EFF leader Julius Malema has been accused of shutting down a fuel station for a day over nonpayment of a refund due to a business he owns.

The incident happened at Tweefontein Total garage in Polokwane, where employees told Sowetan that a petrol attendant on Sunday had mistakenly punched in an amount of R37,000 instead of R370 for payment of fuel for a vehicle driven by Malema's worker. The filling station apparently committed to refund the difference by Monday but due to delays with the bank the money was not repaid by Wednesday...