Cape Town – The leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Julius Malema has failed in his attempt to have a 2018 case of illegally discharging a firearm dismissed.
Malema and his bodyguard, Adriaan Snyman, were in court seeking to have the case thrown out due to insufficient evidence.
The incident in question occurred during the EFF’s fifth birthday celebrations in July 2018 when Malema allegedly fired a semi-automatic firearm.
[BREAKING NEWS] Magistrate Twanet Olivier dismisses EFF leader Julius Malema’s bid to have firearm case struck off court roll. Malema argued state had no evidence and witness statements were incoherent. #DStv03 #eNCA pic.twitter.com/qRX7tf011T
— eNCA (@eNCA) October 19, 2023
Delivering her judgment on the application, Magistrate Twanet Olivier stated that Malema’s assertion that the firearm was a prop or a movie gun had no significant bearing on the case’s proceedings up to this point.
“The mere say so that it was a movie gun does not make it so… it’s not evidence, the mere say so. In the light of the evidence that’s been presented so far, the application of discharge in terms of Section 174 of Act 51 of 1977 is not granted,” Olivier said.
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Compiled by Betha Madhomu
