THE Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) protesters, led by the party’s charismatic leader Julius Malema, marched to Johann Rupert’s farms in Stellenbosch to demand the disclosure of the Corporate Social Investments (CSI) made by the billionaire personally to local communities, including his off-shore bank accounts.
Thousands of EFF members and party supporters on Wednesday took part in a march outside properties owned by the Rupert family in Stellenbosch, Western Cape.
The march, dubbed by the Red Berets as “Land Day”, coincided with the arrival of Dutch colonial administrator and navigator Jan van Riebeeck in South Africa on 6 April 1652.
“We had come here to demand an immediate equitable redistribution of all land in private holdings without compensation, particularly that which is currently under the ownership of Rupert and his entities,” said Malema.
“We are here today to confront White Monopoly Capital that we as the EFF exist everywhere, and even here in Stellenbosch
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