EFF Member Thrown Out of Parliament During President Ramaphosa’s Q&A Session

• President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Q&A session was disrupted for almost an hour by members of the Economic Freedom Fighters
• The political party continually interjected while the president attempted to address the Nation Assembly on Tuesday, 30 August afternoon
• The EFF wanted parliament to be postponed for a proper sitting of MP’s so they can hold the executive accountable

CAPE TOWN - Economic Freedom Fighters halted parliamentary proceedings for more that an hour during a Question-and-Answer session facilitated by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday afternoon, 30 August.

The Speaker of the Parliament Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, had certain members of the Red Berets escorted off the premises after the party issued multiple points of order related to the Phala Phala scandal.

EWN reported that EFF party members raised several issues that they wanted to be addressed most specifically the fact that the president was attending the session virtually.

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Ramaphosa apologised for not physically attending the session, saying he was tending to his wife, who had undergone a medical procedure.

The EFF also want the house to discuss the report on an investigation into the expulsion of EFF MPs during Ramaphosa’s budget vote debate in June.

EFF Leader Julius Malema said:

“The way we are constituted is extremely wrong. There are no longer COVID-19 restrictions, postpone the sitting, arrange a proper venue and allow all of us to come under one roof”.

According to TimesLIVE Ramaphosa intends to address illegal immigration, the stationing of SANDF personnel at the border, and a parliamentary inquiry into any constitutional violations by the president in the Phala Phala incident.

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@ElizabethVanNi3 said:

“This is why no coalition can work with the EFF.”

@Para59838507 commented:

“What happened to superior logic, so-called government in waiting.”

City of Tshwane condemns EFF councillor for handing out ‘free’ land in Olievenhoutbosch

Previously Briefly News reported that the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) are in hot water after party Councillor Godwin Ratikwane tweeted that the EFF was handing out free land in Olivenhoutbosch, Tshwane.

Ratikwane said that 110 hectares of unoccupied land supposedly isn't owned and implored residents from all over Gauteng to claim it for themselves.

The City of Tshwane released a media statement condemning the call to occupy land, saying that the Red Berets were attempting to incite unrest in Olievenhoutbosch through illegal land grabs.

Source: Briefly News