# The Congress of Traditional Leaders is concerned by the sentencing of EFF leader Julius Malema and questions its fairness. Malema has been sentenced to an effective five-year prison term by the KuGompo City Regional Court in the Eastern Cape for discharging a firearm in public during a 2018 rally. He was granted leave to appeal the sentence. Contralesa’s President Kgoshi Mathupa Mokoena told SABC News that they know of many people who fired shots in the air during funerals and other activities or events, but not even one person was arrested.
Congress of Traditional Leaders question fairness of Malema’s sentencing