By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
Malema led a packed FNB Stadium, belting the song at the EFF’s 10th birthday celebrations on Saturday.
It’s angered some quarters, with the DA saying it will complain to the UN’s Human Rights Council.
The Freedom Front Plus opened a criminal case against the EFF leader on Monday.
At a briefing in Johannesburg on Wednesday, Malema reminded the country that the Equality Court found that the chant does not amount to hate speech.
“There is no song, ‘Kill the Boer, Kill the Farmer’. That is a chant. We over-explained it in court. If you have a problem with it, go to the records of the courts.
“Don’t be lazy to read, and ask me the same all over again and again. And I won in court. The court said there is nothing wrong in singing ‘Kill the Boer, Kill the Farmer'”.
“Why didn’t the DA join the case when I was taken to the Equality Court? Why didn’t the Freedom Front Plus join the case, if they are genuine? I am not going to over-explain myself. I will sing this song as and when I feel like it. It’s not my song. It’s a struggle song.”
He warned anyone who may have differences of opinion with him to keep away from the party’s headquarters.
A group of Afrikaans-speaking men held a protest outside the party’s headquarters ahead of a planned media briefing by Malema and the party’s leadership.
It filed an appeal, saying it believes the judgement has fundamental errors. The Supreme Court of Appeal is due to hear the application in September.
Malema has also accused the African National Congress (ANC) of using state resources for political purposes.
He alleged that the ANC was unhappy about the donations made to the EFF.
The EFF leader read out a message allegedly shared by Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi on an ANC social media group, in which he expressed his dissatisfaction over the gala dinner.
Good evening leadership, I was going through the guestlist and business that contributed to the EFF’s 10th birthday [gala dinner] and I’m shocked that we are taking this lightly.
“Notwithstanding the right of individuals and business to association, to have this formation getting opportunities from our institution and then donating to other parties without recognising the party that gave them opportunity can’t be described as freedom of choice, but we are being treated as fools.
“This must stop… we have to take ourselves serious from now on. This is a battle and the battle lines are now drawn,” Lesufi’s message read.
Malema also alleged that he has learnt from “a reliable source” that President Cyril Ramaphosa instructed the South African Revenue Service (Sars) to vet the guests who attended the EFF’s gala dinner.
This followed a meeting between the president and Sars commissioner Edward Kieswetter that allegedly took place on 31 July, two days after the EFF’s rally at FNB Stadium.
Malema said the EFF had an option to file a complaint with the Public Protector’s office over the matter, but would not do so because the Chapter 9 institution’s acting head, Kholeka Gcaleka was “extremely compromised”.