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SOUTH AFRICA: HOW MALEMA WAS KICKED OUT OF PARLIAMENT.
EFF leader, Julius Malema was kicked out of Parliament on Thursday after he refused to withdraw remarks accusing the ANC government of being responsible for the deaths of 32 miners killed in Marikana in August 2012.
National Council of Provinces chairperson Thandi Modise ruled that Malema’s remarks were unparliamentary and that it did not accord with the decorum of the House.
This morning, members of EFF took to the social media in support of the action of their leader.
Kgaogelo K-gee Matheta, a social media commentator said: “ANC’s STATEMENT IN 1992 BLAMED F.W DE-KLERK AND NATIONAL PARTY FOR BOIPATONG MASSACRE, BUT NOW? ANC DONT WANT TO BE BLAMED FOR MARIKANE MASSACRE.”
SOUTH AFRICA: PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA STARTS SECOND TERM.
PRETORIA — South African President Jacob Zuma was sworn in for a second five-year term Saturday at a pomp-filled event attended by thousands from across the country, with dozens of foreign dignitaries from around the African continent also on hand.
But on the streets, South Africans expressed mixed opinions about five more years in office for a leader who has been embroiled in corruption scandals since first taking office.
Zuma took his second oath of office during a spectacular and colorful ceremony at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, as dozens of sitting heads of state, over 100 ambassadors and thousands of South Africans observed.
A supporter of the ruling African National Congress party checks her accreditation for the inauguration in Pretoria, South Africa, May 24, 2014.A supporter of the ruling African National Congress party checks her accreditation for the inauguration in Pretoria, South Africa, May 24, 2014.
The president began his second term after his ruling African National Congress party’s decisive 62 percent win in national elections May 7.
The official ceremony began with Zuma taking the oath of office in front of the country’s chief justice, Mogoeng Mogoeng. He vowed to “be faithful to the republic of South Africa, so help me God.”
The military paid tribute with a 21-gun salute and a series of aircraft flyovers, demonstrating its readiness to protect the president and the nation at large.
In his inauguration speech, Zuma said his second term would “involve the implementation of radical social-economic transformation.”
SOURCE: VOA
SOUTH AFRICA ELECTIONS: VOTE ONLINE
This is Africa Thisday’s polls. Let’s see who wins the general elections in South Africa today just before the Independent Electoral Commission, IEC, announces their official result.
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