Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie unleashed a submarine on Economic Freedom Front (EFF) leader Julius Malema during the arrival of the victorious Proteas at the OR Tambo International Airport on Wednesday. McKenzie said those who are still “singing the Kill the Boer song are idiots”.
He may not have mentioned Malema’s name, but the minister was so excited that he could not contain his delight. He was singing a Temba Bavuma song when he told the media that those were the tunes to sing and not the “Kill the Boer” nonsense.
The Kill the Boer song is an anti-apartheid, revolutionary song chanted during the fight for freedom. It has been resuscitated by the EFF leader, Malema.
For the song, Malema has been yanked to the Equality Court. Even US President Donald Trump replayed the song and video of Malema chanting to the song to highlight the purported genocide of White farmers in South Africa.
Proteas captain Temba Bavuma
McKenzie was chanting a song celebrating Proteas captain Temba Bavuma.
“This country has amazing sportspeople, and it is the greatest sporting nation in the world. If you do not agree with me, or if you want to argue with me, I do not argue with idiots; it is a fact.
“Today, we had Black, Indian, White and Coloured kids singing the Temba Bavuma song. Why should we worry about nonsense like Kill the Boer? These players [Proteas] will go places because we have the best team ever.
“Those people who are singing the Kill the Boer song are idiots. What matters now is the Temba Bavuma song right now,” McKenzie added.
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“We have the best coaches in this country. Ask the rugby coach, ask the cricket coach, or even the Bafana, if SA is country of winners. Temba means hope, he gives us hope. We have the best captain. These young people will keep on winning. I respect Australia, but their players are older. Look at these young boys, they watched Australia on TV when they were growing up. But now they are an unstoppable force.”
After years of an unusual amount of criticism since being elected as the captain of the Proteas in 2014, as the first Black batsman to lead South Africa in Test cricket, Bavuma finally got the monkey off his back and delivered the long-awaited ICC trophy in 27 years of trying.
Last Saturday, the Proteas claimed an emphatic five-wicket victory over defending champions Australia. The ICC World Test Championship Final was held at the Lord’s Cricket Ground in England. The last time South Africa achieved this feat was in 1998 at the ICC Knockout, the forerunner of the Champions Trophy.
