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Chaos erupts between South Africa left-wing parties' supporters

Saturday, 06 April 2019 5:37 AM [ Last Update: Saturday, 06 April 2019 5:43 AM ]

A screengrab of fighting at an SABC election broadcast in Hout Bay on 5 April 2019.

Chaos erupted between supporters of South Africa's ultra-leftist parties on Friday (April 5) ahead of national elections scheduled for next month (May 8).

In an election debate hosted by South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), the country's public broadcaster, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party, Land Party and Black First Land First party's supporters violently expressed their disagreement on the proposed land reforms throwing chairs and other objects at each other.

Video footage showed members of EFF instigating violence against other supporters. The EFF's national office issued a statement condemning them and calling for restraint and order.

(Source: Reuters)

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