Mohamed Ameen Dabhelia – 2017/08/01

The Economic Freedom Fighters claim the remarks made by its leader regarding the manner in which Indians treat Africans over the past weekend at the party’s fourth anniversary in Durban is the historic and sociological truth.

National spokesperson for the party, Mbuyiseni Ndlozi told Radio Islam in an interview this morning that Indian people must not live in a ‘cocoon’ thinking they are not able to be criticised as a community.

“There is a big problem of racism against African people which must be confronted. There’s no human rights commission that is going to find what was said against human rights, because we are not calling for a slaughter, we are saying they need to confront this racist attitude.”

Ndlozi adds that it must not be viewed as ‘taboo’ when speaking about racism within the Indian community.

“The Commander in Chief said that those who are not paying their workers well and rather paying them with food, those who are not paying them a minimum wage, must begin to pay them a minimum wage, but that does not mean Indians only, it also includes Africans who employ black employees.”

Ndlozi says that it’s time to focus on how Indian people have over the years assumed a particular ‘hierarchy’ within the black category.

“Let us speak about it, because it is there, it does not help to take that approach of ‘oh, but it’s not the majority! Where is the empirical evidence? That is not how we discuss white racism, that is not how we discuss patriarchy, that is not how we discuss xenophobia, we face the issue, then say what causes them and how do we resolve that, so is Indian racism.”

The South African Minority Equality Movement say they will be laying charges against Julius Malema in the coming days.

(Edited by Hesley Harmse)