EFF and BLF hold separate pickets against Pravin Gordhan at state capture inquiry
Protesters from the EFF and Black First Land First gathered outside the commission of inquiry into state capture in Parktown‚ calling for the public enterprises minister to resign
Attitudes towards former president Jacob Zuma on Monday divided two anti-Pravin Gordhan pickets during his much-awaited testimony at the judicial commission of inquiry into state capture. Vociferous groups of protesters from the EFF and the Black First Land First (BLF) movement gathered outside the commission of inquiry into state capture in Parktown‚ Johannesburg‚ calling for the public enterprises minister to resign. Despite having the same objective‚ they faced off in two separate camps. EFF Gauteng's Moshe Koma said they could not picket with BLF‚ as the party had protected an allegedly corrupt Zuma. “This very same BLF was supporting Zuma all along ... they are just using the platform to seek relevance‚” Moshe said. Meanwhile‚ BLF deputy president Zanele Lwana said the party would not join hands with the EFF‚ charging that the red berets’ fight with Gordhan was just a means to settle political scores. “When [then] president Zuma fired Gordhan‚ it was them [the EFF] that marched...
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