EFF’s leaders second court appearance on land trespassing
EFF’s political leader in the province, Mr Collen Sedibe with his co-accused Mr Cyril Chuene (40) are expected to appear before the White River Magistrate's Court today on allegations of trespassing, incitement to public violence and charges depicted under the Gatherings’ Act.
WHITE RIVER – The arrest of the two comes after a message on Facebook went viral calling on people living near White River precinct to illegally occupy land belonging to the Mbombela Municipality.
Sedibe is alleged to have called on those looking for residential stands to come with the necessary tools on January 29 and indeed a number of people showed up at Plaston near White River with equipment as directed.
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They were unaware that a case has been opened at Nelspruit Police Station by the Mbombela Municipality as soon as the free residential stands message surfaced. This message was viewed as inciting people to commit an illegal act of occupying land unlawfully, hence the arrest of the duo.
On January 30, the court released Sedibe and Chuene on R500 bail each on conditions that they must not be found committing any crime and must not interfere with the investigation. The court further warned them to cooperate with the investigation.
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