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The African National Congress is concerned about the launching of a
campaign, yesterday (18 March 2010) by the Freedom Front Plus against the
ANC Youth League President, Julius Malema, which is meant to incite the
South African populace, particularly the Afrikaaner community, against the
President of the Youth League.

This campaign poses a danger to the personal safety and security of cde
Malema. As the ANC, we draw the conclusion that it is meant to incite,
instigate and mobilise some people to harm and even lead to the execution
the ANC YL President.

The Freedom front's repeated lie that a song sung by the ANC Youth League
President on various occasions has led to death of some farmers, is a clear
deliberate ploy on their side to mobilise the farming community and their
next of kin not to hesitate in causing harm to the Youth League President.
It is our view that if the Freedom Front believes in their own lies, they
would have approached the law enforcement authorities and reported such.
Their failure to report this matter is indicative that even the Freedom
Front does not believe in what it claims.

The ANC will be approaching the Equality Court for recourse on this matter,
because we view this campaign as indicative of hate speech meant to endanger
and pose a threat to the well-being and safety of cde Julius Malema. We have
already instructed our lawyers to file papers with the Equality Court, on
this matter, with immediate effect.

We are also more concerned when this campaign against Julius Malema is
looked from a perspective where a senior ANC leader in the name of Chris
Hani, was gunned down by some rightwing elements in the early nineties. The
ANC would not like a repeat of what happened to Chris Hani to happen to
Julius Malema.