AfriForum has announced plans to petition international governments for sanctions against Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema over his continued singing of the controversial struggle song “Kill the Boer.”

The lobby group’s chief executive, Kallie Kriel, confirmed they are initiating a process to request punitive actions against Malema and others who they claim violate human rights by chanting the song.

“AfriForum is now starting with the process to request governments internationally to impose punitive actions against Julius Malema, and those guilty of human rights violations by chanting ‘Kill the Boer,'” Kriel stated.

This move follows the Constitutional Court’s dismissal of AfriForum’s appeal against an Equality Court ruling that found the song does not constitute hate speech and falls under protected free speech.

The EFF has celebrated the ruling, with party MP Nqobile Mhlongo telling SABC they will continue singing the song. “We will continue to sing the song. There is victory now, the matter is closed. They can go and cry in the streets because they have no regard for our Constitutional Court,” Mhlongo said.

Mhlongo defended the chant as representing a call to dismantle economic exclusion faced by the black majority, rather than inciting literal violence.

Kriel countered that South Africa’s Constitution fails to protect Afrikaners and farmers against what he characterizes as calls for violence. According to Kriel, AfriForum has prepared a legal dossier documenting alleged human rights violations by Malema and the EFF.

The lobby group also plans to urge foreign governments to pressure South Africa to condemn what they term the killing of “Afrikaners and farmers.”

Legal experts note that this international approach comes after AfriForum exhausted all domestic legal avenues with the Constitutional Court’s ruling marking the end of their litigation options within South Africa.