Police Stop Democratic
March by Democratic Alliance and concerned Citizens
Nkandla - DA leader Helen Zille has
laid a charge under the Gatherings Act against the ANC for blocking a public
road during her failed attempt to visit President Jacob Zuma's KwaZulu-Natal
homestead.
When the convoy transporting the Democratic Alliance and a media contingent left the satellite police station, African National Congress supporters shouted "hamba" (leave).
Zille said Zuma had lost the right to call his home a private residence.
"Nkandla belongs to each and every South African who has to sacrifice the basic services they need, so that the President could turn his home into a five-star fortressed palace.
"One day we will look at it as a monument to the fight against corruption."
Violence
She questioned how the government could spend R248m on Zuma's home, when it would not pay to transport the relatives of the victims of the Marikana shooting to the Farlam commission of inquiry.
Earlier police stopped her and her entourage from approaching Zuma's homestead
When the convoy transporting the Democratic Alliance and a media contingent left the satellite police station, African National Congress supporters shouted "hamba" (leave).
Zille said Zuma had lost the right to call his home a private residence.
"Nkandla belongs to each and every South African who has to sacrifice the basic services they need, so that the President could turn his home into a five-star fortressed palace.
"One day we will look at it as a monument to the fight against corruption."
Violence
She questioned how the government could spend R248m on Zuma's home, when it would not pay to transport the relatives of the victims of the Marikana shooting to the Farlam commission of inquiry.
Earlier police stopped her and her entourage from approaching Zuma's homestead
Zille was told she could not pass the police roadblock as there were ANC supporters on the road to Zuma's home. She said the party had permission to gather on a public road outside a school opposite Zuma's home.
Several cars carrying ANC supporters passed the police roadblock on a side road. They carried sticks and sang Dubhula iBhunu (Shoot the Boer).
Riot police
When Zille asked officers why they were allowed to pass, she was told they would open a case against the organisers of the ANC march.
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