The question confronting South Africa is not reducible to personalities or political loyalties. It is, fundamentally, a question about the kind of order the country is prepared to enforce and the standards it is willing to uphold when those standards become uncomfortable. It is also about whether EFF leader Julius Malema, a popular leader in the body politic, is fit for the public offices he occupies.
The conviction and sentencing of Malema to five years’ imprisonment for unlawfully discharging a firearm at a political rally brings that question into focus. He was found guilty on multiple counts under the Firearms Control Act, including unlawful possession of a firearm and discharging…
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