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The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema speaking at a briefing.
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema says the state is seeking a 15-year jail term in his firearm discharge case. Malema is expected to be back in the East London Magistrate’s Court next week for sentencing.
Magistrate Twanet Olivier found Malema guilty of unlawfully discharging a firearm during the EFF’s fifth-anniversary rally at the Sisa Dukashe Stadium in Mdantsane in 2018.
He was convicted in October last year on charges that also included unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition, as well as reckless endangerment.
VIDEO | The judgement of the firearm discharge case:
Malema was addressing the media in Johannesburg on Thursday afternoon.
“The state is going for the kill, they want a 15-year jail term and we are prepared legally. We will see next week but they are going for the kill.”
VIDEO | EFF leader Julius Malema address the media ahead of his sentencing:
