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South Africa: The State Charges EFF Leaders Julius Malema and Floyd Shivambu
Daily Maverick, 27 November 2019
The president and deputy president of the Economic Freedom Fighters were both charged on Wednesday by the National Prosecuting Authority in unrelated incidents. Read more »
Prosecuting Authority Charges South Africa's Malema, Shivambu
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema and his deputy, Floyd Shivambu, have been charged by the National Prosecuting Authority over two unrelated cases. Malema appeared in court for discharging a firearm at the EFF's fifth-anniversary celebrations in 2018 while Shivambu will answer to charges of assault over a tussle with press photographer Adrian de Kock.
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South Africa: Malema Expects NPA to Charge Him for Discharging Firearm in Public
News24Wire, 5 September 2019
EFF leader Julius Malema says he anticipates that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) will charge him for discharging a firearm in public, he told journalists on Thursday. Read more »
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South Africa: EFF Violence Up - but Popularity Ratings Way Down
Daily Maverick, 5 September 2019
Research by Daily Maverick shows that there has been a steady increase in the EFF's rhetoric of violence since it started tracking the party's behaviour in March 2018 and after the… Read more »
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South Africa: No Quorum for Parliament's Ethics Committee to Meet About Shivambu's Attack On Journalist
News24Wire, 3 April 2019
More than a year after Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) deputy president and chief whip Floyd Shivambu attacked Netwerk24 photographer Adrian de Kock, Parliament's ethics… Read more »
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South Africa: Was the 'Assault Rifle' Malema 'Fired' an AK-47?
News24Wire, 1 August 2018
The "assault rifle" EFF leader Julius Malema seemingly fired from stage at a rally after-party at the weekend appears to be an AK-47 "on face value", according to a gun expert. Read more »
