The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) announced on Friday that the murder conviction against former North West EFF chief whip Papiki Babuile has been overturned. “EFF has always held that Papiki Babuile’s case was political and his imprisonment sought to kill EFF in North West,” it said. The red block also disclosed that Papiki Babuile will now resume his duties as Secretary of the province in the North West with immediate effect. At the time, the party’s leadership insisted that nothing was amiss as Babuile was appealing his conviction. The Citizen reported at the time that it was reliably informed that Babuile was earning an over R1-million salary package.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 24, 2017 14:40 UTC