UNFIT FOR SERVICE?: Malema’s JSC future hangs in balance despite belated apology
EFF leader Julius Malema has apologised for his conduct during a Judicial Service Commission interview in 2021, but the Helen Suzman Foundation is still going to court over his fitness to serve on the constitutional body.
Julius Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), has apologized for his conduct during a Judicial Service Commission (JSC) interview in 2021, but the Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) still plans to take legal action over his fitness to serve on the constitutional body. The Speaker of the National Assembly, Thoko Didiza, announced Malema's apology on Tuesday, 29 September, following a process that has spanned almost five years.
During the JSC interviews in April 2021, Malema questioned Judge Keoagile Matojane about a defamation case involving the EFF, which was later upheld by the Supreme Court of Appeal. The HSF has argued that Malema's continued membership on the JSC is unfit due to his convictions for hate speech and his actions, including firing shots in the air during an EFF event in 2018.
Malema's apology comes after the Eastern Cape High Court granted him leave to appeal a hate speech conviction and its associated five-year prison sentence.
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