EFF leader Julius Malema has labelled President Cyril
Ramaphosa as former president FW de Klerk's “ice boy”.
Malema, addressing a post-state of the nation address
(Sona) event in Cape Town on Thursday, said De Klerk had been “running”
Ramaphosa since the 1970s and did not respect him.
This, the commander-in-chief said, was the reason De Klerk
was emboldened to refuse to accept that apartheid was a crime against humanity.
Malema questioned why De Klerk had not made such comments
about apartheid during the tenures of former presidents Thabo Mbeki and Jacob
Zuma and only did so under Ramaphosa.
During the EFF's address, he explained his party’s
rationale for disrupting the Sona.
Malema and his MPs demanded the removal of De Klerk from
the gallery, saying he had no right to be in parliament because he refused to
accept that apartheid was a crime against humanity.
“He didn't do it during Mbeki's era, he didn't do it during
Zuma's era. Now he has got his 'ice boy' as a president, now he thinks he can
undermine us because he controls Cyril,” charged Malema.
De Klerk, he alleged, had “files” on Ramaphosa and was
undermining him.
“We are not going to allow Cyril's proximity to them to
allow them to undermine us. De Klerk is speaking this way because he can see
there is no leadership in Cyril,” said Malema.
He said De Klerk's “boys” had been “running” Ramaphosa
since the 1970s.
“That's why today their boss is in charge and they think
they can undermine us. We are not going to allow that,” said Malema.
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