Julius Malema

2023 - 1 - 17

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Court dismisses Julius Malema's bid to appeal AfriForum's interdict ... (Independent Online)

The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria dismissed Julius Malema and the EFF's application to appeal against an interdict which AfriForum acquired in 2017.

On Tuesday, Judge Peter Mabuse reinforced and relied on the ConCourt judgment which emphasised the unconstitutionality of incitement to trespass on private property. [EFF’s](https://www.iol.co.za/the-star/news/the-eff-turns-10-this-year-d81dc4de-55a9-4ebf-8c51-f7399c10b498) application to appeal against [an interdict which AfriForum acquired in 2017](https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/no-love-lost-afriforum-gears-up-for-another-legal-wrangle-with-julius-malema-3665e3b2-5245-4bdf-817b-db279b9d7135), which prohibited him and his party from calling on the public to invade and occupy any vacant land of their choosing. [the Constitutional Court](https://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/news/eff-slams-afriforum-for-clogging-up-justice-system-10586272) overturned the ruling by the high court but found that only a particular section of the act was unconstitutional and invalid.

LAND INVASION: Court orders Malema to pay up (The South African)

Court dismissed Julius Malema and the EFF application for leave to appeal in AfriForum's land invasion case with cost.

The North Gauteng High Court ruled on 7 March 2017 in AfriForum’s favour and granted the interdict with cost.AfriForum The Gauteng High Court dismissed Julius Malema and the EFF’s a leave to appeal land invasion case and ordered them to pay AfriForum’s legal cost. During court proceedings on Tuesday 17 January 2023, the court also ordered Malema and the EFF to pay AfriForum’s legal cost. The Gauteng High Court dismissed Julius Malema and the EFF’s leave to appeal land invasion case and ordered them to pay AfriForum’s legal cost. ALSO READ: [Northern Gauteng High Court](https://www.judiciary.org.za/index.php/judiciary/directives/high-court-of-south-africa/gauteng-division-of-the-high-court), Pretoria dismissed Julius Malema and the Economic Freedom Fighters’ (EFF) application for leave to appeal in AfriForum’s land invasion case with cost.

Court denies Malema, EFF leave to appeal in land invasion case (ofm.co.za)

The High Court in Pretoria dismissed Julius Malema and the EFF's application for leave to appeal against an interdict that AfriForum acquired in 2017, ...

The court also ordered Malema and the EFF to pay AfriForum’s legal costs. The High Court in Pretoria dismissed Julius Malema and the EFF’s application for leave to appeal against an interdict that AfriForum acquired in 2017, which prohibited Malema and the EFF from inciting people to trespass on private property and to illegally occupy it. The Gauteng High Court dismissed Julius Malema and the EFF’s leave to appeal in a land invasion case and ordered them to pay AfriForum’s legal costs.

EFF loses bid to appeal AfriForum's interdict in land occupation case (News24)

The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has dismissed with costs the EFF's application for leave to appeal an interdict by lobby group AfriForum, which it sought ...

The application was dismissed on 12 February 2018, after which the EFF applied for leave to appeal on 13 November of the same year. The party applied in November 2018. - The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria dismissed the EFF's application for leave to appeal an interdict ordering it not to incite land occupations.

WATCH: This is how much Julius Malema paid AfriForum [Video] (The South African)

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This is the amount that Julius Malema paid to AfriForum (TDPel Media)

The Economic Freedom Front (EFF) and its president, Julius Malema, have lost hundreds of thousands of rands over the years due to their repeated court.

On 5 June 2019, the fighters paid another R109 098.30. Ernst van Zyl, Campaign Officer for Strategy and Content at AfriForum, asserts that Justice P.M. In 2018 and 2019, Malema and the EFF paid R344 762.86 in legal fees to Afriforum.