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EFF supporters protest outside Parliament after the party's MPs were forcibly removed the National Assembly on 17 May 2016. Picture: Aletta Harrison/EWN.

Eff disrupt parliament

[WATCH] EFF members on the rampage at Parliament

By Aletta Harrison

After fists and water bottles flew in Parliament, members of the Economic Freedom Fighters protested outside following the violent removal of its MPs from the...

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