Cape Town — Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) MP, Carl Niehaus, opened a case against Leon Johan Koekemoer after he allegedly made death threats against him.
In an X post. Niehaus claimed that Koekemoer made the allegations against him on his Facebook page where he called for Niehaus to be assassinated.
He shared a link to Koekemoer’s Facebook page and called him out for being a “so-called Boer” and leader of a right-wing parliamentary group called Delta.
“His white racist followers now agreed on Facebook that I should be assassinated, and no less than 538 responded to his mad bloodthirsty call, using the most vile racist language to support his criminal call for my assassination,” Niehaus said.
Niehaus opened an urgent case against Koekemoer and his co-conspirators at the Cape Town Police Station. He maintained he would not be threatened by anyone.
“Koekemoer is going to find out that he has now messed with the wrong man. I will not rest until he is in prison, where a racist like him belongs. People like this make me even more determined to fight these ‘Boere’/‘Afrikaner’ racists to the hilt. I will continue to denounce them, and NEVER give them an inch!” he said.
Leon Johan Koekemoer (Facebook address: (https://t.co/XXU1NsUvFi) a racist white supremacist rightwing so-called ‘Boer’, posted death threats against me on his Facebook page. He is the leader of a right-wing paramilitary group called ‘Delta’, and is a former Special Forces member… pic.twitter.com/MuSlVuupzJ
— Carl Niehaus (@niehaus_carl) February 21, 2025
The EFF released a statement showing their support for Niehaus and condemned the “despicable and barbaric death threats” issued against Niehaus.
“Koekemoer, a former member of the Boeremag, has a well-documented history of extreme right-wing activities and terrorist inclinations. His call for the assassination of an EFF member is not an isolated incident but rather a reflection of the dangerous and racist faction of South African society hell-bent on reigniting the flames of hatred and white supremacy that the EFF stands resolutely opposed to,” the party said.
The EFF added it would closely monitor the case and demanded that Koekemoer face consequences for his actions.
The EFF’s Statement on the Death Threats Against EFF Member of Parliament Honourable Carl Niehaus
-Koekemoer, a former member of the Boeremag has a well-documented history of extreme right-wing activities and terrorist inclinations. His call for the assassination of an EFF… pic.twitter.com/ZSg2dv32no
— Economic Freedom Fighters (@EFFSouthAfrica) February 21, 2025
In response to the allegations, Koekemore revealed on Facebook that Media24 had been trying to contact him about Niehaus’ allegations levelled against him, but he stood firmly against the EFF MP.
“Well, whatever happens, we are not standing one step back against his and the EFF’s attack on the white man and the farmer – racism!” Let’s talk about his and EFF’s hatred of the white man, inciting violence and murder of the white man and the farmer, and then, of course, black-on-white racism! He may possibly be scared; I don’t know why! But I fear no man; I bow before our Heavenly Father alone!” he said.
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