Gordhan lays criminal charges against Malema
Public Enterprises Minister, Pravin Gordhan is this morning laying charges against Julius Malema.
It's in response to the EFF leader's controversial remarks last week, while Gordhan testified before the Zondo commission of Inquiry into State Capture.
Malema claimed that Gordhan’s daughter had benefited from several government tenders and allegedly called Gordhan himself corrupt and 'a dog of white monopoly capital'.
Addressing reporters outside a police station in Pretoria - Gordhan's lawyer, Tebogo Malatji says charges of defamation, crimen injuria and inciting violence will be laid.
Malatji says Gordhan will also be heading to the Equality Court.
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