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Malema demands Zille retract and apologise over City Power claims

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Malema demands Zille retract and apologise over City Power claims

EFF leader Julius Malema has demanded that DA federal leader Helen Zille retract her remarks linking him to interference in Johannesburg’s management, including City Power’s vehicle tender. His lawyers, England Slabbert Attorneys Inc, consider the statements defamatory, made during an interview on 8 November.

EFF leader Julius Malema has demanded that Helen Zille, chairperson of the DA’s federal council, retract her statements and apologise. In a letter of demand, his lawyers at England Slabbert Attorneys Inc accuse Zille of defamatory remarks made during an interview on Sunday 8 November, according to his lawyers.

The remarks in question claim that Malema dictated major decisions to former Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba, took control of City Power, influenced the tender for the city’s vehicle fleet and had Shadrack Sibiya appointed head of the city’s anti-corruption unit. The lawyers describe these accusations as "vexatious, misplaced, unfounded and false" and state that they are allegations of fact, not opinions.

According to the lawyers, these remarks have been repeated in several media outlets and on the X platform, giving them a wide public audience.

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