Malema accuses Brown of being ‘an operative’
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has accused veteran journalist and analyst Karima Brown of working for state security.
Malema made the allegations shortly after hosting a breakfast for the elderly at Cappello’s in Brakpan on Wednesday morning.
“I think she’s a state agent, I think she’s an operative. I think she’s an intelligence. I say that she’s an intelligence, she’s an operative. I think she’s working for state security. I think she works for state security. The questions were crafted in such a way they were so suspicious,” says Malema.
Malema’s comments come after he revealed a screenshot on Tuesday night that contained Brown’s phone number from the party’s whatsapp group, where she was asking for the details of the breakfast.
The exposure of Brown’s phone numbers on twitter has resulted in her receiving excessive rape threats and threats of violence.
However, Malema has denied that his party is involved in any of the threats.
“There is no member of the EFF who has attacked her, worse through the mandate of the EFF. There is no such an instruction issued from the EFF.”
The EFF has condemned the threats to Brown.
“We are condemning it, either in our name or not. It’s unacceptable even if it is done by EFF members, which I doubt, its unacceptable. If there are people who have acted in such an irrational manner, she must get them locked up,” said Malema.
The South African National Editors Forum (Sanef) said on Wednesday that it will bring the matter to the attention of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).