A Patriot is a person who loves their country and is willing to defend it against an enemy.[1]
I cannot accept that Julius Malema is a Patriot. No Patriot will approach the military of their country directly or indirectly; regardless of whether such soldiers are on duty and off duty.
In my layman’s opinion I see this as the common law crime of Sedition. According to Snyman(2010 page 316), Sedition consists in unlawfully and intentionally a) taking part in a concourse of people violently or by threats of violence, defying or resisting the authority of the state of the Republic of South Africa; or causing such a discourse.[2]
I am a patriot, I love South Africa , would never leave this country, I love all South Africans regardless of their race, religion, political opinion, disability etc. I owe allegiance to our South African flag in its current form! I owe no allegiance to India and actually couldn’t care the less about what happens or doesn’t happen in India. I’m far more concerned about the horrific lives my brothers and sisters endure right here in the informal settlement in Lenasia.
It is beyond me why the authorities are so lenient with Julius Malema, they should charge him either with incitement to violence and /or sedition as he has either promoted the use of “ Make the country and/or the mine ungovernable,” or condoned its use by his new followers.
[1] Oxford Advanced learner’s Dictionary. Eight Addition. Oxford University Press. 2010. Page 1076
[2]Vide Criminal Law. Cr Snyman. Lexis Nexus Butterworths. 2007. Page 316.
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