Pretoria – Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has filed an urgent contempt of court application in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, against Ngizwe Mchunu, the leader of the anti-immigrant group Amabhinca Nation.
The application seeks an order declaring Mchunu guilty of contempt of court and sentencing him to 6 months’ imprisonment without the option of a fine.
In court papers, Malema alleges that Mchunu intentionally and unlawfully continued making defamatory statements about him in defiance of a court order granted on 5 June 2026, and intentionally and unlawfully refused to comply with and respect that order.
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The matter is scheduled to be heard on 17 June 2026.
The leader of the Amabhinca Nation has not apologised for the defamatory statements and has instead stated in recent interviews that he stands by his word
