South African opposition leader Julius Malema has been sentenced to five years in prison for illegally possessing a firearm and discharging it in public. The conviction stems from an incident in 2018 where Malema fired an automatic rifle during an EFF rally, which he described as an expression of exuberance. His party has rejected the verdict, calling it politically motivated, while prosecutors sought a harsher sentence. Malema is expected to appeal the decision, which could delay any jail time for several years.
South Africa n opposition leader Julius Malema , 45, was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday for illegally possessing a firearm and discharging the weapon in public.
themselves into pretzels to insist the EFF chant was not a call to violence or an example of hate speech, instead portraying it as some kind of metaphorical call to social justice and liberation.to loot South Africa’s white farmers of their property, as quickly as possible, and he continued to posture as a militant revolutionary. He
of illegally possessing and firing an automatic rifle during an EFF rally in 2018. Malema claimed he was merely firing the weapon in a burst of happy exuberance, earning a lecture from magistrate Twanet Olivier about his irresponsible behavior. Malema’s party rejected his conviction, claiming it was “influenced by imperialist and right-wing agendas,” including the agenda of the “racist right-wing Donald Trump.” A small army of EFF supporters, clad in the party’s militaristic uniform of red overalls and red berets, massed in the street outside the courthouse as the sentence was read.
Prosecutors expressed disappointment with the outcome, as they wanted a more serious 15-year sentence to reflect the seriousness of the gun laws Malema violated, and the danger he posed to innocents by firing bullets in the air.it would be a long time before he saw the inside of a jail cell, if ever. Legal expert Ulrich Roux said that if Malema appeals all the way to South Africa’s highest court, as he has promised to do, “we’ll most likely get a final order within four to five years’ time.” Meanwhile, Malema will retain his seat in the South African parliament. The law stipulates that persons who receive prison sentences of 12 months or longer cannot hold office, but they are not ejected from their seats until all appeals have been exhausted.
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