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Photo Credit: Punch Newspaper A jail term has begun for one of Africa’s loudest and most divisive political voices. Not long past dawn on April 16, 2026, Judge Twanet Olivier locked that door - five full years behind bars, handed down at KuGompo City Regional Court. Julius Malema, aged 45, builder and face of South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters, heard the words without moving much. Two decades he has rattled power structures left standing after apartheid fell. Back in 2018, bullets flew from his rifle into open air before a sea of people cheering him on at an EFF gathering. Minutes ticked by - the gavel still echoing - and already his legal team moved to challenge it. Should courts finally say no to every appeal, Parliament loses its flame-throwing critic. Gone would be his title, stripped from office, closing a chapter few saw coming so abruptly. Few figures have stirred debate like this across the continent. That evening sticks out because it led straight to court. Back on Ju...