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🇿🇦 South Africa’s Julius Malema sentenced to five years over illegal firearm and public discharge

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Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema, 45, was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday by Magistrate Twanet Olivier in KuGompo City after being convicted of five offences including unlawful possession of a firearm, discharging it in public, and reckless endangerment. The charges stemmed from a 2018 incident in which Malema fired a semi-automatic rifle into the air during the EFF’s fifth anniversary celebrations in the Eastern Cape. Olivier allowed Malema to appeal the sentence, meaning he did not immediately enter custody and can continue his political career during the process, which analysts say could take several years.

The case was brought by Afrikaner lobby group AfriForum after video of the incident went viral. ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula expressed sympathy with Malema, while AfriForum said the prosecution concerned reckless and illegal actions, not race.

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