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Keynote Zuma speech disrupted as lawmakers brawl, walk out

Security officials remove members of the Economic Freedom Fighters during President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation Address (Photo: Courtesy)

Cape Town: A session of South Africa's parliament convened for a keynote address by the president descended into chaos on Thursday as far-left lawmakers brawled with orderlies after interrupting the speech and the main opposition party walked out.

Deputies from the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party fired questions at Jacob Zuma for more than an hour, forcing the president - whose authority has been tarnished by a series of scandals - to halt his state-of-the-nation speech.

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