Adams did nothing wrong by reporting information: Malema

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema at Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee probing national security on March 10, 2026.

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has defended National Coloured Congress leader and MP Fadiel Adams at the Ad Hoc Committee probing national security concerns amid criticism over his handling of alleged classified information.

Adams appeared before the Committee on Tuesday night to answer questions following KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, who implicated him in wrongdoing.

Malema told the committee that Adams did nothing wrong by reporting information he obtained anonymously to the police.

He said that anyone who comes across wrongdoing has a duty to report it, regardless of who may be implicated.

Malema says, “Where you are seated, you must know there’s nothing wrong you have done, no one must ever, ever try to tell you nonsense. There’s nothing wrong you have done. You come across information, you go to the police, and what the police do with it is none of your business.”

He adds, “You have reported it to the authorities, that’s how it works. Where should you take that information to? To the same corrupt politicians who are in cahoots with thugs, whose political parties are formed with blood money and tell you, ‘No, take Parliament, take it to Parliament’, which law is that? You come across nonsense; you report it to the police, it doesn’t matter who is being implicated in the nonsense. There are no holy cows here!”