Pravin Gordhan-Julius Malema battle heads to court
Public enterprises minister lays charges against the EFF leader and his deputy Floyd Shivambu over verbal attacks
Public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan took the feud the EFF is waging against him to the courts on Monday. A central figure behind President Cyril Ramaphosa’s agenda to clean up state-owned enterprises that were brought to their knees by rampant corruption during his predecessor’s administration, Gordhan has borne the brunt of EFF attacks. Its leader, Julius Malema, last week branded Gordhan, "a dog of white monopoly capital" as he was testifying to the Zondo commission on state capture. Gordhan laid charges against Malema and his deputy Floyd Shivambu over their attacks. In response, the EFF said it would lodge a criminal complaint against the minister. In an affidavit submitted at the Brooklyn Police Station in Pretoria, the minister said public comments by the EFF leaders against him amounted to "crimen injuria" and, alternatively, "criminal defamation". He also brought a complaint of incitement to commit violence. The minister has also lodged a complaint with the Equality C...
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