South African opposition politician Julius Malema has been found guilty of illegal possession of a gun and firing it in public, offences which carry a minimum sentence of 15 years in prison.

South African opposition leader Julius Malema was found guilty of hate speech by the country’s Equality Court on Wednesday this week over comments he made during a political rally in 2022. This is the ...

Expert analysis has shown that Julius Malema's words crossed the line from politics to hate speech. Forensic linguistics was used to prove that EFF leader Julius Malema was guilty of hate speech when ...

FILE - Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), leader Julius Malema attend a final election rally in Polokwane, South Africa, on May 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File) JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African ...

The word has “genocidal connotations”. Julius Malema took Kenny Kunene to court, accusing Kunene of hate speech. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp - The High Court in Johannesburg has found ...

EFF leader Julius Malema at the East London Magistrate's Court on 1 October 2025. Picture: Alpha Ramushwana/EWN EAST LONDON - Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has announced his ...

Firebrand South African politician Julius Malema was found guilty of violating the nation’s gun laws for firing a weapon at a political rally in 2018. The East London Magistrate’s Court handed down ...

Kenny Kunene shared his thoughts on the conviction while speaking to journalists on the sidelines of a service delivery programme in Soweto on Wednesday. Patriotic Alliance deputy leader Kenny Kunene.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African court found the firebrand leader of the ruling ANC's youth wing guilty of hate speech on Monday and fined him for suggesting a woman who accused President ...

The leader of South Africa’s second-largest opposition party is waging a war of words with the world’s richest person after being accused of “pushing for genocide of white people”. South Africa’s ...

JOHANNESBURG — South African opposition leader Julius Malema was found guilty Wednesday of breaking firearm laws in a 2018 incident where he was filmed firing a rifle at a political rally. The fiery ...