South African opposition leader Julius Malema has been found guilty of unlawfully discharging a firearm in public during his party’s fifth anniversary celebrations in 2018 an offence that carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison.

Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), was captured on video firing multiple rounds into the air at an event in the Eastern Cape, attended by around 20,000 supporters. He was charged alongside his former bodyguard, Adriaan Snyman, who was later acquitted.

After three days of deliberation, Magistrate Twanet Olivier declared: “You are found guilty as charged.” Malema was convicted on five counts, including the unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition, discharging a weapon in public, and reckless endangerment.

The case has been postp

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