702, Tuesday morning

Good morning, I'm Sfiso Zuroum. EFF leader Julius Malema is threatening legal action against DA Johannesburg mayoral candidate Helen Zille, accusing her of making defamatory allegations about him. Malema's lawyers have issued Zille with a formal demand following an ENCA interview on Sunday. The lawyers take issue with remarks Zille made, accusing Malema of dictating decisions in the city of Johannesburg during the tenure of Herman Mashaba as mayor.

Me because when I was in the leadership of the DA and he was our mayor in Joburg, he became the EFF's mayor. He allowed Julius Malema to dictate major decisions and capture Eskom, I mean not Eskom, city power, and dictate the fleet tender and do all kinds of things that were in the interest of Julius Malema and his front companies because Herman wanted to stay in power and he needed Julius Malema's.

To do that, Zille also claimed that Malema instructed the appointment of Shadrack Sibiya as head of the city's anti-corruption unit. Malema has rejected the allegations as false and defamatory, demanding that Zille retract the statement, issue a public apology, publish a formal statement, and then provide a written undertaking that she will not repeat the claims. Zille has until Wednesday to comply with the demands. The JMPD says the situation at the Deep Cruif in T.