"I deliberately refuse to pay - They can attach all my property"
Julius Malema says he will not pay the R50,000 he was ordered to cough up by the Equality Court following a complaint brought against him by a gender activist group.
The firebrand ANC Youth League leader was found guilty of hate speech and harassment by magistrate Colleen Collis on March 15 after he made what was widely viewed as a derogatory remark about President Jacob Zuma's rape accuser.
Addressing students at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology last January, Malema said: "When a woman didn't enjoy it, she leaves early in the morning. Those who had a nice time will wait until the sun comes out, request breakfast and ask for taxi money."
Malema was ordered to pay R50,000 to a centre for abused women within a month of the ruling and to make an unconditional public apology. He has not done so.
Yesterday in Midrand he told journalists that he deliberately refused to pay "as a matter of principle".
"The women who have survived rape are our own sisters. We don't need a court order to pay anything," he said to loud cheers from ANCYL members of the Midrand branch.
"I deliberately refuse to pay the R50,000 as a matter of principle. They can attach all my property," Malema said in reference to an order to seize his assets to the value of R50,000.
Malema insisted that "every piece of legislation will be used to fight this [court order".
In October Malema's lawyer, Tumi Mokwena, said his client would appeal the ruling.
Mbuyiselo Botha of Sonke Gender Justice Network - the group that brought the complaint against Malema - declined to comment yesterday saying he would focus on opposing Malema's application for condonation.
"It is our position that all South Africans should subject themselves to the rule of law. No one is above the law," Botha said.
- Malema was in Midrand to hand over a R200,000 cheque to the Peniel Women Youth and Orphan Development Shelter.
The centre's chief operations officer, Matshepo Ramphele, said the shelter needed the cash to keep its doors open.
Ramphele said the shelter's 70 women and children often ran out of beds, linen, food and clothing.
She said the shelter would have been forced to close its doors at the end of this month had they not received the donation.
Malema - who was in fine form - provided comical relief when addressing some of the social ills facing the country.
He accused the media of lacking "intellectual depth".
"You (media) elevate socialites of no consequence to the status of role models and then want to argue that there is no intellectual debate," Malema said.
He said the media were ignoring important issues facing the country's poor, choosing instead to "discuss sushi".
Malema said the media was wrong to blame controversial figures such as Khanyi Mbau and Kenny Kunene for the youth's bad behaviour.
"What are you teaching your children?" he asked.
Defiant Malema refuses to pay up
"I deliberately refuse to pay - They can attach all my property"
Julius Malema says he will not pay the R50,000 he was ordered to cough up by the Equality Court following a complaint brought against him by a gender activist group.
The firebrand ANC Youth League leader was found guilty of hate speech and harassment by magistrate Colleen Collis on March 15 after he made what was widely viewed as a derogatory remark about President Jacob Zuma's rape accuser.
Addressing students at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology last January, Malema said: "When a woman didn't enjoy it, she leaves early in the morning. Those who had a nice time will wait until the sun comes out, request breakfast and ask for taxi money."
Malema was ordered to pay R50,000 to a centre for abused women within a month of the ruling and to make an unconditional public apology. He has not done so.
Yesterday in Midrand he told journalists that he deliberately refused to pay "as a matter of principle".
"The women who have survived rape are our own sisters. We don't need a court order to pay anything," he said to loud cheers from ANCYL members of the Midrand branch.
"I deliberately refuse to pay the R50,000 as a matter of principle. They can attach all my property," Malema said in reference to an order to seize his assets to the value of R50,000.
Malema insisted that "every piece of legislation will be used to fight this [court order".
In October Malema's lawyer, Tumi Mokwena, said his client would appeal the ruling.
Mbuyiselo Botha of Sonke Gender Justice Network - the group that brought the complaint against Malema - declined to comment yesterday saying he would focus on opposing Malema's application for condonation.
"It is our position that all South Africans should subject themselves to the rule of law. No one is above the law," Botha said.
The centre's chief operations officer, Matshepo Ramphele, said the shelter needed the cash to keep its doors open.
Ramphele said the shelter's 70 women and children often ran out of beds, linen, food and clothing.
She said the shelter would have been forced to close its doors at the end of this month had they not received the donation.
Malema - who was in fine form - provided comical relief when addressing some of the social ills facing the country.
He accused the media of lacking "intellectual depth".
"You (media) elevate socialites of no consequence to the status of role models and then want to argue that there is no intellectual debate," Malema said.
He said the media were ignoring important issues facing the country's poor, choosing instead to "discuss sushi".
Malema said the media was wrong to blame controversial figures such as Khanyi Mbau and Kenny Kunene for the youth's bad behaviour.
"What are you teaching your children?" he asked.
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