NATIONAL NEWS - The EFF deputy president says he was in a hurry and hadn’t realised the man was a journalist.
Footage of EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu allegedly grabbing Adrian de Kock by the throat in retaliation to the journalist asking him for comment while taking a picture has gone viral.
Another EFF MP was also manhandling the journalist.
The EFF issued an apology over the incident on Tuesday after the SA National Editors’ Forum said such conduct was unacceptable. The Parliamentary Press Gallery Association also said it was appalled by the EFF members’ conduct.
Shivambu said in a statement that he regretted his conduct, which he blamed on having been in a hurry to get to a meeting of the finance committee, but he denied it was assault. He called it a “scuffle” and said he had not known De Kock was a journalist.
Shivambu apologises for ‘scuffle’ with journalist
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