Description
Added on the 17/12/2017 16:46:01 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
EFF political party leader Julius Malema reacts after having been taken out of Parliament during the South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s keynote address in Parliament. The opposition lawmakers tried to block him from speaking. Walking out en masse, leftist opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), dressed in their trademark red overalls and worksuits, stormed the stage where Ramaphosa was waiting to deliver the speech. Armed security and police quickly jumped in and forced the MPs off stage. IMAGES
The general secretary of the ANC, Paul Mashatile, tells the press that the National Executive Committee "will vote against the adoption of the report of the section 89 panel" which alleges that President Cyril Ramaphosa was involved in a cover-up on a robbery on his farm. SOUNDBITE
South African deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa is elected head of the ruling ANC party, winning a bruising race that exposed deep rifts within the organisation that led the struggle against apartheid. SOUNDBITE
Zuma admits S.Africans 'not happy' with ruling ANC party. SOUNDBITE
Thousands of delegates from South Africa's ANC party start a five-day meeting in Johannesburg to elect their new leader in a divisive race seen as a pivotal moment in the country's post-apartheid history. IMAGES