WATCH | EFF's Floyd Shivambu 'assaults' journalist at parliament

EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu was caught on camera assaulting a journalist on Tuesday.

The incident took place at Parliament as Adrian de Kock‚ from Media 24‚ was waiting with other journalists outside the building where Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille's disciplinary hearing is taking place.

De Kock saw Shivambu‚ asked if wanted to comment about the hearing and took pictures of the politician.

Shivambu then insisted that De Kock delete the images because he had not given consent for them to be taken.

He held De Kock by the neck and tried to grab the camera‚ and two unknown men also approached the journalist.

“Leave my stuff alone. Leave my stuff alone‚” the journalist is heard screaming as he was being manhandled.

Shivambu then walked away while one of the men continued to attack De Kock.

“Floyd grabbed my throat saying‚ ‘You don’t have permission’‚” said the visibly shaken journalist.

He later told the publication that he would lay assault charges with police.

Andisiwe Makinana‚ chairman of the parliamentary press gallery‚ said: “We are gathering information about the incident and we will write the Speaker and the EFF.”