Opposition figures say police violated the constitution by dragging one MP from the National Assembly chamber after she accused President Jacob Zuma of corruption.
A heated session of South Africa’s parliament ended in chaos Thursday after riot police forcibly removed an opposition MP railing against President Jacob Zuma.
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Ngwanamakwetle Mashabela, an MP with the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party, gave a passionate speech in which she accused Zuma of criminal behavior.
Ngwanamakwetle Mashabela
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Public corruption officials in South Africa have been investigating the president for money he spent to make renovations to his private home in Nkandla, KwaZulu province, which the BBC reported included the addition of a swimming pool, cattle enclosure, and chicken run.
But a parliamentary committee report, passed Thursday by a majority of members of Zuma's African National Congress (ANC) MPs, cleared the president of any corruption.
Rather than withdraw the comment, Mashabela dug in, repeatedly declaring to the chamber that “the president of the ANC is the greatest thief in the world.”
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