The opening of Parliament collapsed into chaos on Thursday evening, with a red sea of EFF MPs taking over proceedings and chanting “Zupta must fall”.<\/p>\n
“He [Zuma] has stolen from us,” Malema shouted.<\/p>\n
“We do not recognise him as our president. He is not our president,” said Malema, before starting to chant “Zupta must fall, Zupta must fall.”<\/p>\n
He added, “You are prepared to remove a whole party which has been elected by the people… [to protect] one man.”<\/p>\n
All the Economic Freedom Fighter MPs then stood up, fists in the air, chanting with Malema.<\/p>\n
As they left the chamber, one MP shouted, “When we come back next time, you will not be our president.”<\/p>\n
After they left, Zuma stood up as if nothing had happened, and continued with his speech.<\/p>\n
“Zupta” is a reference to Zuma’s close links with the influential Gupta family who secured an interdict against the EFF this week.<\/p>\n
Earlier, the president tried to begin his speech but was told to ‘sit down Zupta’ by a member of the EFF.<\/p>\n
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