'If you don’t want to be called trash, change your behaviour' Malema tells SA men
Johannesburg - EFF leader Julius Malema has challenged South African men who are against the hashtag #MenAreTrash to change their behaviour and start protecting women.
Speaking at an Africa Day celebration concert in Joubert Park in Johannesburg on Thursday, Malema said the man accused of killing 22-year-old Karabo Mokoena had misrepresented South African men.
He said instead of fighting the hashtag, which gained traction on social media following public outcry after Mokoena’s death, men should rather take collective responsibility for the manner in which women, children and the elderly were treated in society.
“All of us take collective responsibility. South African men are trash, that’s who we are and if we don’t want to be called that then let us change our behaviour, let us change our conduct.
“Karabo’s death must serve as a wake-up call not to a girl child but to a male. Stop your behaviour,” Malema said.