NATIONAL NEWS - The red berets were at it again during President Cyril Ramaphosa’s question and answer session in Parliament. And National Assembly speaker Baleka Mbete was adamant she would not let the EFF’s antics “waste” Parliament’s time.

The contentious question of the day was exactly how much the state spent on former president Jacob Zuma’s legal bills and which legal framework decided how far government would cover Zuma’s numerous court cases.

Ramaphosa told Parliament that just about R15 million had been spent on the cases and that there was an agreement signed with Zuma that should he lose the cases, he would be liable to pay the money back to government.

The EFF was having none of that, pointing out to Ramaphosa that “in our own calculations, we are sitting at almost R64 million” for the “constitutional delinquent”, who is now campaigning for the ruling party in various provinces.

“He is good enough to campaign for your beautiful face. You must be ashamed that he is carrying your placards, same way as Qedani Mahlangu. You are so proud to have delinquents around and you, and claim you are clean.”

“The honourable Malema is quoting R64 million. I am not aware of that. We are using an agreement between former president Zuma and the state,” Ramaphosa explained and appealed to the opposition MPs to distinguish between cases Zuma had lost and those he is appealing.

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