africa has been roiled in a political crisis for months amid Pretoria's plans to force white farmers to give up their homes and farms as soon as next year, in accordance with government efforts to amend the constitution to allow for land expropriation without compensation.
Black First Land First leader Andile Mngxitama has been accused of hate speech following the emergence of a clip showing him openly threatening to kill South African whites and their pets during a rally over a row with a business magnate, the country's national media have reported.
In a speech over the weekend, the BLF leader threatened that he and his “army” would kill white people. “We'll kill their children, we'll kill their women, we'll kill their dogs, we'll kill their cats, we'll kill anything that comes before us,” he said.
Mngxitama had his Twitter account suspended while attempting to backtrack on his comments, tweeting that “If you Kill black people. Will kill you too!!!” [sic], invoking white South African billionaire and Johann Rupert, whom he had accused of paying “taxi bosses” to spark black on black violence during his speech.
The Democratic Alliance and the Congress of the People parties have reported the fringe politician to the South African Human Rights Commission and the Equality Court for what DA said were his “vile and distasteful remarks.”
Joe McGluwa, a DA candidate for the post of premier of North West…
