THE case against EFF leader Julius Malema and MP Mbuyseni Ndlozi has been postponed to 28 and 29 October. The case failed to get underway as scheduled for Tuesday, as it could not be decided whether or not media should be allowed to film inside the court room.
EFF supporters gathered outside of the Randburg Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday in support of Malema and Ndlozi.
Both Malema and Ndlozi appeared on charges of assault, following the alleged assault of a police officer at the funeral of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in 2018.
The alleged April 2018 assault was caught on CCTV camera and released by the lobby group AfriForum late last year.
The magistrate earlier on Tuesday said that he would only entertain the media application later and wanted the matter to proceed.
Malema said that the media should be allowed to record his case in its entirety.
“We do not agree with the
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