Cosatu May Day rally chaos ‘embarrassing’, says Magashule
Magashule called on national leaders in the alliance to ’sit down and stop acting like they are in a theatre’
Free State premier Ace Magashule said the chaos which prevented President Jacob Zuma from speaking at Cosatu’s May Day rally in the Free State was embarrassing. A crowd of anti-Zuma workers disrupted the event to the point that Cosatu leadership made the decision to end it early on Monday‚ without President Jacob Zuma or any of its leaders delivering speeches. Some workers gathered at Loch Logan Park in Bloemfontein had chanted‚ heckled and shouted "Zuma must go". Magashule was adamant earlier in the day that despite opposition from some unions‚ Zuma would speak at the rally. But after the situation became volatile‚ with minor scuffles taking place‚ the event was scuppered. Magashule‚ speaking live on eNCA afterwards‚ acknowledged that it was "embarrassing" that some sections of the crowd did not allow tripartite alliance leaders to give any speeches. "Indeed‚ it’s an embarrassment when the leadership is divided at national (level)‚" he said. This indicated that there was widespread...
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