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The EFF won a victory in the Constitutional Court on Friday after challenging the constitutionality of an aspect of the Revolt Assemblies Law.
Members of the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party object when South African President Cyril Ramaphosa attempts to deliver his State of the Nation address in Parliament in Cape Town on February 13, 2020. Image: AFP
JOHANNESBURG – The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) said it will introduce a parliamentary process next year to repeal what it says are apartheid laws in the country.
The EFF won a Constitutional Court victory on Friday after challenging the constitutionality of an aspect of the Revolt Assemblies Law.
The Supreme Court found that part of the legislation, which was used to indict EFF leader Julius Malema, twice last year, is incompatible with the Constitution and declared it invalid.
Malema has always maintained that this aspect of the legislation amounts to an unjustifiable limitation of freedom of expression.
Emboldened by the Constitutional Court’s decision – the Red Berets now say they will launch a process in Parliament during the first half of next year – to challenge what they believe to be the country’s apartheid laws.
It is not clear which regulations will apply.
Meanwhile, Parliament was given 24 months to rectify aspects of the Riotous Law that were deemed to have no place in a constitutional democracy.
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