President Jacob Zuma spoke to empty opposition benches on Thursday as he delivered the reply to his office’s budget vote debate in the National Assembly a day after his opening address was drowned out by opposition protest.
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The Democratic Alliance made good on a threat to boycott the event after party leader Mmusi Maimane irked the ANC on Wednesday with a speech in the debate in which he repeatedly branded the president a thief.
The Economic Freedom Fighters were serving an automatic suspension from Parliament after they were thrown out of the National Assembly on Wednesday for trying to prevent Zuma from speaking.
