EFF 'will be riotous against the Riotous Assemblies Act' - Ndlozi
Newcastle - The EFF has said it will not withdraw its calls for the illegal occupation of land, even as its leader faces criminal charges for making the call.
‘The ANC is trying to silence the freedom charter, the ANC is saying that it’s no longer important to speak of the freedom charter… They have gone to fish an old apartheid-era law used to put [Nelson] Mandela behind bars, to put [Walter] Sisulu behind bars,” said EFF spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi.
EFF leader Julius Malema will appear before a regional court in Newcastle in KwaZulu-Natal on Monday, where he is expected to be charged with contravening the apartheid-era Riotous Assemblies Act.
This is for comments he made at a freedom charter rally on June 26, when he encouraged EFF members to occupy any vacant land they came across. He initially made this call at the EFF’s National People’s Assembly in Mangaung in December 2014.
Malema is also due to appear at a regional court in the Free State for similar comments he made on November 14.