February 10, 2016.
For Creamer Media in Johannesburg, I’m Sane Dhlamini.
Making headlines:

Judgment is reserved in the Nkandla ConCourt application.

Guptas get an interdict against the EFF.

And, Julius Malema says the Concourt judges agree with the EFF.

 

Judgment was reserved in the EFF and DA's application to the Constitutional Court for an order that President Jacob Zuma pay back some of the R246-million spent on his home in Nkandla.

This means Zuma and Speaker Baleka Mbete might have to endure even more heckling during the State of the National Address tomorrow after some startling revelations were submitted in the stand-off with two opposition parties in the court in Johannesburg yesterday.

The EFF and DA had applied for an order clarifying the powers of the Public Protector, and that Zuma be ordered to pay some of the money back that was spent on non-security items - like the swimming pool initially called a "fire pool", and a cattle kraal.

 

On Thursday last week, Malema said journalists working for the Gupta-owned broadcaster ANN7 and its newspaper The New Age would no longer be welcome at EFF events and that the party could not guarantee their safety.

He subsequently told the Guptas, who are South African citizens, to leave the country, or the situation "could become volatile".

He accused the Guptas of being a corrupt cartel that was in cahoots with President Jacob Zuma.

The Guptas described these statements as defamatory, "absolute nonsense", and an attempt to incite violence by spreading untrue rumours about them.

They said the EFF was using its members and resources to destroy their businesses.

Malema told reporters outside the Constitutional Court that he intended appealing the outcome.

 

EFF leader Julius Malema also told thousands of supporters outside the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg yesterday that once the judges ruled that President Jacob Zuma had breached the constitution the ANC would have to recall the President.

Malema said former President Thabo Mbeki was recalled after only one judge in KwaZulu-Natal made an adverse finding about his possible interference in a matter involving Zuma.

He said in the EFF’s case against Zuma, the highest court in the land had a full bench of judges and any adverse finding should signal the end of Zuma’s presidency.

A full bench of 11 judges reserved its ruling on the EFF and DA application on whether the failure to comply with remedial action set out by the public protector constituted a breach of constitutional duties by Zuma and the National Assembly.

 

Also making headlines:

The DA is optimistic the Constitutional Court will uphold the constitutional powers of the public protector, following submissions in the Nkandla matter on yesterday.

And, Outa said the use of an sms that directed Gauteng e-toll users to pay outstanding fees was illegal.

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That’s a roundup of news making headlines today