It blamed the killing on the recent apartheid-era protest song proclaiming the words " shoot the boer".

Courts have tended to agree, with the singing of the ' Shoot the Boer' song being repeatedly banned.

The myth busters reminded South Africans that there were "more" farm murders in the five years before Julius Malema sang " Shoot the boer".

With unfortunate timing, Malema spent the weekend in Zimbabwe, lavishing praise on Mugabe and whipping up crowds with more renditions of " Shoot the Boer".