0
0
South Africa's parliament has witnessed chaotic scenes, with opposition MPs denouncing President Jacob Zuma as a "scoundrel" and "rotten to the core" because of corruption allegations, and then clashing with guards who dragged them out of the chamber.
The events of Thursday unfolded on national television as opposition legislators tried to stop Zuma from addressing the chamber, repeatedly insulting him and declaring him unfit for office.
In the surrounding streets of Cape Town, police and hundreds of military forces patrolled to guard against protesters who want Zuma, 74, to quit.
Security teams eventually were called into the chamber to remove red-clad members of the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters, some of whom threw punches and beat guards with plastic helmets.
Politicians from the Democratic Alliance, the country's biggest opposition group, then walked out in protest.