“We are winning this conference and you’re trying to destroy it,” is how an irate Siboniso Duma tried to calm spirited delegates from KwaZulu-Natal who attempted to disrupt party president Cyril Ramaphosa’s address.
The group – carrying KwaZulu-Natal signs chanted songs in former president Jacob Zuma’s favour, as Ramaphosa delivered his political report at the start of the party’s 55th national conference in Nasrec on Friday.
Even as the party president appealed to delegates on the floor to stop singing, he was swallowed by the chanting of “What has Zuma done” as the former president entered the venue.
In moments captured on video, KZN chairperson Duma can be seen telling delegates to “sit down” and that what they are doing “doesn’t help the ANC”.
Duma can also be seen reprimanding a delegate who insists that “Ramaphosa hadn’t even started speaking” when he (the delegate) had raised his hand to speak.
Duma can then be heard saying “we are winning this conference and you are trying to destroy it” after which some people in the background can be heard urging them to calm down.
After Ramaphosa’s speech, national chairperson Gwede Mantashe announced that KZN delegates were asked to remain behind.
-EWN
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