The EFF leader is charged with the unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, discharging a firearm in a built-up area or public place, and reckless endangerment of people or property.

"They did not have a case in 2018; they still don't have a case today," said Marshall Dlamini, the secretary-general of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), on Monday, 29 September, as the party and its leader, Julius Malema, await judgment in a long-running case around the alleged illegal discharge of a firearm during an EFF celebration.

Dlamini told supporters outside the East London Magistrates' Court, "The president is resolute. That's why he's been telling this woman [the magistrate, Twanet Oliver], say what you want to say because you don't have a case, and you have wasted our time for the last seven years."

Malema is charged with the unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, discharging a firearm in a built-up area or public place, and reckless endangerment of people or property.

His co-accused, the EFF party leader's former bodyguard Adriaan Snyman, faces two counts: failure to take reasonable precautions to avoid danger to people or property, and providing a firearm/ammunition to a person not...