A South African court on Tuesday upheld a ban on leaders of a boisterous opposition party from attending a speech this week by President Cyril Ramaphosa opening the new parliamentary session after they were sanctioned for disrupting the event a year ago. The leader, deputy leader and four other officials with the Economic Freedom Fighters…
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A South African court has upheld a ban on leaders of a boisterous opposition party from attending a speech this week by President Cyril Ramaphosa opening the new parliamentary session. The party was sanctioned for disrupting the event a year ago as its leaders jumped on stage and called for Ramaphosa to resign. Leaders with the Economic Freedom Fighters will not be allowed at Thursday’s State of the Nation Address. The leftist EFF is the third biggest party in Parliament, and it says it represents South Africa’s poor Black majority.
A South African Court upheld Tuesday a ban on leaders of the Economic Freedom Fighters party from President Cyril Ramaphosa's State of the Nation address in Cape Town.