The wounds of colonialism and apartheid are still raw on the body politic of SA.
Dubula ibhulu (“Kill the Boer”) was a war cry against the apartheid colonial regime. Since the dawn of democracy we embraced new forms of struggle to heal the wounds of the past.
EFF leader Julius Malema didn’t participate in the struggle for freedom. It is political opportunism to resurrect freedom songs to undermine social cohesion.
Malema is strengthening the hand of ultra-right forces such as AfriForum and Donald Trump. In politics ultra-right and ultra-left inevitably intersect.
Both political tendencies have the same ancestor — anarchism — and were defeated by Karl Marx as viable political alternatives.
Mzukisi Gaba
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