South African opposition politician gets jail term for gun offence

Firebrand South Africa opposition politician, Julius Malema, on Thursday was sentenced to five years in jail for unlawful possession of an assault rifle and firing it in the air at a 2018 rally.

But the leader of the radical left-wing Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party was given leave to appeal his prison sentence and has been released until the case is heard.

However, the court dismissed his bid to appeal his October conviction…