You would expect all hell to break loose when Julius Malema delivers an address in front of an audience of mostly white farmers. You would really expect things to get messy when the message from Malema is that white farmers need to stop being so sensitive and actively participate in the country’s agricultural transformation.

Malema was speaking to agricultural sector leaders in the Western Cape yesterday, hosted by a forum called ‘Gesprek’, but in a somewhat surprising twist the address was received relatively well. Malema implored the farmers to relax over claims of ‘land appropriation without compensation’, saying that was not what the EFF has in mind.

Here are a few highlights courtesy of eNCA:

When there is part of a land which is not used for agriculture purposes, we would be having a problem. All we are saying is the land must be used. It must not lie idle…

You owe it to the people who have been oppressed…to mentor them…

If you love this country, you must love its people. Say to them I’m volunteering my services. I’m going to make sure the land is used productively and used to feed the children of this community.

He then joked that French wine should be made very expensive so that our local farmers would benefit further. It was’t all hugs though as he delivered a few straight-shooters:

There is no white man…no white woman who is going to be driven into the sea…

Feel free to leave, but you would miss out. You will miss us. We won’t miss you…

You must stop being sensitive. Participate in the robust debate. We will never kill you for disagreeing with us.

Of course no Malema speech is complete without a few jibes at the expense of JZ and the ANC, saying that the only way Zuma could avoid prison was by becoming president.

We know that’s not entirely true, all one has to be is friends with the president and charges seem to disappear pretty easily. Malema finished by saying that Helen Zille was a strong politician but the appointment of Mmusi Maimane could spell the end of the DA.

Looks like that line has been drawn in the sand pretty clearly, your movie Mmusi…

[source:enca]