S. Africa Riot Police in Parliament as Zuma Insults Fly
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South Africa’s parliament descended into chaos late yesterday after police scuffled with opposition party lawmakers while trying to eject a member who called President Jacob Zuma a “thief.”
Footage of the National Assembly sitting shows Ngwanamakwetle Mashabela, a lawmaker from the Economic Freedom Fighters who was dressed in a red maid’s uniform, refusing to withdraw her remark or leave the chamber after being ordered to do so by Chairman Cedric Frolick. Four members of the main opposition Democratic Alliance and one EFF member were injured when police dressed in riot gear tried to remove Mashabela, the DA’s parliamentary leader told reporters in Cape Town today.