Malema granted R10 000 bail

succeed because we carry a revolutionary obligation to speak on behalf of the oppressed and downtrodden masses.”
Malema said he would visit mineworkers in the North West today to pledge solidarity to workers who are protesting for better wages.
Malema, who believes senior government officials had prompted law enforcement authorities to arrest him in order to silence him and disrupt his political activities, said: “The struggle for economic freedom is in motion and no amount of suppression and intimidations will silence us.”
Malema appeared in the Polokwane Magistrates’ Court yesterday morning to answer to charges of money laundering. He pleaded not guilty and was granted bail of R10 000.
The case was postponed until November 30.
With apparent reference to President Jacob Zuma’s corruption case, and to Zuma’s former financial advisor, Malema has said he would co-operate with law enforcement authorities and would not seek to delay court proceedings.
This was a reference to what Judge Hillary Squires once termed the “generally corrupt” relationship be-tween Zuma and convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik. — AFP.