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Julius Malema said the EFF demanded that the authorities not only go after certain people accused of corruption, but should also focus on bringing criminal charges against the CEOs of banks found to have manipulated the value of the rand, among others.
EFF leader Julius Malema briefs the media during a virtual press conference in Braamfontein on October 26, 2020. Image: @ EFFSouthAfrica / Twitter
JOHANNESBURG – The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) said that while it noted that the police and the National Prosecutor’s Office (NPA) had been arresting people accused of corruption, law enforcement agencies should not turn a blind eye to other alleged crimes , including the Steinhoff Collapse.
Party leader Julius Malema was addressing journalists in Johannesburg.
He is under investigation, with reports that the state capture commission has requested records of his banking transactions.
The Hawks have been on an arrest mission in recent weeks, going after high-profile businessmen and politicians.
Malema said the EFF demanded that the authorities not only go after certain people accused of corruption, but should also focus on bringing criminal charges against the CEOs of banks found to have manipulated the value of the rand, among others.
“Our demand is that the South African Police Service (SAPS) and NPA should not forget those who collapsed Steinhoff, which led to the Government Employees’ Pension Fund losing more than R20 billion of its investment.”
He said the NPA should only arrest people when their cases are ready to be processed.
In some of the recent cases, the courts have had to postpone matters until next year to allow for further investigation.
‘PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE’ TO FOLLOW COVID-19 REGULATIONS ON PROTESTS
While Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has implored South Africans to continue to follow all COVID-19 prevention measures, he said it was “practically” impossible to achieve during the protests.
Thousands of party members took to the streets in Senekal in the Free State recently to protest during the court appearance of two men accused of murdering a farm manager.
The EFF is expected to fill the streets of Johannesburg again this week when Malema and party MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi appear in court after they shoved a police officer during the funeral of veteran Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
Malema said that the situation could become complex: “We know very well that people have said that it is difficult to run with masks and in the pickets we are constantly running because we are protesting and all kinds of things. I do not promise.” that there will be masks or social distancing in the pickets, it is practically impossible. “
Malema was briefing reporters on the meeting of the party’s central command team that discussed various policy issues and resolved, among others, to appoint former party deputy secretary-general Hlengiwe Mkhaliphi as head of its working table.
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