Parliament's new protection officers don't keep EFF quiet

06 August 2015 - 17:58
By Jan-Jan Joubert And Babalo Ndenze

Parliament degenerated into a shouting match for more than ten minutes as presidential question time was again held up by the Economic Freedom Fighters. whose microphones were on occasion switched off by National Assembly speaker Baleka Mbete. Members of the EFF and the Freedom Front Plus were shoving each other and strong Afrikaans language was used on a day of high drama at the heart of South African democracy‚ which nevertheless ended with the threat of violence not realised.

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