The charges relate to incitement to commit violence and breaching the Disaster Management Act, with the Randburg Magistrates Court finding the State did not prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt.
JOHANNESBURG - Former Ukhozi FM DJ Ngizwe Mchunu’s been acquitted of charges of incitement to commit violence and breaching the Disaster Management Act.
The charges were brought against him after he hosted a press briefing during the July 2021 unrest, and comments he made at the time calling for the release of former president Jacob Zuma - who was incarcerated just before the violence and looting broke out - among other things. Mchunu’s been acquitted, with the court finding the State did not prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt.
Ultimately, it’s found while several comments that Mchunu made at the press briefing may have been “wrong” - including his criticism of the Constitutional Court that which sent Zuma to prison - they did not constitute a crime.' EWN Reporter November 3, 2023 The court also found that Mchunu’s version that he, in fact, wanted to quell the violence and that was why he called the briefing - was reasonably and possibly true.
Former president #JacobZuma is also here as it turns out. The unrest followed Zuma's incarceration and Mchunu is charged over comments he made at a press briefing at the time, calling for the former president's release.
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