Even those in Africa, well, some of them, marched in support of the rights and cries of the Black Lives Matter movement.

However, what I find problematic is that Africans, especially the South African opposition, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), march for George Floyd and scream black lives matter while they have not protested against African governments’ abuse of their citizens.

And he has been consistent in this: South Africans, especially black xenophobic ones, should not be found shouting and joining the Black Lives Matter movement and George Floyd protests as charity begins at home.

Malema and even the current ANC government seem not interested in addressing the causes of violent conflict in Africa but find it worthwhile to march for the Black Lives Matter Movement and rights of Black Americans.

Isn’t it time African movements focused on African lives more than American ones precisely because the blacks in the global north have enough technologies, voices, fire power and alliances more than in the global south?