370 years to the day after Jan Van Riebeeck landed in the Cape (6 April 1652) EFF party leader Julius Malema along with supporters braved the rainy weather and marched to one of the farms belonging to business mogul and tobacco billionaire, Johann Rupert in Stellenbosch.
According to reports, the party claims that Rupert is guilty of land dispossession as one of the descendants of colonial settlers. The party also demands Rupert disclose the number of properties he owns and how he acquired them throughout the years.
At the rally, Malema said: “We are here today to confront White Monopoly Capital that we as the EFF exist everywhere, and even here in Stellenbosch we exist.
“The minerals of this country belong to us, and we demand that all of those things must be returned to the hands of the rightful owners.”
The party have also targeted another one of Ruperts farms in Mpumalanga.
Julius Malema on the picket line in Stellenbosch @Sonkoerant#EFFLandDay pic.twitter.com/Sh2alS4hq2
— uMzondi kaZiyeka (@mfazwe_anele) April 6, 2022
Julius Malema and other EFF leaders arriving at the Remgro offices in Stellenbosch #EFFLandDay @Sonkoerant pic.twitter.com/9BFwESnnjh
— uMzondi kaZiyeka (@mfazwe_anele) April 6, 2022
Meanwhile, some of Rupert’s representatives met with the EFF to accept a memorandum from the party.
John Rupert representatives expected to receive the memorandum arriving @IOL @TheCapeArgus @EFFSouthAfrica pic.twitter.com/dbon0NTOTR
— Mthuthuzeli Ntseku (@Mtuzeli) April 6, 2022
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