"One day we will look at it as a monument to the fight against corruption" - Zille
A LARGE group of ANC supporters sang party songs as they waited for DA leader Helen Zille to leave the Nkandla police station yesterday.
She was laying a charge - under the Gatherings Act - against the ANC for blocking a public road during her failed attempt to visit President Jacob Zuma's KwaZulu-Natal homestead.
When the convoy transporting the DA and a media contingent left the satellite police station, ANC supporters shouted "hamba" (leave).
An ANC supporter outside the police station was arrested for being drunk and disorderly.
Police spokesman Colonel Jay Naicker said another man was arrested earlier, during a demonstration by ANC supporters, for having an unlicensed firearm.
"The man was in possession of a rifle. He will be charged for discharging a firearm in public and possession of an [unlawful] firearm."
Zille said Zuma had lost the right to call his home a private residence.
"Nkandla belongs to each and every South African who has to sacrifice the basic services they need, so that the president could turn his home into a five-star fortressed palace," she said.
"One day we will look at it as a monument to the fight against corruption."
She questioned how the government could spend R248-million on Zuma's home when it would not pay to transport the relatives of the victims of the Marikana shooting to the Farlam commission of inquiry.
Earlier police stopped her and her entourage from approaching Zuma's homestead, in the village of KwaNxamalala, saying they wanted to prevent violence.
Zille was told she could not pass the police roadblock as there were ANC supporters on the road to Zuma's home.
She said the party had permission to gather on a public road outside a school opposite Zuma's home.
Several cars carrying ANC supporters passed the police roadblock on a side road.
They carried sticks and sang Dubhul' iBhunu (Shoot the Boer).
Buses full of ANC supporters were allowed to pass on the main road.
When Zille asked officers why they were allowed to pass, she was told the police they would open a case against the organisers of the ANC march.
"We never intended to go inside Zuma's home, we only wanted to gather opposite his compound on a public road," Zille said.
About 700m from where the DA was stopped, police in riot gear prevented ANC supporters from advancing.
Officers formed a human chain across the road.
Police had several armoured Nyala personnel carriers, two trucks with water canons and a helicopter in the area. - Sapa
DA blocked in Nkandla
"One day we will look at it as a monument to the fight against corruption" - Zille
A LARGE group of ANC supporters sang party songs as they waited for DA leader Helen Zille to leave the Nkandla police station yesterday.
She was laying a charge - under the Gatherings Act - against the ANC for blocking a public road during her failed attempt to visit President Jacob Zuma's KwaZulu-Natal homestead.
When the convoy transporting the DA and a media contingent left the satellite police station, ANC supporters shouted "hamba" (leave).
An ANC supporter outside the police station was arrested for being drunk and disorderly.
Police spokesman Colonel Jay Naicker said another man was arrested earlier, during a demonstration by ANC supporters, for having an unlicensed firearm.
"The man was in possession of a rifle. He will be charged for discharging a firearm in public and possession of an [unlawful] firearm."
Zille said Zuma had lost the right to call his home a private residence.
"Nkandla belongs to each and every South African who has to sacrifice the basic services they need, so that the president could turn his home into a five-star fortressed palace," she said.
"One day we will look at it as a monument to the fight against corruption."
She questioned how the government could spend R248-million on Zuma's home when it would not pay to transport the relatives of the victims of the Marikana shooting to the Farlam commission of inquiry.
Earlier police stopped her and her entourage from approaching Zuma's homestead, in the village of KwaNxamalala, saying they wanted to prevent violence.
Zille was told she could not pass the police roadblock as there were ANC supporters on the road to Zuma's home.
She said the party had permission to gather on a public road outside a school opposite Zuma's home.
Several cars carrying ANC supporters passed the police roadblock on a side road.
They carried sticks and sang Dubhul' iBhunu (Shoot the Boer).
Buses full of ANC supporters were allowed to pass on the main road.
When Zille asked officers why they were allowed to pass, she was told the police they would open a case against the organisers of the ANC march.
"We never intended to go inside Zuma's home, we only wanted to gather opposite his compound on a public road," Zille said.
About 700m from where the DA was stopped, police in riot gear prevented ANC supporters from advancing.
Officers formed a human chain across the road.
Police had several armoured Nyala personnel carriers, two trucks with water canons and a helicopter in the area. - Sapa
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