Julius has a high noon date

2010-03-11 22:10

Cape Town - The national secretary of the Verkenners Beweging (scouts' movement) Ben Geldenhuys has challenged Julius Malema to "shoot me" instead of innocent farmers, and even named a place, date, and time for the event.

In a statement on Thursday, Geldenhuys said the Verkenners Beweging was "furious" about the ANC Youth League leader singing "shoot the boer".

Since the ANC came to power in 1994, more than 3 000 farmers, mainly the elderly and women, had been brutally murdered on their farms.

This could not simply be ascribed to crime, Geldenhuys said.

Malema's utterances were considered by the Verkenners Beweging as incitement to murder farmers and was totally unacceptable, Geldenhuys said.

"If Malema is so keen to shoot a boer, let him come shoot me instead of inciting other people to murder defenceless elderly farmers and women.

"To make it easy for him, I will wait for him at Fort Schanskop at 12 noon on March 19 2010," Geldenhuys said.
 

- SAPA