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EFF leader Julius Malema and former party spokesman Mbuyiseni Ndlozi. Image: Worshiper Mashashe
- EFF leader Julius Malema is expected to appear in court for allegedly assaulting a police colonel in 2018.
- The court will decide whether the arrest warrants for Malema and EFF MP Mbuyiseni Ndlovu should be suspended.
- The warrants were issued after they failed to attend previous court appearances.
EFF leader Julius Malema is expected to appear before Randburg Magistrates Court on Monday for a judicial inquiry into whether the arrest warrants issued for his arrest and that of EFF MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi after did not attend court, they should be suspended.
EFF spokesperson Vuyani Pambo did not indicate whether Ndlozi would also appear, although News24 previously reported that Ndlozi’s court appearance was also scheduled for Monday.
They are accused of assaulting a police colonel in April 2018 during the funeral of fighting icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
The incident was caught on CCTV and the officer later opened a case against the two.
SEE | Malema denies having attacked the police officer at Madikizela-Mandela’s funeral: ‘If I had laid my hand on him, I would have hit him’
The National Tax Authority (NPA) decided to prosecute them after sustained pressure from AfriForum, which announced in July last year that it would approach the court with a request to force it to decide on the prosecution.
In September last year, the NPA told AfriForum that it would process them.
On August 31, the Randburg Magistrates Court set the trial date for October 13 and October 28.
Malema and Ndlozi’s failure to appear in court earlier was reportedly due to Covid-19 regulations.
The prosecutor also indicated that the original charge sheet could not be found, which meant that the arrest warrant could not be executed on August 31.
