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WATCH LIVE | EFF leader Julius Malema’s firearm discharge trial begins

EFF leader Julius Malema is  accused of firing an automatic rifle  at the party's fifth anniversary celebrations at the Sisa Dukashe Stadium in Mdantsane in 2018.

EFF leader Julius Malema was back in the East London regional court yesterday where he appeared facing a charge of discharging a weapon in public. That case dates back to more than two years ago when Malema first appeared in the court in November 2019 accused of firing an automatic rifle at the party’s fifth birthday celebrations at the Sisa Dukashe Stadium in August 2018. PIcture ALAN EASON
EFF leader Julius Malema was back in the East London regional court yesterday where he appeared facing a charge of discharging a weapon in public. That case dates back to more than two years ago when Malema first appeared in the court in November 2019 accused of firing an automatic rifle at the party’s fifth birthday celebrations at the Sisa Dukashe Stadium in August 2018. PIcture ALAN EASON (ALAN EASON)

EFF leader Julius Malema is appearing before the East London magistrate’s court on Tuesday for his firearm discharge trial.

He is accused of firing an automatic rifle at the EFF’s fifth anniversary celebrations at the Sisa Dukashe Stadium in Mdantsane in 2018.

He is facing charges of illegal possession of firearms, contravention of the Firearms Control Act, the illegal possession of ammunition and reckless endangerment to persons or property.

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