South Africa’s Julius Malema sentenced to five years for illegal gun possession, firing in public

South African opposition politician and Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema has been sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of illegal possession of a firearm and discharging it in public. The Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court delivered the sentence on Tuesday. Magistrate Johannes Ngobeni said the court imposed a five-year term with no option of a fine, citing the seriousness of the offense and Malema’s public standing. “The unlawful possession and use of a firearm…