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'SA Deputy President Ramaphosa murdered workers,' Parliament told
17 Sep 2014 at 16:45hrs | Views
Cape Town - It was another dramatic day in South Africa's Parliament as EFF MPs Julius Malema and Floyd Shivambu were ordered out of the National Assembly, but not before Shivambu gave Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa the finger and insisted that its a fact that the Deputy President murdered workers, News24 reported.
Speaker Baleka Mbete told Malema and Shivambu to leave the House on Wednesday when they refused to withdraw a statement that Ramaphosa had blood on his hands for the deaths of 34 mineworkers in Marikana two years ago.
Ramaphosa, who was answering questions about the Marikana shooting, was labelled by the EFF leader as a "murderer".
Sapa reported that Malema went on the offensive while Ramaphosa was answering questions related to the 2012 killing of 34 Lonmin mineworkers.
"Why is the deputy president not accepting responsibility for the death of 34 mineworkers that died? You killed them because you are driven by profit," Malema said.
"Stop this thing that we must all take responsibility... we can't take responsibility...you are the one who wrote e-mails and instigated the killing of 34 people. You are responsible. Your hands have got blood of innocent people who died in Marikana. A lot of blood..."
Malema's question to Ramaphosa about former mineral resources minister Susan Shabangu's testimony before the Farlam Commission of Inquiry that the deputy president had lied under oath went unanswered.
Ramaphosa, who sat on the Lonmin board during the unrest, testified last month that Shabangu had agreed with him that the unrest at the platinum mining house was a "criminal act" and not just a labour dispute. Shabangu disputed this two weeks later.
When Mbete asked Malema to withdraw his statement, he said: "I am not going to withdraw that."
Mbete said that the remarks were unparliamentary and ordered the EFF MPs to leave the National Assembly.
Before the pair left, Shivambu showed Ramaphosa the middle finger and said: "He is a murderer of workers. It is a fact."
Speaker Baleka Mbete told Malema and Shivambu to leave the House on Wednesday when they refused to withdraw a statement that Ramaphosa had blood on his hands for the deaths of 34 mineworkers in Marikana two years ago.
Ramaphosa, who was answering questions about the Marikana shooting, was labelled by the EFF leader as a "murderer".
Sapa reported that Malema went on the offensive while Ramaphosa was answering questions related to the 2012 killing of 34 Lonmin mineworkers.
"Why is the deputy president not accepting responsibility for the death of 34 mineworkers that died? You killed them because you are driven by profit," Malema said.
"Stop this thing that we must all take responsibility... we can't take responsibility...you are the one who wrote e-mails and instigated the killing of 34 people. You are responsible. Your hands have got blood of innocent people who died in Marikana. A lot of blood..."
Malema's question to Ramaphosa about former mineral resources minister Susan Shabangu's testimony before the Farlam Commission of Inquiry that the deputy president had lied under oath went unanswered.
Ramaphosa, who sat on the Lonmin board during the unrest, testified last month that Shabangu had agreed with him that the unrest at the platinum mining house was a "criminal act" and not just a labour dispute. Shabangu disputed this two weeks later.
When Mbete asked Malema to withdraw his statement, he said: "I am not going to withdraw that."
Mbete said that the remarks were unparliamentary and ordered the EFF MPs to leave the National Assembly.
Before the pair left, Shivambu showed Ramaphosa the middle finger and said: "He is a murderer of workers. It is a fact."
Source - www.news24.com
