South Africa
Malema, Ndlozi assault case postponed─── 06:49 Tue, 15 Sep 2020
The assault case of Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema and party member of Parliament, Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, has been postponed to October 13 in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg.
They were accompanied by party Deputy President Floyd Shivambu and general-secretary Marshall Dlamini.
Malema and Ndlozi allegedly assaulted a policeman during struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s funeral in 2018.
Malema says he did not understand why he should be in court during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It was unnecessary for us to come today because we’re going through a pandemic as a country. And therefore a court that requests us to appear without a trail is risking our lives and the lives of ordinary people. Because you will know that as public figures when we come here, people will want to interact with us. And we don’t know who’s in a good state of health and who’s not,” adds Malema.
