South African politician Julius Malema given five-year jail term for gun offence
by Rachel Savage in Johannesburg from World news | The Guardian on (#74ZVG)
Leader of leftwing Economic Freedom Fighters was convicted last year for firing rifle in the air at 2018 rally
The South African leftwing politician Julius Malema has been sentenced to five years in prison for firing a rifle in the air at a political rally in 2018.
Lawyers for the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters, South Africa's fourth largest political party, immediately appealed, and Malema will remain free while the appeal proceedings are under way.
Continue reading...