Julius Malema offending a whole race or religion? Yes, we’re here again. The EFF leader has been condemned for comments he made during Thursday’s media briefing.

What did Julius Malema say about Jewish people?

While discussing his party’s willingness to die for land expropriation without compensation, Juju went a little off-piste and began talking about the people who so vehemently oppose his policies. He believes that Jewish mercenaries are training right-wing South Africans ahead of a potential conflict with black citizens:

“They will kill us for wanting land expropriation without compensation. There’s a group of white right-wingers who are being trained by Jews in Pretoria to be snipers.”

During a marathon press conference, a lot of the focus was on his reaction to Donald Trump – the American president had earlier tweeted his opposition to land redistribution in South Africa, shortly after watching a Fox News broadcast on the subject.

However, despite referring to Trump as a pathological liar, Malema didn’t take long to land himself in hot water once again. Here he is, sharing a conspiracy theory that has already offended a lot of South Africans…

Watch: Julius Malema accusing Jews (semitic people) of training white right wingers to be snipers. He purposely chooses collectivist and plural language to provoke racial hatred against minorities. Black racism must receive the same outrage and punishment as white racism. pic.twitter.com/RdEPjYxMGk — Siphamandla (@Sowellnomics) August 24, 2018

Reaction to Julius Malema’s “Jewish snipers” comment

Leading the charge against Malema’s comments were the top brass of the DA. National Spokesperson Solly Malatsi issued a statement on Friday afternoon, condemning the rant as “divisive and undemocratic”.

“These comments are yet another example of the EFF ‘s crusade to divide South Africans on the basis of race.This kind of racial rhetoric is fundamentally undemocratic and goes against the non-racial South Africa our country committed to building in 1994.” “The EFF must once and for all admit that they are a nationalist organisation, that seeks to and thrives on a dividing South Africans with hate. No South African deserves to be vilified and excluded by any political organization solely based on their race, heritage or culture.”

DA Chief Whip John Steenhuisen also reacted on Friday. He lambasted the EFF chief’s “demagoguery”, accusing him of going after different races and religions in South Africa “one-by-one”