Marcus Moloko
Magistrate Twanet Olivier is set to deliver judgment by the end of Tuesday in the high-profile firearms discharge trial of Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema and his former bodyguard, Adriaan Snyman, seven years after a rally incident that drew national attention.
The charges stem from events on July 28, 2018, when Malema allegedly fired a rifle into the air while standing on stage alongside Snyman at the EFF’s fifth-anniversary celebration rally at the Sisa Dukashe Stadium in Mdantsane, a township near East London.
Both men were charged with illegal possession of firearms, contravention of the Firearms Control Act, illegal possession of ammunition, and reckless endangerment to persons or property.
The Firearms Control Act 60 of 2000 prohibits the discharge of a firearm in a public space without lawful justification, citing risks to human life and property.
Olivier started handing down judgment on Monday, and has painstakingly
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