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Scores of EFF supporters carrying party flags.
Scores of Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) supporters are expected to picket outside the kuGompo Magistrate’s Court in the Eastern Cape.
This will be in solidarity with leader Julius Malema, who is set to appear for the final heads of arguments for pre-sentencing.
He was convicted last year on multiple charges, including unlawful possession and discharging a firearm in a public area.
The shooting incident was captured on video.
It happened during the EFF’s fifth anniversary celebrations in Mdantsane in July 2018.
While some of the party’s leaders are expected to be in KuGompo, some will be leading the picketing in other provinces.
Malema’s pre-sentencing hearing is expected to start at 9 am.
The actual sentencing will take place tomorrow, with the state asking for a 15-year prison term.
But Malema has vowed to head to the highest court in the land to contest it.
The case against Malema was opened by lobby group AfriForum.
During the pre-sentencing hearing in January this year, the court heard the testimony of a social worker, who testified in mitigation, which included Malema’s political impact on society and as a sole provider to many people, including his family.
Despite the social worker’s testimony, the state reserves its position of the 15-year sentence, which Malema says he is more than ready to take on.
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