ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema kicked a BBC journalist out of a press conference, calling him "a bastard and a bloody agent".

The journalist, Jonah Fisher, had apparently tried to ask a question while Malema was speaking.

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Fisher has walked out of the briefing following the tirade.

Malema said journalists should not undermine him, especially at ANC headquarters, Luthuli House.

Malema said he was not threatening media freedom, but demanding respect. "When you are in my house you must behave," he said.

Malema said he would not attend AWB leader Eugene Terre Blanche's funeral because the right wing leader was not a man he respected. "He died before changing his racist behaviour. His death should not be linked to the ANC struggle song (Kill the Boer).

Malema said Terre Blanche's killing must be treated as a criminal case. "Our hands do not have blood," he said.

"The death of Terre Blanche must open our eyes to what our people are subjected to on these farms. We are not proud of his death, but the truth must be told," said Malema.