Kenny Kunene to appeal Malema judgement, calls EFF leader ‘thin-skinned juvenile delinquent bully’

By: ANG Reporter 

In a press statement on Wednesday, Patriotic Alliance deputy president Kenny Kunene confirmed he would be appealing a judgement that found in favour of EFF leader Julius Malema yesterday in the high court.

Judge Makume ruled that he agreed that Kunene calling Malema a “cockroach” and a “little frog” was hate speech and that Kunene should even face possible criminal charges for it.

The EFF released a statement on the same day arguing that Kunene had not been properly rehabilitated in prison.

Kunene, however, released the following statement on Wednesday morning:

“I respect the courts in South Africa but I have strong grounds to feel the judgement handed down yesterday by Honorable Makume J was wrong in law and will be overturned on appeal.

“My lawyers will be advising the high court as soon as possible that we will indeed, respectfully, appeal.

“They will be pointing out that the judgement failed to not only consider the various arguments raised by my counsel in the matter, which in their opinion resulted in the incorrect outcome, but the judgement itself is at odds with the established case law.

“My lawyers strongly believe that another court will come to a different decision and therefore the appeal will be launched as a matter of urgency.

“Now is not the time to nitpick the judgment, but I’m sure that few people could ever have imagined that what I said about Julius Malema was so criminally horrendous as to be termed “hate speech”.

“It was truly rich of Julius Malema to take me to the Equality Court when he so proudly sings “Kill the Boer, Kill the Farmer”, which somehow isn’t hate speech. For me as a layman that is incitement to violence against a minority ethnic group.

“Julius Malema spews violence out of his mouth, over and over. It was shameless of Julius Malema to take me to court after calling Pravin Gordhan a “dog” that must be kicked so that the master can come out.

“Julius Malema is a man with a thin skin. He’s emotionally fragile, like a child. He wants to insult, and doesn’t want to be insulted. He wants to demean others, but doesn’t want to be demeaned.

“I, however, will continue to describe him as I see him. He is indeed an irritant and should be described in such a way that his irritation is described accurately.
He is a classic example of a child who was not raised with any African values. Any child who was raised well would know you can’t insult people old enough to be your grandparents, especially if they’ve done you no harm, as Julius has done.”

“Julius Malema insults young and old, even the wives of sitting presidents who are not even working in the public domain. When I insult him, though, he runs to the courts like a school bully juvenile delinquent running to the principal’s office. I will not allow Julius Malema to continue to have a free licence to bully and say whatever he likes about whoever he likes with no one having the courage to return the favour.

“When I spoke without inciting any violence whatsoever, Julius Malema ran to the court complaining that he was being “hated”. For reasons that baffle me, the court has agreed with him and come to his rescue, at least for now.

“Let’s remember, though, that this same Julius Malema told his party last year in October that they should be willing to kill white people in the name of his revolution. I would have thought that was hate speech.
Nevertheless, I will retain faith that the Supreme Court of Appeal will arrive at a different decision than yesterday’s verdict.”