Colonel johannes venter
Malema defends use of white lawyers, saying some black lawyers fail in court
The EFF leader was responding to criticism from some who had asked why he chose white lawyers to represent him at his assault trial.
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has warned his lawyers in his assault case that if they did not win his case, they should be worried about their careers.
Earlier on Thursday, the lawyer for Malema told the Randburg Magistrates Court that colonel Johannes Venter did not bother to look for the permit on the EFF leader’s car before he stopped them at Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s funeral.
The EFF leader and the party’s PM Mbuyiseni Ndlozi were in court on Thursday for day two of their assault trial.
The EFF leader was speaking outside the Randburg Magistrates Court on Wednesday after he and his colleague, Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, attended their trial hearing.
Colonel Johannes Venter told the court that he was briefed only to allow the president and heads of state into the cemetery.