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14/03/2004 21:56 - (SA) Jason Lloyd Kirkwood - "We will not vote on April 14, but we will take farms and chase away white farmers like dogs." The Landless People's Movement (LPM) confirmed over the weekend that the organisation was still planning to violently take over farms on election day. Mangaliso Kubheko, national organiser of the LPM, said on Saturday that the organisation was "sick and tired" of government's delays in completing land claims. Khubeka did not want to say which areas the LPM would target. "No, we will not say where we will hit. It could mess up our...

It's a slogan that the Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) called hate speech last year and it has resurfaced in the flurry of party propaganda in the run-up to the elections. Earlier this year, the Freedom Front Plus lodged a complaint against Mangaliso Kubheka, national organiser of the Landless People's Movement, claiming he had said "kill the farmer, kill the boer" during a speech. The SAHRC investigated the complaint and ruled that the LPM apologise publicly via the newspaper Rapport, which had reported on the offending speech. They have until March 23 to respond. However, a defiant Mangaliso Kubheka told Saturday...