Heckling and a physical altercation forced National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula to suspend parliamentary proceedings on Friday as President Cyril Ramaphosa was set to reply to his presidency budget vote.
The high court in Cape Town has struck off the roll the EFF's urgent application for an interim interdict to suspend the implementation of sanctions against its two MPs who interrupted the budget speech of public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan in July 2019.