Local lawyer Hilmer Kruger has been the talk of the town since yesterday after he filed complaints against the EFF and its leader, Julius Malema, at the Equality Court in Johannesburg.
He served the papers at the High Court in Johannesburg.

Kruger studied at the then Rand Afrikaans University (University of Johannesburg) and started working in Johannesburg. He later moved to Witbank (eMalahleni), where his life spiralled out of control.
According to sources, he was actively involved in politics as an ANC member.

At the time, he claimed he was poisoned, presumably by forces of the then-intelligence forces. An operator within the security police at the time Kruger claims he was poisoned said the allegations are completely false, “I would know because I handled those cases.”
His career as a lawyer and his marriage then ended up on the wrong path.

For the last few years, he has been practising in Middelburg.
He is particularly involved in conservation and is an active member of a local heritage group.
Kruger clearly has no love for the leader of the Red Berets and has posted several videos on his social media platform after Malema was sentenced for illegally discharging a firearm. On his Facebook page is a Lekkerbroe video of Dr Pieter Groenewald, Minister of Correctional Services, welcoming a terrified Malema to prison.

Although he says in the documents, “Due to the nature of this complaint, which concerns racially charged public conduct and intimidation, the complainant reasonably fears victimisation,” his name was trumpeted on every conceivable media group and page.

His address is also shown on his profile when you Google Hilmer Kruger.
Kruger boasted everywhere about the publicity his complaint had received.
The first respondent in the case is Malema himself, and the second respondent is the EFF.
The complaints concern, among other things, the song ‘Kill the Boer, shoot to kill’, intimidation of court officials, and specifically the ‘targeting of East London magistrates’.
A court date has not yet been set.

• Several questions were sent to Kruger, but he didn’t reply.

• On one of the groups where he’s active, he promised to send information to the Middelburg Observer in connection with court papers about the occupation of the heritage site, Botshabelo.