ANC says EFF heckling of Gordhan 'repulsive, an insult to South Africans'
PARLIAMENT - ANC Chief Whip Pemmy Majodina on Friday condemned the heckling of Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan by members of Parliament from the EFF, as did a number of civic organisations.
"Anarchism can never be a substitute for vibrant and superior ideas. What ensued yesterday was not only an attack on legitimate democratic institutions like Parliament but an attack on the values our country is founded on." Gordhan remained quiet throughout the fracas, but in his speech accused the far-left party of "fascist populism" and defending the camp of those implicated in state capture, the vast scandal that robbed the state coffers of billions through improper procurement at the country's state-owned enterprises.
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