Malema loses lawyers
2013-02-20 14:18
Johannesburg - Lawyers from Brian Kahn Attorneys said on
Wednesday, they were no longer representing expelled ANC Youth League president
Julius Malema.
Details about why the law firm had abandoned Malema's
case were confidential, said lawyer Nicqui Galaktiou.
"We have not 'ditched him'... We no longer act for
Malema," she said.
Earlier in February, Galaktiou said the firm had been
instructed to file papers opposing an application made to the North Gauteng High
Court in Pretoria by the SA Revenue Services (Sars), to have Malema's estate
sequestrated.
Malema had until 18 February to notify Sars whether he
intended to oppose the application.
According to newspaper reports, Malema had failed to meet
the deadline.
If the application by Sars is successful, all Malema's
properties will be placed under curatorship and auctioned off to pay a reported
R16m he owes Sars.
Malema also faces charges of fraud and racketeering
related to the irregular awarding of a R52m tender to On-Point Engineering.
His Ratanang Family trust was an indirect shareholder in the
engineering company.
That matter is scheduled to resume in court in April.
- SAPA
