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South African court finds opposition leader Malema guilty in 2018 firearm case

Julius Malema

Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema.

Photo credit: Phill Magakoe | AFP

A South African court on Wednesday found militant opposition leader Julius Malema guilty of firing an assault rifle in public in 2018, a ruling that could see him barred from parliament.

The leader of far-left Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), the second largest opposition party, fired the gun into the air during the party's fifth birthday celebration in Eastern Cape province, in violation of the Firearms Control Act.