Billionaire investor Elon Musk took to Twitter to call on South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to condemn far-left Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema of inciting genocide against white people in a recent speech. 

Musk was responding to a video showing Ramaphosa and a crowd of supporters chanting “kill the Boer, kill the White farmer” in reference to the Dutch-descended white South African population. 

“They are openly pushing for genocide of white people in South Africa. (Cyril Ramaphosa) why do you say nothing?” asked Musk. 

“Dubul’ibhunu” is a controversial song that roughly translates to “shoot the Boer” and is related to the country’s struggle against apartheid. 

Former South African president Jacob Zuma has also been criticized for singing the song. Musk was born in South Africa and is a citizen of the country.  

Last year, the Johannesburg Equality Court ruled that singing the song did not constitute hate speech. 

“It does not constitute hate speech and deserves to be protected under the rubric of freedom of speech – it articulates the failure of the current government to address issues of economic empowerment and land division,” claimed Judge Edwin Molahlehi in his ruling. 

Charges of hate speech were brought against Malema in 2020. Groups representing white South Africans have argued that the song was partly to blame for the violent and often deadly attacks against white farmers living in the country. 

“The broad principle of freedom of expression is tolerance of different views. Society has a duty to allow and be tolerant of both popular and unpopular views of its members,” claimed Molahlehi. 

“The most important aspect of Malema’s evidence was that it has a significant relationship to issues of land. It was sung during the apartheid regime because of the dispossession of land by colonial powers.

“According to him, it is directed to land issues, and the failures of the current government.”