MK Party’s Andile Mngxitama on Donovan Marx attack: ‘No land, no peace’

· The South African

MK Party MP Andile Mngxitama is unfazed by the backlash to his tweet condoning the attack on North West farmer, Donovan Marx.

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The outspoken politician, a former member of the EFF who later started his own party, 

Black First Land First (BLF), has a has a long history of controversial social media statements, particularly about race, land ownership, white South Africans, and farm attacks. 

MK PARTY’S ANDILE MNGIXITAMA’S TWEET ABOUT DONOVAN MAR ATTACK GOES VIRAL

On his X account, Andile Mngxitama tweeted over the weekend: “Ventersdorp white farmer Donovan Marx had his ears cut off during a Plaas moord aanval [farm murder attack]. Attacking the ears is symbolic to denote the refusal of land thieves to listen. No land, no peace. 

He added, “Farm life is overdetermined by systematic violence! Blacks got killed and fed to pigs!”

Andile, an MK Party MP, later deleted the tweet but did not deny having posted it.

He responded to his critics: “Job done”, “Point made” and “I said what I said”.

He added: “Cry some more” and “Give the land back first”

BACKLASH AND CALL FOR ACTION

Andile Mngxitama’s tweet about Donovan Marx’s gruesome farm attack has elicited widespread backlash on social media.

FFP MP Renaldo Gouws responded to the tweet, urging the public to report the comments to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC). He also called on Mngxitama to be formally removed from parliament.

Sunette Bridges, the daughter of Bles Bridges, claimed that Mngxitama was “revelling” in Marx’s injuries.

“This cannot be allowed to continue”, she appealed to the government.

Former Olympic swimmer Roland Schoeman tweeted from his X account: “These statements deserve international scrutiny and a formal response. How much more explicit does the rhetoric need to become before it is taken seriously?”

CHARGES BY AFRIFORUM

Meanwhile, AfriForum has vowed to take legal action against Andile Mngxitama over his racially charged tweet.

The Afrikaner activism organisation added that it would “deploy all necessary resources to ensure that he is held accountable”.

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