Riotous Assemblies Act has no place in SA, says counsel for Julius Malema

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have called on the Constitutional Court to uphold a high court ruling that a section of the Riotous Assemblies Act is unconstitutional.

“The purpose of the law was never to catch the doer of the act but it was to catch the speaker,” Ngcukaitobi said.

He gave the example of a person travelling at the back of an ambulance with a critical patient alongside him who then spurred the driver of the ambulance to drive faster. He questioned whether this person be charged for encouraging the driver to break the speed limit.

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