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Zuma slams opportunists, 'desperate elements' promoting anarchy and chaos─── 07:14 Mon, 02 May 2016
President Jacob Zuma (Gallo images)
Pretoria – In what could be seen as response to EFF leader Julius Malema’s threats to take up arms against the ANC-led government, President Jacob Zuma on Sunday criticised "political opportunists" who would wreak havoc on the country.
Speaking at Cosatu's May Day rally in Mamelodi, Zuma said those seeking to disrupt the peace will be dealt with.
This year, two competing May Day rallies were held in Gauteng. The Mamelodi event was held under the banner of the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu). The second, in Tembisa, was for former Cosatu members, such as Numsa, and was address by the trade union federation’s former general secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi.
Zuma also took the opportunity to berate "opportunists" who had switched loyalties. He did not mention names, but Malema was once an ANC Youth League leader and a staunch Zuma supporter.
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