Economic Freedom Fighter’s Commander in Chief Julius Malema says instead of the South African government striving to get of the United Kingdom’s red list, the South African government should rather impose travel restrictions on the UK.
According to briefly.co.za, while addressing reporters on Monday, Malema stated that the UK was allowed to put whichever country it wished on its red list.
Malema went on to say South Africa should refuse to be treated like colonial subjects and treat the UK as an equal. He went on to say that the country should be able to impose the same restrictions as the UK because the countries are equals now, according to a report by TimesLIVE. He went on to say that the UK should be on a red list because the country because of the country’s history of colonialism.
“The ANC government must also put the UK on the red list because it has been red from colonial times,” said Malema. The UK continues to put travel restrictions on South Africa because it believes that the Covid 19 Beta variant, however, the Delta variant which is also plaguing the UK right now is the most dominant variant in South Africa which shows that the UK’s data is outdated, according to a report by The South African.
