UMnyango Kazwelonke Wokushushisa (NPA) usuthathe isinqumo sokushushisa umholi we-EFF, uJulius Malema, ngecala le-crimen injuria, kulandela isikhalazo esifakwe yilowo owayenguthishanhloko waseBergview College, uJaco Pieterse.
Leli cala lisukela emazwini ashiwo uMalema emcimbini we-EFF eGoli mhla zingama-6 kuMbasa 2025, lapho asola khona uPieterse ngokudlwengula intombazane eneminyaka eyisikhombisa eyaduma kakhulu ngaleso sikhathi ngelikaCwecwe. UMalema waphinde waveza ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi uPieterse wayeke wenza amacala afanayo phambilini.
Nokho, iNPA yanquma ngoMeyi 2025 ukuthi uPieterse angeke ashushiswe ngecala lokudlwengula ngenxa yokushoda kobufakazi.
Ngokwesekwa yi-AfriForum Private Prosecution Unit, uPieterse wafaka isikhalazo eSophiatown Police Station ngoJuni 2025. Iqembu eliholwa u-Advocate Gerrie Nel labe seliletha izethulo kuNPA ngoJuni 2026, lithi izinsolo zikaMalema ezibekwe esidlangalaleni zalimaza isithunzi sikaPieterse.
I-NPA isiyalele uMshushisi Omkhulu eJohannesburg Magistrate’s Court ukuthi aqale uhlelo lokushushisa.
UPieterse uzamukele lezi zindaba, wathi sezisuse “umthwalo omkhulu” abewuthwele.
