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Carl Niehaus in court this week over Covid-19 regulations breach

Suspended Umkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans’ Association (MKMVA) spokesperson Carl Niehaus is expected to appear in the Estcourt Magistrate’s Court this week, for breaking lockdown regulations outside Estcourt Correction Centre last month.

Niehaus was arrested by heavily armed police officers stationed outside the Estcourt prison while he was doing a live TV interview.
Before his dramatic arrest, Niehaus addressed a small group of ANC supporters coming to show solidarity with former president Jacob Zuma, who had started serving his 15-month imprisonment at the Estcourt prison.

Other than coming to show solidarity with Zuma, Niehaus and Nkosentsha Shezi, of RET Champions, were in the area to launch the #FreeJacobZuma campaign.

Niehaus was taken to a police station in Estcourt where he was charged under the Disaster Management Act, for allegedly convening a gathering of approximately 100 people outside the Estcourt prison.
The NEC has noted with concern your inflammatory speeches made outside the home of former president Jacob Zuma at Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal, over the weekend of July 2 to 4, 2021, and which were broadcast live on national television, and has come to the conclusion that such utterances brought the ANC into disrepute.

“Moreover, you were clad in a T-shirt bearing the ANC logo when you appeared on television,” Duarte said. Niehaus later said he would challenge his suspension.

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Source: IOL