FF Plus lays criminal charges against EFF following damage to Paul Kruger statue
The FF Plus laid a criminal charge this morning at the Brooklyn Police station in Pretoria against the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), the EFF's spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi and its deputy chairperson in Tshwane, Moafrika Mabongwana.
Adv. Anton Alberts, FF Plus MP and provincial leader in Gauteng submitted the charges.
According to Adv. Alberts, the relevant EFF members had incited people to either deface or break down "colonial statues which are reminders of apartheid" and according to Adv. Alberts it directly resulted in the malicious damaging of Paul Kruger's statue on Church Square. The EFF later accepted responsibility for the incident.
Various other monuments were also damaged over the weekend and the FF Plus will also be laying charges in the areas where it had taken place.
Adv. Alberts says the complaint is based on the breaching of the National Heritage resources Act (case no.: CAS 138/04/2015).