Malema: Why will a white man respect us if you don’t respect women?

The EFF leader also calls for xenophobia to come to an end.

Julius Malema takes South African men to task. Picture: Yeshiel Panchia

Black man, respect yourself and respect your women if you want others, like white people, to respect you, Julius Malema says.

At an Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Africa Day rally in Joubert Park, Johannesburg, yesterday, Malema said: “Why will a white man respect us when you don’t respect women? When you see a woman, you see an object you can attack at any time you want, you can use it for anything you want, you don’t see a fellow human being.”

Julius Malema takes South African men to task. Picture: Yeshiel Panchia

He told supporters: “When you see a woman you don’t see another human being, you see a tool to be used in the bedroom for your satisfaction. You have gone crazy to a point where you are now even taking children. You have moved from children to grannies because you don’t respect yourself.”

He added: “And then you’ll wake up in the morning and say whites don’t respect us.

“Why would they respect a person who is not respecting himself? It starts with you. You must have self-respect; you must differentiate between women, children and grannies,” said Malema.

Africa Day is a worldwide celebration of the founding of the Organisation of African Unity on May 25, 1963. It has since evolved into the African Union (AU), with limited legislative powers.

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Africa Day rally in Joubert Park, Johannesburg. Picture: Yeshiel Panchia

The AU said on its website: “Africa is on the march towards a more prosperous future in which all its citizens, young, old, male, female, rural, urban, of all creeds and backgrounds are empowered to realise their full potential, live with satisfaction and pride about their continent.”

Malema demanded unity among Africans.

“Fellow Africans, when someone grabs the cellphone of a fellow African, why are you not helping? You just watch and say it’s none of my business, it will happen to you,” he warned.

“This continent belongs to us. Xenophobia must come to an end. No one should attack African brothers and sisters in the name of the EFF,” Malema said.

“Africans were not divided because they chose to divide themselves but were divided because of colonialism.”