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Added on the 29/05/2024 13:59:31 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
The leader of South Africa's radical leftist opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EEF) party, Julius Malema, votes in the country's general election in the northeastern city of Polokwane. More than 27 million voters are registered for the most uncertain poll since the African National Congress (ANC) led the nation out of apartheid rule. IMAGES
EFF political party leader Julius Malema reacts after having been taken out of Parliament during the South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s keynote address in Parliament. The opposition lawmakers tried to block him from speaking. Walking out en masse, leftist opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), dressed in their trademark red overalls and worksuits, stormed the stage where Ramaphosa was waiting to deliver the speech. Armed security and police quickly jumped in and forced the MPs off stage. IMAGES
Supporters of South Africa's far-left Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) arrive at Giant Stadium in Soshanguve, Pretoria, ahead of the party's manifesto launch. IMAGES
Thousands of delegates from South Africa's ruling ANC party prepare to elect their next leader in a vote widely seen as a decisive moment in the country's post-apartheid history. IMAGES
South Africa's ruling ANC expels its former leader ex-president Jacob Zuma for leading a rival party into elections following disciplinary proceedings. "Former President Jacob Zuma has actively impugned the integrity of the ANC and campaigned to dislodge the ANC from power while claiming that he had not yet severed his membership," ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula tells a press conference. SOUNDBITE