Cape Town – Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has been cleared by the social media platform, Twitter, following a complaint from Germany over his somewhat controversial “Thank you God” tweet.
Malema posted the tweet on Thursday, just moments after the news about the death of former apartheid president Frederik Willem De Klerk.
It remained unclear, however, what Malema’s tweet was in reference to, but it received mixed reactions, on social media, with some suggesting that it may have been related to De Klerk’s death.
De Klerk died at his home in Cape Town at the age of 85.
Thank you God ????????
— Julius Sello Malema (@Julius_S_Malema) November 11, 2021
Malema on Friday shared a screenshot of a notice from Twitter, which revealed that there was a complaint about his tweet from Germany.
“Twitter is required by German law to provide notice to users who are reported by people from Germany via the Network Enforcement Act reporting flow. We have received a complaint regarding your account for the following content: ‘Thank you God’,” the notice from Twitter read.
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“We have investigated the reported content and have found that it is not subject to removal under the Twitter rules … Accordingly, we have not taken any action as a result of this specific report,” it said.
Morning fellow fighters, di investors di ya painelwa. Bana ba Baloi, don’t want to see us happy. ?????? pic.twitter.com/BKeez4PTIs
— Julius Sello Malema (@Julius_S_Malema) November 12, 2021
The EFF on Thursday released a statement rejecting the “insincere and irrelevant” apology made by the late former president regarding the exploitation, torture and murder of black people during apartheid.
EFF Statement On The Death Of Apartheid President F.W De Klerk pic.twitter.com/SgWBEXLriy
— Economic Freedom Fighters (@EFFSouthAfrica) November 11, 2021
“De Klerk, who denied that the legislated separate development, exploitation, torture and murder of black people was a crime against humanity, dies with no honour, and with the dark cloud of having maimed and traumatised families across our nation,” read the statement in part.
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Compiled by Reginald Nhlapo
