
Malema criticised for singing ‘Kill The Boer’ at mass funeral
Critics have condemned EFF leader Julius Malema for singing ‘Kill The Boer’ at the funeral of victims from last week’s bus crash in KZN.

Critics have slammed Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema for singing Kill The Boer during the mass funeral of party members who died in a bus crash last week.
Ten EFF members lost their lives in a head-on collision near Ulundi, KwaZulu-Natal, while travelling home on Monday after attending a June 16 rally in Durban.
Malema has been condemned by his critics – including US President Donald Trump and the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, – for his decision to back the controversial struggle song.
MALEMA SINGS ‘KILL THE BOER’ AT FUNERAL
On Sunday, Julius Malema joined fellow EFF leaders in Vryheid for the mass funeral of 10 party members who died in a tragic bus crash in KwaZulu-Natal.
The bus collided with a truck on the R34 near Ulundi. The funeral, referred to as the June 16 Battalion, honoured the victims and drew the attendance of the party’s top leadership.
Malema told the crowd of those who had died in the horror crash: “They died while in pursuit of life. They were travelling with hope in their hearts. But the journey that should have taken them toward opportunity ended in tragedy.”
Malema – who used the opportunity to mobilise EFF party members – promised to build a house for the families of those who had died.
As with many of his rallies, Malema ended the event by singing Kill The Boer. However, his choice sparked backlash on social media, with many South Africans questioning both the timing and the appropriateness of the song.
@LangelihleMaph1: “If there’s no connection between these deaths and the Boer, why sing the song?”
@MariaJacob49230: “No respect for the dead, Julius Malema? You’re at a funeral, not a political rally! This has been an occasion for a Psalm.”
@muzizaks: “What shameful display for lack of sense of occasion”.
GAYTON MCKENZIE: ‘SOUTH AFRICA HAS NO PLACE FOR SUCH A SONG’
Meanwhile, Gayton McKenzie has condemned the EFF and Julius Malema for their decision to sing Kill The Boer.
Speaking at the welcoming party for the Proteas at OR Tambo International Airport, the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture claimed that the anti-Apartheid song had no place in modern-day society.
He said of the national cricket team, which recently won the ICC World Test Championships: “This country has amazing sportspeople, and it is the greatest sporting nation in the world. If you do not agree with me, or if you want to argue with me, I do not argue with idiots.
“Today, we had Black, Indian, White, and Coloured kids singing the Temba Bavuma song. Why should we worry about nonsense like Kill The Boer? These players [Proteas] will go places because we have the best team ever.
“Those people who are singing the Kill The Boer song are idiots”.
He added in an X post: “They are the biggest idiots, the current South Africa has no place for such a song. It has no value and contributes nothing towards the SA we are trying to construct.