Protests as Malema is due to appear in court under 'Riotous Assemblies Act'
'We say‚ ‘Expropriation of land with no compensation. If that is illegal then the EFF is an illegal party' Members of the Economic Freedom Fighters EFF will picket outside the Newcastle Magistrates Court on Monday where its leader is being charged under an “apartheid law”.The party promoted the demonstration on social media over the weekend under the banner “Hand off our CIC Julius Malema”.The charges relate to two incidents - the first dating back to when he was elected EFF president.Malema told the EFF’s elective conference in Bloemfontein in 2014 that: "We are going to occupy the unoccupied land because we need the land. For us to eat‚ we must have the land. For us to work‚ we must have the land... I come from Seshego. If there is unoccupied land‚ we will go and occupy the land with my branch. You must go and do the same in the branch where you come from."At the time‚ AfriForum laid criminal charges against Malema.The second case is from June 2016‚ when Malema told supporters in...
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