‘Revolutionaries don’t retreat!’ – Ndlozi claps back at Kunene over Malema

Mbuyiseni Ndlozi

Cape Town – Former EFF MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi has defended Julius Malema against derogatory remarks made by Patriotic Alliance deputy president Kenny Kunene, who called Malema a “small boy, toy soldier, and a pest”.

Kunene made the remarks following a statement by Trump, who reiterated that troubling developments are unfolding in South Africa — a reason he cited for not attending the G20 summit in November.

In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump questioned the United States’ participation in the upcoming G20 Summit.

“How could we be expected to go to South Africa for the very important G20 Meeting when Land Confiscation and Genocide is the primary topic of conversation? They are taking the land of white Farmers, and then killing them and their families. The Media refuses to report on this. The United States has held back all contributions to South Africa. Is this where we want to be for the G20? I don’t think so!,” he wrote.

But Kunene referred to Malema as “a small boy, a toy soldier and a very very harmless pest”, urging Trump not to be deterred by the firebrand leader’s rhetoric.

“Mr President @realDonaldTrump julius sello malema is not government in South Africa. he is a small boy, a toy soldier and a very very harmless pest. All that talk is him being a loud mouth. So don’t be misled by an irritating political mosquito,” Kunene wrote on X.

He concluded his message by encouraging Trump to attend the upcoming G20 Summit in South Africa, saying, “You will be fine”.
According to IOL, Ndlozi, now a PowerFM broadcaster, said revolutionary songs like Dubuli Bhunu (Kill the Boer) are part of South Africa’s heritage and not hate speech.

“The duty of a revolutionary is always to agitate. And I think that we must not retreat and demonise people who sing Dubuli Bhunu (Kill The Boer). We sing Die Stem every day when we sing the national anthem.

“We must not bow, and I don’t think suddenly, if you want to do proper international relations, you can make the same message that Kenny wants to without demonising Dubuli Bhunu,” the report quoted Ndlozi as saying.

“On that we must all take Julius’s side because that’s our heritage, the song is important.

“Even the day we have the land. There is no relationship between singing that song, even during the struggle and a hate trade, racial hatred against white people,” he said.

He argued that struggle icons like Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and Peter Mokaba never promoted hatred despite chanting such songs.

Article written by