Julius Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), has been sentenced to an effective five years’ imprisonment by Magistrate Twanet Olivier in the KuGompo City Regional Court.
The sentence follows his conviction for unlawfully discharging a firearm during the EFF’s 2018 rally in Mdantsane.
Malema received:
• Five years on the main count,
• Two years on a secondary count,
• R20,000 fines (or six months each) on the remaining counts.
The sentences will run concurrently, resulting in an effective seven-year term.
