The MK Partys Bonginkosi Khanyile intends to appeal an Electoral Court judgment which found him guilty of contravening the electoral code for threatening to bring elections to a halt.
He was fined R150,000, and the order was, however, suspended for five years.
Judge Esther Johanna Steyn on Wednesday found that Khanyile and fellow member Visvin Reddy contravened four laws of the electoral code, including one which stipulates no person may prevent anyone from exercising a right to vote.
Khanyile found himself in trouble after he had told reporters weeks before the May general election there will be no elections without MK and its leader Jacob Zuma. He also made reference that soldiers had been defeated during the July 2021 unrest, adding Do you think you can stop MK? Unleash all police officers, and we will meet toe-to-toe.
He made the threats as Zuma faced disqualification from contesting the elections due to his 2021 jail sentence, which prevented him from running for public office as stipulated in the constitution.
