WATCH: ANC representative booed off stage at CT Kathrada memorial

06 April 2017 - 19:29 By TimesLIVE
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ANC representative Nokuthula Nqaba was booed off stage at the Ahmed Kathrada memorial.
ANC representative Nokuthula Nqaba was booed off stage at the Ahmed Kathrada memorial.
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ANC representative Nokuthula Nqaba was booed off stage at the Ahmed Kathrada memorial on Thursday afternoon at the Cape Town Cathedral.

Former finance minister Pravin Gordhan spoke at the memorial earlier, making a distinction between the ANC of Mandela, Sisulu and Kathrada and the current generation. 

Attendees proceeded to chant, "Zuma must go, Zuma must go."

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