South Africa

South Africa

In photos: EFF protest goes haywire

In photos: EFF protest goes haywire

After EFF MPLs were forcibly evicted from the Gauteng Legislature earlier this month for wearing their trademark red overalls, party leader Julius Malema led a protest on Tuesday to speak with Speaker Ntombi Mekgwe. EFF supporters stormed the building and refused to leave. The streets of Johannesburg then saw chaotic images of running skirmishes between the police and protesters. GREG NICOLSON brings you the pictures.

IMG_4807

Photo: Protesters burn an ANC t-shirt with President Zuma’s face on it.

IMG_4825-1

Photo: A protester carries a mock gun wrapped in police tape.

IMG_4870

Photo: Protesters marched around the legislator, regularly stopping traffic. This protester swings from the back of a truck.

IMG_4900

Photo: EFF members who had rushed the legislator earlier in the day later stampeded out. During the chaos of their exit, the real mayhem started. After police set off stun grenades at the entrance, protesters retaliated. Here, a protester uses a fire extinguisher as another Fighter exists the building.

IMG_4912

Photo: Protesters launch rocks at the legislature entrance where police have been trying to keep them back.

IMG_4969

Photo: Clearing the protesters away, police shoot rubber bullets at protesters.

IMG_4976

Photo: The entrance to the legislature after the chaos.

IMG_4981

Photo: A man walking through the street skirmish between police and EFF protesters raises his hands.

IMG_5001

Photo: Police put out a fire and push one of their mobile police units upright. Minutes earlier, the protesters pushed it over.

IMG_5007

Photo: Police pursue the EFF protesters through the streets of downtown Johannesburg.

IMG_5008

Photo: Running away, the protesters littered the streets with rubbish from street bins.

IMG_5059

Photo: After some discussion of whether there are were too many civilians in Park Station or not, police decided to pursue the protesters into the commuting hub. They caught an EFF supporter, made him remove his shirt and got him to point out the others.

_MG_5071

Photo: Police march an EFF protester.

IMG_5073

Photo: Police pursued the protesters to Wanderers taxi rank, ready to shoot rubber bullets at any moment. Eventually, most protesters walked back to Braamfontein where there were busses waiting.

Main photo: Protesters break the windows of the door to the legislature using a stand for the speakers, which were earlier playing music.

All photos: Greg Nicolson / Daily Maverick

Gallery

Please peer review 3 community comments before your comment can be posted

X

This article is free to read.

Sign up for free or sign in to continue reading.

Unlike our competitors, we don’t force you to pay to read the news but we do need your email address to make your experience better.


Nearly there! Create a password to finish signing up with us:

Please enter your password or get a sign in link if you’ve forgotten

Open Sesame! Thanks for signing up.

We would like our readers to start paying for Daily Maverick...

…but we are not going to force you to. Over 10 million users come to us each month for the news. We have not put it behind a paywall because the truth should not be a luxury.

Instead we ask our readers who can afford to contribute, even a small amount each month, to do so.

If you appreciate it and want to see us keep going then please consider contributing whatever you can.

Support Daily Maverick→
Payment options

Every seed of hope will one day sprout.

South African citizens throughout the country are standing up for our human rights. Stay informed, connected and inspired by our weekly FREE Maverick Citizen newsletter.