Julius Malema fails in court bid to challenge law after land grab remarks

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The Pretoria high court on Thursday struck down EFF leader Julius Malema’s application to have the Riotous Assemblies Act declared unconstitutional.

Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema listens to the judgment in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on July 4 2019, where he was challenging the Riotous Assemblies Act of 1956.on Thursday struck down EFF leader Julius Malema's application to have the Riotous Assemblies Act declared unconstitutional.Malema argued that the charge of incitement criminalises free expression.

But deputy judge president Aubrey Ledwaba, leading a full bench of the high court, ruled:"We find that the crime of incitement is neither overboard nor of limitless scope. Properly understood, the crime of incitement is intention by word or conduct to influence the mind of another in furthering of committing a crime."

 

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