Opposition MPs ejected from parliament for heckling Zuma

A brawl broke out in the South African parliament on Wednesday after security officers were ordered to forcibly remove opposition MPs from the chamber. Several punches were thrown as members of the left-wing Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) were expelled for heckling President Jacob Zuma. It was Mr Zuma’s first appearance in parliament since two damning […]

A brawl broke out in the South African parliament on Wednesday after security officers were ordered to forcibly remove opposition MPs from the chamber.
Several punches were thrown as members of the left-wing Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) were expelled for heckling President Jacob Zuma.
It was Mr Zuma’s first appearance in parliament since two damning court rulings against him.
Mmusi Maimane, leader of the main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), was forced to withdraw his description in parliament of Mr Zuma as the “looter-in-chief”, following objections from the governing African National Congress (ANC) benches.
ANC chief whip Jackson Mthembu said Mr Zuma had “not been found to have looted anything anywhere, by any court of law”.
EFF MPs had earlier denounced Mr Zuma as an “illegitimate” ruler who should step down.