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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gerald Imray

The song Elon Musk decried as anti-white hits the headlines in South Africa again

Musk grew up in South Africa and finished high school there, but left before apartheid ended in 1994 - (REUTERS)

A decades-old anti-apartheid anthem, recently denounced by Elon Musk for allegedly inciting violence against white South Africans, returned to the spotlight Thursday following a ruling by the country's highest court.

The controversial song, featuring the lyrics "kill the Boer" and "shoot the Boer"—Boer being a term for a white farmer—has long been a source of contention in South Africa. Its use has primarily been confined to political rallies of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), a small, far-left opposition party.

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