Malema Calls MySol a ‘Small Boy’ at Letlhabile Stadium — Businessman Yet to Fire Back

Letlhabile Stadium shook on Saturday afternoon when Economic Freedom Fighters commander Julius Malema pointed a rhetorical finger at North West mining magnate Solomon Madibela — known publicly as MySol — and stripped him down to size in front of thousands of roaring supporters.

Malema told the crowd that South Africa’s mineral wealth exists to uplift ordinary citizens, not enrich connected businessmen. “These mines will service our people, these mines will not service MySol,” he declared. “MySol se voet. You must tell him that he’s a small boy to me.” The broadside arrived weeks after Madibela allegedly claimed a political party president turned against him following his refusal to purchase a gala dinner ticket — an event MySol linked to the now-viral Afrikaans phrase directed at him.

Attendees at the venue erupted the moment Malema unleashed the insult, with sections of the crowd chanting and rising from their seats. Video footage circulating across social media platforms captured the exact moment supporters cheered the verbal takedown, amplifying the confrontation far beyond North West Province’s borders.

Saturday’s attack fits a broader pattern of scrutiny the EFF leader has trained on Madibela over recent months. Malema has previously challenged the entrepreneur to account for the origins of his fortune and explain his proximity to political networks — questions that have shadowed MySol’s rapid rise through logistics and extraction industries built initially from humble foundations in the North West.

What made the moment impossible to scroll past was the deliberate switch into Afrikaans mid-sentence — “MySol se voet” — a phrase carrying unmistakable contempt in every South African linguistic register. Witnesses described the stadium atmosphere shifting from rally energy into something rawer, almost theatrical, the instant those words left Malema’s mouth and the microphone carried them across every corner of the packed venue.

Madibela had published no formal reply by Sunday evening, leaving his silence to do its own heavy work. Whether the businessman absorbs the humiliation publicly or fires back through legal channels, a media statement, or another social media post remains entirely open. The real question hanging over North West now is whether MySol stays quiet — or hands Malema exactly the fight he appears to want.

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