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title: "In photos: Anti-Zuma march on Union Buildings"
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# In photos: Anti-Zuma march on Union Buildings

> Political parties unite in call for president to go. Ihsaan Haffejee took the photographs.

By GroundUp · Published 12 April 2017, 22:12 SAST · Updated 12 April 2017, 22:30 SAST

## Content

First published on [Groundup](http://www.groundup.org.za/).

Opposition political parties united on Wednesday, and brought tens of thousands of people together to march on the Union Buildings, calling for President Jacob Zuma to go.

![The lawns in front of the Union Buildings were packed with people, mostly dressed in red, the EFF’s colours.](//images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/750x500q70march-union.jpg)

*The lawns in front of the Union Buildings were packed with people, mostly dressed in red, the EFF’s colours.*

![EFF members make their way through the streets of Pretoria.](//images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/750x501q70march-street.jpg)

*EFF members make their way through the streets of Pretoria.*

![Protesters carried a wide variety of placards, but the theme was consistent.](//images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/750x501q70march-glasses.jpg)

*Protesters carried a wide variety of placards, but the theme was consistent.*

![A man waits for the march to start.](//images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/750x501q70march-hat.jpg)

*A man waits for the march to start.*

![DA and EFF protesters marched together.](//images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/750x501q70march-eff.jpg)

*DA and EFF protesters marched together.*

*![Protesters mounted statues and waved flags and banners.](//images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/750x501q70march-fag.jpg)*

*Protesters mounted statues and waved flags and banners.*

![Protesters were diverse in their style.](//images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/750x501q70march-minister.jpg)

*Protesters were diverse in their style.*

*![These protesters set alight a coffin with President Zuma’s name on it.](//images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/750x501q70march-coffin.jpg)*

*These protesters set alight a coffin with President Zuma’s name on it.*

*![This was the start of the protest at Church Square.](//images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/750x500q70march-crowd.jpg)*

*This was the start of the protest at Church Square.*

![Leaders of the various political parties stood together at the front of the march.](//images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/750x499q70march-umbrella.jpg)

*Leaders of the various political parties stood together at the front of the march.*

*![A cordon of police stood in front of the Union Buildings.](//images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/750x499q70march-police.jpg)*

*A cordon of police stood in front of the Union Buildings. **DM***

*Photo: A protester sits on top of a statue at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. Photo: Ihsaan Haffejee*