Ramaphosa says no one will be arrested for singing ‘Kill the Boer’ song

CAPE TOWN - President Cyril Ramaphosa said that no one would be arrested for singing the "Kill the Boer" song, citing its constitutionally protected speech.

During a meeting in the Oval Office in Washington last week, United States (US) President Donald Trump asked Ramaphosa why Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has not been arrested for singing the song.

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Speaking on the sidelines of the Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium in Cape Town on Tuesday, Ramaphosa said that several of the country’s courts had already clarified that the song was not meant to be taken literally.

He said the government does not need to be instructed by anyone on how to enforce its laws.

"We are a very proud sovereign country that has its own laws, processes and we take into account what the Constitutional Court also decided when it said that slogan – 'Kill the boer, kill the farmer' – is a liberation chant and slogan."