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EFF protestors demand Leon Coetzee be remanded in custody

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Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)  members are protesting at the Pretoria North Magistrate’s Court – demanding Leon Coetzee be remanded in custody. Coetzee allegedly stabbed and killed Themba Thabethe at an estate, north of Pretoria.

The court building is closed to prevent the EFF from storming its precincts or flouting COVID-19 regulations.

Coetzee has been charged with murder.

During his bail application, Coetzee said he acted in self-defence after Thabethe threatened his wife.

The Defence argued Thabethe went to confront Coetzee’s wife after reading a WhatsApp message where he was called corrupt.

Coetzee was not on that WhatsApp group.

Ncobile Mhlongo, secretary of the EFF in Tshwane, says Coetzee should be denied bail.

“We are here today to ensure that this racist doesn’t get bail today. We are here also to show the family that the EFF is here to support them. We are here to say black lives matter. There can never be a situation where a person gets killed by a dog in daylight and nothing happens. We are demanding justice and we are also here to tell the magistrate not to give this racist bail,” says Mhlongo.

 

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